Defence Industry

BRUSSELS, June 30 — NATO has launched a $250,000 prize competition for technological solutions designed to swiftly and permanently neutralise Russian military airfields, marking a…

The prize is $250,000. The target is Russian airfields. The deadline is July 20th. NATO’s “Airfield Denial Challenge” is not a weapons contract. It is…

BRUSSELS — The prize is $250,000. The deadline is July 20th. The target is Russian airfields. NATO wants them disabled, permanently, and cheaply. The alliance…

MAIDENHEAD, June 30 — The Prime Minister this morning delivered a speech announcing the Defence Investment Plan at an event in Maidenhead, thanking representatives from…

MOSCOW, June 29 — NATO is openly aiding Ukraine in acquiring weapons designed to destroy strategic targets deep inside Russia, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova…

New Zealand’s defence planners used to look at the map and see a moat. The South Pacific is vast, empty, and isolating. That geography is…

Germany has a conscription problem, and it is not just about filling barracks. The senior MP on the defence committee who floated a return of…

The Iranian F-14 Tomcat’s story did not begin with a bomb. It began with a Soviet reconnaissance jet that could outrun and outclimb anything in…

It was a geography of reassurance. For decades, the Pacific Ocean looked more like a moat than a highway to New Zealand’s defence planners. That…

BERLIN, June 29 — Germany could reinstate compulsory military service as early as next year, a senior MP has signalled. The claim is straightforward. The…