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Russia Expands Jet-Powered Drone Launch Network Near NATO’s Eastern Flank
Satellite imagery indicates that Russia has developed up to 10 new long-range drone launch sites in its western regions, with at least 59 launch rails identified. The network is primarily supporting attacks on Ukraine, but infrastructure designed for faster Geran-4…
Ukraine Hits Wildberries Mega-Hub and Russian Rocket-Fuel Plant in Major Overnight Strike
A vast Wildberries logistics centre south of Moscow and a plant producing solid rocket propellant in the Rostov region were among the sites hit during one of Ukraine’s largest overnight attacks on Russian territory. Kyiv also struck Russian military logistics…
A flying blood bank for the modern battlefield
The most consequential military technologies are not always those designed to destroy an opponent. Sometimes they are the ones that make it possible to keep a wounded soldier on the battlefield alive. That is the thinking behind an experiment by…
Italian NATO Fighter Downs Drone Over Latvia as Attribution Problem Turns Operational
A Eurofighter destroyed an unmanned aircraft of unknown origin inside Latvian airspace after jets scrambled from Lithuania and Estonia. The engagement shows that interception can be immediate even when responsibility remains uncertain.
AUKUS ‘Full Steam Ahead’ as Autonomous Undersea Project Advances
Anthony Albanese says Donald Trump has reaffirmed the three-country partnership as its first signature Pillar II project moves towards joint payloads and enabling systems for uncrewed underwater vehicles.
Ukraine Turns Back to Russia’s Baltic Ports After Major Novorossiysk Strike
A reported new attack on Ust-Luga follows Ukraine’s large-scale operation against Novorossiysk, pointing to sustained pressure on widely separated Russian naval, energy and export infrastructure. Ukraine has reportedly struck the Russian Baltic port of Ust-Luga, returning to one of Moscow’s…
Novorossiysk Strike Damages Four Russian Warships as Ukraine Penetrates Black Sea Fleet Base
Ukraine says two Kalibr-armed frigates, a Buyan-M missile ship and a Project 22160 patrol vessel were damaged at Novorossiysk. Satellite analysis indicates that the combined missile, aerial-drone and maritime attack may have reached additional ships and submarine-support infrastructure inside the…
Ukraine Hits Novorossiysk Naval Base in Combined Missile and Drone Attack
Palianytsia jet drones, Neptune missiles and unmanned surface vessels were used against air defences, piers and port infrastructure at the principal Russian naval base on the eastern Black Sea, increasing pressure on a fleet already displaced from much of its…
Romania Destroys Drifting Drones Near Strategic Neptun Deep Gas Project
Military divers neutralised two Gerbera-type unmanned aircraft in Romania's Black Sea economic zone after a civilian vessel found them near infrastructure expected to become central to European gas supply.
Ukrainian Drones Hit Petrochemical Complex More Than 2,000km Inside Russia
A confirmed strike on a gas-fractionation installation at Tobolsk extends the geography of Ukraine’s deep-strike campaign into western Siberia, raising the cost of defending industrial infrastructure previously protected largely by distance. Ukrainian forces struck a major petrochemical complex in Russia’s…