Writing in the UK Defence Journal, former RAF Wing Commander and Defence Select Committee member Calvin Bailey MP argues that Britain’s fast jet force risks collapse without urgent decisions on F-35 orders, Typhoon procurement, and GCAP timelines.
Russia-Ukraine talks: both sides play for time and wait for Donald Trump’s 50 days to run out.
US backs Nato's latest pledge of support for Ukraine, but in reality seems to have abandoned its European partners, argues Stefan Wolff.
Project CABOT will require robust underwater comms, long-endurance uncrewed vehicles, seamless data fusion, and cultural change across the Navy.
— David O’Sullivan, Thales’s Maritime Autonomy Capture Lead
Responses flooded in, pointing to Moscow’s long record of “not planning” to do things that it soon does anyway.
The UK might be relinquishing its last foothold in the Indian Ocean for almost no return warns author J. Vitor Tossini in this submisison to the UK Defence Journal.
There is now a ticking clock on reinventing the transatlantic alliance.
Why it matters for European security if an American no longer commands Nato troops – by a former Trident submarine commander.
In Britain’s industrial heartlands, the whir of high-spec machining centres is more than just an economic backdrop of activity: it is the bedrock of...
The UK must regenerate a sub-strategic nuclear deterrent, according to a new paper from the Council on Geostrategy. The authors warn that growing Russian threats and uncertain US guarantees demand a more flexible British nuclear posture.



















