Nordic states draft a joint plan to protect Baltic Sea cables
Governments want shared surveillance and faster repairs for undersea infrastructure.
James Whitfield
Defence and security editor.
Asia-PacificNews
Japan’s new defence budget leans on long-range strike
The spending plan shifts priorities towards stand-off missiles and space-based surveillance.
Security & DefenseAnalysis
NATO’s eastern flank turns to air defence as a shared priority
Frontline allies argue that integrated air and missile defence is now the alliance’s most urgent capability gap.
Security & DefenseAnalysis
The Arctic becomes a test of the new great-power rivalry
Melting ice is opening routes and resources, and drawing navies into waters that were long a zone of cooperation.
Security & DefenseAnalysis
Europe’s defence industry struggles to scale up artillery output
Orders are flowing, but factories, supply chains and skilled workers take years to expand.
Security & DefenseExplainer
What the drone war has taught European armies
Cheap drones and electronic warfare are changing how armies train, buy equipment and protect troops.