Defence Matters https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Rheinmetall’s Naval Ambition Comes to the Fore – Frigate rescue plan signals strategic shift European Combat Vessel workshop tests industry role in future naval capability NATO Concludes Second Neptune Strike Iteration Taiwan Defence Budget Delay Raises Capability Gap Concerns UK Targets Russia-Linked Migrant Recruitment and Drone Supply Chains Applied Aerospace Bets on Investor Appetite for Defence Technology Russia Scales Back Victory Day Parade as Ukraine War Shapes Moscow Security Calculus Ukraine weighs expert support for Baltic air security after drones crash in Latvia Ukraine warns air-defence missile stocks are running short after winter barrage Poland signs first EU SAFE defence loan agreement as Warsaw secures €43.7bn BAE Systems Signals Confidence as Global Security Crisis Fuels Defence Boom Sweden and Ukraine Near Landmark Gripen Fighter Jet Agreement Russian Strikes Continue After Kyiv’s Midnight Ceasefire Begins Parliament security committee turns to Ukraine defence pillar and veterans support Ukraine Says Flamingo Missiles Hit Russian Defence Plant in Cheboksary Ukraine and partners discuss European anti-ballistic capacity at Yerevan meeting NATO chief says Europe has heard US message on security burden-sharing Russian Strikes Hit Ukraine as Moscow Promotes 9 May Ceasefire Trump’s Blind Spot: How America’s European Bases Serve Washington, Not Brussels Drones enter Latvian airspace from Russia, prompting NATO air-policing response Trump’s Germany troop drawdown renews debate over Europe’s reliance on US security guarantees EU and Ukraine Move BraveTech into Testing Phase for Battlefield Technologies EU Tests Mutual Assistance Clause in Simulated Attack Scenarios Ypres Reveals Its Dead: Two Lost Officers of 1915 Finally Identified Russia’s So-Called Ceasefire Fails to Halt Fighting as Kyiv Reports Missile and Drone Attacks Greece Advances Italian FREMM Frigate Deal as Naval Modernisation Accelerates Britain Faces a “Severe” Threat — But Starmer Won’t Say From Whom NATO seeks clarity after US announces withdrawal of 5,000 troops from Germany Putin Reportedly Tightens Security Amid Fears of Elite Plot and Drone Attack Britain Tests New ‘Skyhammer’ Missiles in Middle East as Drone Threat Intensifies Ukraine strikes Russian oil port and shadow fleet tankers in expanded energy campaign Ukraine’s robot assault in Kupiansk points to a new phase in unmanned warfare Kherson minibus strike and Belarus border activity underline Ukraine’s widening security pressures Grave Robbery in Brabant: 232 Soldiers’ Plaques Stolen in Night Raid Trump’s Germany Drawdown Signals a Shift Europe Cannot Ignore France’s Bid to Anchor a New European Security Order Faces Test of Scale, Industry and Politics Paying for Power: How Military Salaries Diverge Across the US, UK and Europe US arms delays expose pressure on American stockpiles amid Iran conflict Ukraine expands private air-defence network as companies join protection effort America Pulls Back: Troop Cut Signals Strain in US–Germany Ties Ukraine Signals Sustained Drone Campaign Against Russian Oil and Crimea Bridge Defences Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Refinery in Orenburg Region EU Defence Ministers to Discuss Ukraine Support, Readiness and Middle East Security Britain and Northern European Allies Move to Create New Maritime Force to Deter Russia Drone strike reported near central Moscow as airports face restrictions Shoulder to Shoulder: Allied Forces Sharpen the Edge of Deterrence in Balikatan 2026 NATO chief joins Yerevan summit as Europe faces renewed defence burden test US Weighs First Dark Eagle Hypersonic Deployment for Possible Iran Strikes Trump signals possible cut to US troops in Germany amid dispute with Berlin Home