The B-52s Are Coming Back to Spain

The B-52s Are Coming Back to Spain

The United States is quietly building more room for its heavy bombers in southern Spain. Under a new military-construction plan, the U.S. Air Force wants to expand the apron at Morón Air Base near Seville so it can park up to nine B-52 Stratofortress bombers at...
The Shahed Just Got a Jet Engine

The Shahed Just Got a Jet Engine

The Shahed used to buzz. Now it screams. Russia has thrown its production weight behind a jet-powered version of the Iranian-designed attack drone, and the shift is turning a slow, propeller-driven nuisance into a genuinely hard target — one that flies roughly...
France Eyes a Fighter Built With Sweden

France Eyes a Fighter Built With Sweden

When Emmanuel Macron flew to Stockholm at the end of August, the headline deal was maritime: four French frigates for the Swedish navy, a multi-billion-euro vote of confidence in NATO’s newest member. But tucked alongside it was something that could matter far...
A Drone Crosses Into Estonia

A Drone Crosses Into Estonia

Before dawn on Tuesday, sirens and phone alerts woke residents across eight regions of Estonia. A drone had crossed the country’s southeastern frontier, and a second was tracking toward the border city of Narva. On the runway at Ämari Air Base, Turkish...
Japan’s Ship-Killer Grows Fangs

Japan’s Ship-Killer Grows Fangs

Buried in Japan’s record ¥8.89 trillion (about $56 billion) defence budget request for fiscal 2027 is a single phrase that quietly redraws the country’s air-combat ambitions. The Ministry of Defense now describes the ASM-3 — until now a...