Defense Trends 2025-03-05

Any settlement allowing Russia to retain its territorial gains in Ukraine would embolden Moscow for a prolonged confrontation with NATO, Estonian intelligence officials say.

Defense Trends 2025-03-05

Russia now talks up conventional missiles after a nuclear modernization drive failed.

Defense Trends 2025-03-04

The military devotes significant time and resources to instilling CCP ideology and ensuring absolute loyalty, even at the expense of combat effectiveness, says a recent RAND report.

Defense Trends 2025-02-26

The vessel will allow China to 'conduct covert strikes from beyond enemy defenses, with the additional option of deploying nuclear warheads if required,' a news report said.

Defense Trends 2025-02-18

When cooperation with the Ukrainians dissolved, Russia lost critical technology that it was most likely trying to use in creating the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile.

Defense Trends 2025-02-04

Iranian scientists are seeking a shortcut to rapidly convert their stockpile of nuclear fuel into a functional weapon within months, a report shows, while Tehran continues to unveil new missiles.

Defense Trends 2025-02-03

The country's missiles -- including the newest design -- are capable of reaching Israel, which it targeted twice last year as the Gaza war spilled over.

Defense Trends 2024-12-20

Efforts by China to modernize and expand its ground-based nuclear and conventional missiles were hampered by the removal of leaders in these key areas.

Defense Trends 2024-12-20

The Kremlin has a long history of calling every new Russian weapon unrivaled, unparalleled or unprecedented -- something that does not match up to combat reality.

Defense Trends 2024-12-18

By discussing the possibility of deploying the Oreshnik in Belarus, Moscow and Minsk are banding together to wage a hybrid war against Europe, analysts say.