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The war of machines: drones, missiles, shields, and the race to shoot them down.
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REPORT: Ukraine Number One Worldwide in Drones — Rutte Admits It, NATO Takes Notes
Reportage· No. 414

REPORT: Ukraine Number One Worldwide in Drones — Rutte Admits It, NATO Takes Notes

On June 18, 2026, on the margins of the NATO Defense Ministerial meeting in Brussels, Secretary General Mark Rutte said something nobody in the…

ANALYSIS: EUROPE AND CHINA — IS MILITARY DECOUPLING POSSIBLE?
Analysis· No. 410

ANALYSIS: EUROPE AND CHINA — IS MILITARY DECOUPLING POSSIBLE?

Europe is rearming. It increased its defense spending by more than $90 billion in 2025, according to data presented by Mark Rutte at his…

DECODING: China's Lijian anti-drone lasers — the portable weapon rewriting the rules of combat
Analysis· No. 405

DECODING: China's Lijian anti-drone lasers — the portable weapon rewriting the rules of combat

From June 16 to 18, 2026, the Chinese capital hosted the Defence Information Equipment and Technology Exhibition, a restricted-access military trade show presenting the…

INVESTIGATION: Beijing's 155mm naval supergun — the siege weapon aimed at Taiwan from the sea
Investigation· No. 404

INVESTIGATION: Beijing's 155mm naval supergun — the siege weapon aimed at Taiwan from the sea

There is something anachronistic, almost cinematic, about the image of a 155-millimeter cannon mounted on the bow of a modern destroyer. The era of…

ANALYSIS: PL-16 VS AIM-260 — THE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE RACE REDRAWING THE PACIFIC SKY
Analysis· No. 403

ANALYSIS: PL-16 VS AIM-260 — THE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE RACE REDRAWING THE PACIFIC SKY

In the air wars of the future, one truth imposes itself: combat will no longer be won at close range, in tight turns where…

DECODING: THE DF-17 HYPERSONIC FILMED IN FLIGHT — A MESSAGE FOR WASHINGTON AND TAIPEI
Analysis· No. 402

DECODING: THE DF-17 HYPERSONIC FILMED IN FLIGHT — A MESSAGE FOR WASHINGTON AND TAIPEI

On June 20, 2026, in the vast arid expanse of the Gobi Desert, Chinese military vehicles executed a carefully filmed choreography. Mobile launchers of…

TESTIMONY: Sumy, June 22, 2026 — three generations erased in an instant
Profile· No. 384

TESTIMONY: Sumy, June 22, 2026 — three generations erased in an instant

At 4:50 in the morning on June 22, 2026, in the community of Znob-Novhorodske, Shostka district, in Sumy oblast, in northern Ukraine, a Russian…

COLUMN: Zelensky Wants to Bring the War Home to Putin — and He Is Right
Column· No. 383

COLUMN: Zelensky Wants to Bring the War Home to Putin — and He Is Right

On June 22, 2026, as swarms of Ukrainian drones disrupted Moscow's airspace once again, President Volodymyr Zelensky declared on social network X that he…

INVESTIGATION: 555 Drones Over Moscow — the Night the War Came to the Russian Capital
Investigation· No. 382

INVESTIGATION: 555 Drones Over Moscow — the Night the War Came to the Russian Capital

On the night of June 18, 2026, Ukraine launched what constitutes the largest drone attack ever conducted against Moscow since the beginning of the…

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