Maxime Marquette
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ANALYSIS: The Chinese naval missile launch that opens a new nuclear era in the Pacific
Some military events need no official explanation to say what matters most. On July 6, 2026, a Chinese navy submarine fired a ballistic missile…
REPORT: the Chinese missile that reawakened the Pacific's nuclear fear
On July 6, 2026, around noon Beijing time, a Chinese navy submarine launched a ballistic missile from Pacific waters. The weapon, a JL-3 according…
EDITORIAL: Beijing fires a nuclear missile into the Pacific and dares call it routine
On July 6, 2026, around noon Beijing time, a Chinese navy submarine, likely a Type 094 Jin-class ballistic missile boat, launched an intercontinental ballistic…
INVESTIGATION: The defense budget has become power's new thermometer
At the NATO summit held in Ankara on July 7 and 8, 2026, a single number structured nearly every public exchange between leaders: 5…
ANALYSIS: Western defense industry is cracking under wartime demand
In Ankara, on July 7, 2026, the American ambassador to NATO, Matthew Whitaker, delivered a line that sums up this entire war's paradox: "It's…
DECODING: The Patriot license to Ukraine rewrites the grammar of Western aid
On July 8, 2026, at the NATO summit in Ankara, Donald Trump dropped a sentence that instantly ran through every Western newsroom: "We're going…
DECODING: Allied Air Defense, the Ukrainian Lesson That Changes Everything
The war in Ukraine has made air defense the absolute doctrinal priority of Western armies in 2026. This is no longer a technical sub-field…
DECODING: Ankara, Capital of a Decisive Summit for the West
No capital is chosen by accident to host a NATO summit. The choice of Ankara for July 7 and 8, 2026, placed Turkey at…
FACT-CHECK: NATO's Cohesion Tested by the Turkish File
The final communique from the NATO summit in Ankara speaks of an unwavering commitment to collective defense and the transatlantic bond.