1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (848+ words) UK Minister for Defence Readiness Luke Pollard takes aim at journalists for negative press, amid a string of headlines in recent weeks. Rattled doesn't even come close to it, listening to the words spoken by UK Minister for Defence Readiness…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (682+ words) Canberra to invest $304bn in defence over the next ten years with a focus on sea denial, air mobility and long-range effects. It has been two years since Australia published its last defence strategy, and following a string of deliveries and…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (221+ words) The partnership sets a framework for US'Indonesia defence cooperation to support "peace and stability" across the Indo-Pacific region. Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of War, and Indonesian Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin formally announced the partnership at the Pentagon on 13 April 2026. A…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (538+ words) T'rkiye's President visited a new munitions plant, accenting the nation's strategic autonomy in a volatile region. T'rkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdo'an attended the opening ceremony of a new munitions production facility in Ankara on 7 April, where he extolled the state-run…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (691+ words) The ceasefire, now in effect, will prioritise the immediate needs of the US and Iran over their strategic goals and the ongoing Lebanon conflict. There is no consensus about the conditions of the two-week ceasefire agreed between the US and…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (345+ words) The 12-month study will analyse future threats and design new missile concepts to address upcoming air combat challenges. The UK and France have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (Mo U) to jointly explore the development of the Meteor missile's successor....

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (470+ words) Iran's degraded air defence has allowed the US to step up its bombing campaign. The US Air Force has started B-52 bombing missions over Iran, according to the Chairmain of the Joint Chiefs, US Air Force General Dan Caine, in a…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (631+ words) More than ten times as many have been sent to Ukraine in the current fiscal year. Modern military platforms are becoming increasingly uncrewed, reducing the toll on human lives where possible, and the UK is making steady progress to that…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (365+ words) Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine is open to "joint work" in defending against drone and missile attacks. Qatar and Ukraine have entered a new defence agreement aimed at enhancing cooperation in countering missiles and unmanned aerial systems, the Qatari Ministry…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago  (401+ words) Based on constant 2021 prices, Nato allies are estimated to have allocated more than $1. 4tn to core defence requirements in 2025. Nato's European members and Canada raised defence spending by 20% in real terms for 2025 compared with the previous year, according to Secretary General…...