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Reports of “mysterious weapon” follow US raid that seized Venezuela’s Maduro
The United States’ 3 January operation in Caracas that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has prompted a second, more opaque debate: whether US forces used a directed-energy or acoustic system to disable Venezuelan defenders during the…
Small Missile, Serious Message: How Babcock Plans to Beat the Drone Swarm
In an era when the drone has become both sword and scourge on modern battlefields, a new pact between British defence stalwart Babcock and a nimble Estonian start-up could mark a decisive shift in Europe’s maritime air-defence posture. The memorandum…
Ukraine’s drone commander claims December strike toll matched Russia’s monthly recruitment
Ukraine’s commander of Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, has said Ukrainian drone units killed or wounded more than 33,000 Russian troops in December 2025, describing it as the first time drone-only losses matched Russia’s reported monthly intake of contract…
Latvia Acts Swiftly as Baltic Cable Damage Tests Europe’s Resolve
When news broke that an optical fibre cable beneath the Baltic Sea had been damaged off Latvia’s coast, the reaction in Riga was swift, measured and — crucially — decisive. In an age when hesitation can invite speculation and ambiguity…
Germany’s Ukraine Drone Factory Changes the Rules
Germany’s decision to host a production line for Ukrainian military drones may look, at first glance, like a technical footnote in a long and grinding war. In truth, it marks something more consequential: a subtle but unmistakable recalibration of how…
Tactical radars for small drones: the “Valdai” claim and Western alternatives
Small unmanned aerial systems have turned low-altitude air defence into a detection problem as much as an interception problem. Quadcopters and lightweight fixed-wing drones can fly slowly, hover, and exploit clutter from terrain, buildings and vegetation. Their radar cross-section is…
Drone attack reported in Russia’s Tuapse: fire at port berth and refinery site
Russian authorities said drones struck infrastructure in the Black Sea port of Tuapse overnight, causing fires at a port berth and at the Tuapse oil refinery, an export-oriented facility owned by state oil company Rosneft. The operational headquarters of Russia’s…
Beijing’s Nuclear Leap: China’s Missile Deployment Signals Strategic Sea Change
A draft Pentagon report concluded this week that Beijing has likely deployed more than 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) across a series of newly constructed silo fields — a development with profound implications for the strategic balance between East and…
Germany logs 1,000-plus suspicious drone flights as security agencies tighten defences
Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has recorded more than 1,000 suspicious drone flights so far this year, with military sites, airports and other critical infrastructure among the most frequent targets, according to comments by BKA president Holger Münch reported…
Ukraine’s SBU claims drone strike on Russian “shadow fleet” tanker in Mediterranean Sea
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says it has struck a Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker in neutral waters of the Mediterranean Sea, describing the operation as its first such attack in the region and the longest-range maritime strike publicly attributed to…