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NATO Pushes Further North as Arctic Security Takes Centre Stage
NATO has launched a new initiative aimed at strengthening its operational awareness in the Arctic, underlining how rapidly the High North has moved from a peripheral concern to a central theatre in the alliance’s strategic calculations. The departure of the…
Britain’s Defence Crisis Is the Product of Political Failure Across Two Governments
The revelation that Britain’s entire available fleet of hunter-killer submarines has reportedly been confined to dockyards for maintenance and repair should have triggered a political earthquake. Instead, it has been greeted with the sort of weary resignation that has become…
Russian Drone Strike Hits Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility Near Chornobyl
Radiation levels remained within normal limits after a Russian drone damaged a building at Ukraine’s centralised spent nuclear fuel storage site, officials said. Russia struck a building at Ukraine’s Centralised Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility near Chornobyl in the early…
China Opens New Maritime Pressure Point East of Taiwan
China has opened a new point of maritime pressure east of Taiwan after launching what Beijing described as a special maritime law-enforcement operation in response to planned boundary talks between Japan and the Philippines. The operation, announced through Chinese state…
US urges Taiwan to prioritise drones after parliament cuts defence budget
The United States has urged Taiwan to spend more effectively on defence and prioritise unmanned systems after Taiwan’s parliament approved only part of a major supplementary defence package requested by President Lai Ching-te. Raymond Greene, director of the American Institute…
Ukraine’s Drone Strikes on Kronstadt Expose Russia’s Expanding Vulnerability
Ukraine’s latest long-range drone strikes on Russian military and energy infrastructure have underlined a growing vulnerability inside Russia’s rear areas, including locations once considered beyond the normal reach of the war. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that Ukrainian drones…
US Strikes Iranian Coastal Sites as Gulf Confrontation Threatens Shipping Routes
The United States has carried out fresh military strikes against Iranian coastal radar installations after intercepting drones launched towards the Strait of Hormuz, in the latest escalation of a conflict that continues to unsettle energy markets and complicate diplomatic efforts…
Britain’s Defence Delusion: A Nation Rearming in Slow Motion
As Europe confronts its most dangerous security environment since the end of the Cold War, Britain’s political leadership appears trapped in a familiar cycle: ambitious declarations, strategic reviews and spending pledges that repeatedly fail to translate into meaningful action. The…
Duty, Courage and Chance: The Remarkable Life of D-Day Veteran Bill Redston
The death of Royal Navy veteran Bill Redston at the age of 101, just days before today’s 82nd anniversary of D-Day, marks the passing of a man whose life spanned some of the defining events of the modern era. It…
Operation Interflex: Britain Refocuses Ukraine Training Mission as War Enters New Phase
The United Kingdom is reshaping Operation Interflex, one of its most significant military contributions to Ukraine, shifting a flagship training programme away from mass infantry instruction and towards specialist battlefield skills as Kyiv’s armed forces adapt to the realities of…