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Space warfare is no longer science fiction. It’s industrial policy. The 2026 Global Counterspace Capabilities Report, released by the Secure World Foundation, paints a stark picture: thirteen nations are now actively developing weapons and systems designed to disable,...
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The Trump administration’s FY2027 defence budget is a masterclass in strategic betting. At $1.5 trillion—with the base budget breaching $1 trillion for the first time ever—it’s less about growth and more about ruthless prioritization. While some weapons...
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The global aviation system is quietly fracturing under pressure most passengers will never see coming. Since Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz in late February, the world’s most critical chokepoint for energy has created shockwaves that have grounded...
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The sixth-generation fighter race is no longer theoretical. It’s real, it’s global, and three competing visions are crystallizing as the world’s major defense industries commit extraordinary sums to aircraft that may not fly for another decade....
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In the harsh Arctic dawn, two F-16 Fighting Falcons screamed down the runway at King Salmon Airport, a windswept strip on Alaska’s southwestern coast overlooking the Bering Sea, 750 kilometers from their home base at Eielson. This wasn’t a routine training...
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The Eurofighter Typhoon just proved what air forces have suspected all year: you don’t need a $1 million missile to swat a $30,000 drone out of the sky. Last month, a RAF Typhoon test aircraft streaked across the range at Warton, Lancashire, and fired the APKWS...
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Both sides are claiming victory. Neither side got what it wanted. That is the diplomatic reality of the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, announced April 7, 2026, after 38 days of the most intense American air campaign since the Iraq War....
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For forty days, Iraq’s skies were empty. No airliners climbed out of Baghdad. No cargo flights departed Basra. No pilgrims flew into Najaf. The entire country’s airspace — closed since February 28, when the first American and Israeli strikes hit Iran —...
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The United States Space Force is six years old, has fewer personnel than the New York City Police Department, and just asked Congress for $71 billion. If approved, the 2027 budget request would nearly double the service’s funding in a single year — the most...
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Palmer Luckey sold virtual reality headsets to Facebook for two billion dollars, then used the proceeds to build a defence company that makes autonomous weapons. Now that company — Anduril Industries — is quietly hiring engineers to design missiles that fly faster...
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The HH-60W Jolly Green II flew into Iran on April 2 to rescue the crew of a downed F-15E Strike Eagle. It found the pilot, pulled him aboard, and took hits from small arms fire on the way out — wounding crew members but staying airborne. The helicopter did everything...
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Belgium has an unconventional taste in special operations aircraft. While most NATO allies shop for modified business jets or purpose-built gunships, Brussels just placed an order for five Cessna 408 SkyCouriers — a twin-turboprop designed to haul FedEx packages. It...
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