News Feed
Share
Europe’s first defence-labelled bond: BPCE raises €750m under Euronext initiative
Groupe BPCE, the French banking group that owns Natixis, has issued Europe’s first bond explicitly labelled for defence financing, raising €750 million via a five-year note. The deal attracted strong demand, with orders of about €2.8 billion, according to market…
Beijing’s 3 September parade to bring together Putin, Kim and a small group of other foreign leaders
China will stage a large military parade in Beijing on 3 September to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan’s formal surrender in the Second World War. The event, centred on Tiananmen Square, will be led by President Xi Jinping and…
Ukraine says drones damaged Russian Kalibr carrier in the Azov Sea
Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence (HUR/DIU) says its forces have damaged a Russian Project 21631 Buyan-M small missile ship in the Azov Sea near occupied Crimea, forcing the vessel to withdraw from its patrol area. The agency published video and a written…
Reports claim Russian drones monitoring US military cargo routes in eastern Germany
Russia or its proxies are suspected of flying surveillance drones over routes used by the United States and its allies to move military cargo across eastern Germany, according to reporting attributed to Western officials. The activity, centred on the state…
NATO’s Expenditure Awakening: Europe’s Defence Renaissance, Not Just a Relay Race
There was a time—in the not-so-distant past—when NATO’s annual defence expenditure reports were greeted as regrettable necessities. Europe, it seemed, had other priorities: climate ambitions, social welfare, diplomatic fatigue, and the belief that security would always be outsourced across the…
India and Japan: A Defence Partnership Coming of Age
There was a time when relations between India and Japan were couched in the polite, almost ceremonial language of shared values and trade ties. Today, however, the two democracies are moving decisively into terrain that matters rather more in the…
Rheinmetall opens Europe’s largest artillery ammunition plant in Germany
Unterlüß, Germany — 27 August 2025. Rheinmetall has inaugurated a new artillery ammunition plant at Unterlüß, Lower Saxony, which the company and multiple outlets describe as the largest facility of its kind in Europe. Construction began in February 2024 and…
OSINT identifies circular antenna complex in Kaliningrad less than 100 kilometres from NATO borders
Open-source satellite imagery and analysis indicate that Russia is constructing a large circular antenna array in the Kaliningrad exclave, close to the borders of Poland and Lithuania. The installation resembles Cold War listening complexes and is likely intended for signals…
Brussels Aims for the Stars with IRIS² – But Can Europe Compete?
The European Union is not known for moving at lightning speed, yet in one of its most ambitious ventures to date, Brussels is trying to prove the doubters wrong with IRIS². IRIS², a €10.5 billion project to build a sovereign,…
Ukraine tests PROTECTOR unmanned ground vehicle with range of up to 500 km
Ukrainian forces have released footage showing trials of the PROTECTOR, a heavy unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) developed by Ukrainian Armor, with a stated driving range of 400–500 km. The video, carried by the Army TV channel on 25 August, presents…