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Author: Michael
A long essay today from the publication War on the Rocks posits that Russia will now expand the size of its force to gain back the initiative in its thus-far failed war in Ukraine.
The authors point out that Moscow’s military expanded severalfold after the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, leading the reader to believe that this model of force expansion can be repeated.
T-14 Armata. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Main battle tank T-14 object 148 on heavy unified tracked platform Armata. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
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Russian forces, taking advantage of a dearth of Ukrainian air defense missiles, unleashed a large drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv early Tuesday morning. The attack set large fires in two of Kyiv’s districts.
The city’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said early on Tuesday that air defense units were attempting to shoot down the attacks. He added that fires had broken out in the Holosiivskyi district of the city after the strikes.
Putin Warns Of Massive Escalation – But What Will It Be? Russian President Vladimir Putin has responded to Ukraine’s intensifying long-range strike campaign by warning that his military will respond in a way that is several times more powerful than Kyiv’s most recent strikes.
Per the TASS news agency, President Putin made the remarks during a speech after attending a military exhibition in Moscow on July 13. During the visit, the Russian leader promised that Ukraine will “feel increasingly greater blows in the future.”
Putin June 2026 Kremlin Photo Handout.
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Few technology developments have turned the military’s acquisition and deployment requirements upside down more than the advent of cheap drones.
Defense officials have made major strides in deploying unmanned air and sea craft over the past decade. The rescue of downed helicopter pilots in the Strait of Hormuz by an autonomous Corsair maritime vessel earlier this month illustrated how years of investment appear to be paying off.
The latest round of awards for the U.S. military’s Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies program has a total value exceeding half a billion dollars, including more than $70 million for software capabilities, according to a list of deals announced Tuesday.
Those totals do not include classified procurements, a Defense Department press release noted.
On July 7-8, NATO held its 36th official summit in Ankara, Turkey. There were several consequential topics to discuss at this year’s meeting, chief among them the wars in Ukraine and Iran and the uncertain future of European defense and security. We asked five experts to assess the outcomes of the summit for the various parties involved.Liviu HorovitzAssociate Researcher at German Institute for Security and International AffairsThe key takeaway from Ankara is that even President Donald Trump is struggling to escape NATO’s strategic logic.
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