A new 120 mm mortar system unveiled in the United States highlights a growing problem for fire-support units: on a battlefield under constant drone surveillance, staying in one place for even a few minutes can be enough to draw return fire. Global Military Products unveiled the Scorpion Medium in September before presenting it at AUSA […]
Ukraine’s defense industry in 2026 looks very different from the one that entered the war in February 2022. In July, a U.S. official estimated that the country was on track to produce between 6 million and 7 million small first-person-view (FPV) attack drones this year, roughly 500,000 a month. Kyiv, meanwhile, puts its annual defense […]
Since 2022, the war in Ukraine has profoundly transformed the military use of drones. Russian forces regularly use Shahed-type attack drones to strike energy infrastructure, military installations, and urban areas. In response to these repeated attacks, Ukraine has sought to develop interception solutions that are less expensive than traditional air defense systems. The STING drone, […]
Naval debates have long illustrated the idea of the “cheap shot”: a relatively inexpensive means, used intelligently, can force a disproportionately costly response. On land, the concept is discussed less as a formula than as a reality. What can be described as imposed-cost warfare has become a fully developed operational grammar. In Ukraine, the change […]
The war in Ukraine has turned the Black Sea into a testbed for asymmetric naval warfare: explosive uncrewed surface vessels, long-range missiles, commercial ISR and systematic sea denial against a superior fleet. From Tokyo to Canberra, Indo-Pacific navies are watching these experiments closely, but they cannot simply copy-paste the Ukrainian playbook into the Pacific, where […]
The massive use of drones in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has had a significant strategic impact, contributing significantly to the evolution of the battlefield and to the achievement of punctual tactical advantages against a more numerous Russian army. In this article, we examine this impact and the future prospects for the use of drones in military conflicts. […]
Technological innovations and tactical adaptations The Russian-Ukrainian conflict was a catalyst for drone innovation. Both sides quickly adapted their technologies and tactics to meet the challenges posed by this new form of warfare. In this article, we explore how technological innovations and tactical adaptations have transformed the use of drones in this conflict. Rapidly evolving […]
In the early days of the war, few anticipated that a nation with a modest navy would come to challenge a major maritime power in its own backyard. Yet, by 2023, Ukraine had pushed large segments of the Russian Black Sea Fleet away from the Crimean coastline. How? Not with cruisers or submarines but with […]
On August 13, 2025, the leak of nearly 9 GB of internal files from a North Korean cyber espionage unit highlighted a reality now familiar to the world’s major armies: cyber attacks are increasingly targeting military organizations directly, compromising not only their operations but also their deterrent credibility. North Korea: a breach at the heart […]
On the morning of July 28, 2025, Aeroflot was the victim of a cyberattack. Central booking, dispatch and crew‑planning systems fell silent, forcing staff at Sheremetyevo to revert to paper manifests. The airline canceled 54 round-trip flights on that day, causing delays on routes operated by its subsidiaries Rossiya and Pobeda, as well as on […]
