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NARRATIVE: Drone Swarms Over Salisbury Plain — AUKUS Reinvents Undersea Warfare in the Indo-Pacific
On June 22, 2026, across the misty expanses of Salisbury Plain, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States conducted the Army Warfighting Experiment…
INVESTIGATION: AUKUS Nuclear Submarines — the Truth Behind the June 2026 Drone Exercises
On June 22, 2026, Australia's Department of Defence proudly published the results of the Army Warfighting Experiment 2026: Australian, American, and British soldiers had…
OPINION: Russia claims to have shot down 660 drones in one night — who can still believe these figures?
In the night of June 25 to 26, 2026, the Russian Ministry of Defence announced it had shot down 660 Ukrainian drones in a…
DECODING: Autonomous drones — Turkey, Iran and China are closing the gap on America
The global military drone sector is undergoing an unprecedented structural transformation. The most conservative projections place the market at $55 billion by 2032, with…
COMMENTARY: Ukraine strikes Moscow where it hurts most — the economy and the prestige
In the night of June 17 to 18, 2026, nearly 200 Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow and its surrounding region, triggering one of the most…
ESSAY: AUKUS, drones, and the Indo-Pacific — the Western response to Xi Jinping's expansionism
On the plains of Salisbury, England, the summer of 2026 witnessed something that would have seemed like science fiction a decade ago: Australian, American,…
ESSAY: The North Korean 155mm howitzer and the war of attrition — Pyongyang arms Putin for eternity
On June 25, 2026, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un personally oversaw a series of weapons tests whose results were broadcast by the official KCNA…
COLUMN: AUKUS and Its Swarm Drones — The Silent Response Beijing Hears Loud and Clear
On June 22, 2026, under near-constant rain in the difficult woods of Salisbury Plain in England, Australian, British, and American soldiers flew up to…
DECODING: The Choe Hyon Destroyer — Kim Jong-un Forges His Nuclear Blue-Water Navy
On June 23, 2026, Kim Jong-un presided over the commissioning ceremony of what North Korea presents as its largest warship: the Choe Hyon, a…