In 2025, Nurlan Aliyev wrote, “The Mayhem of Russia’s “Research” Fleet,” where he argued that NATO must act decisively to safeguard critical undersea infrastructure from Russian sabotage attempts. A year later, we asked him to revisit his arguments. Image: Andrey Luzik via Wikimedia CommonsIn your 2025 article, you argued that NATO needed to act decisively to safeguard critical undersea infrastructure in the Baltic, Barents, and Arctic regions from Russian sabotage.
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Syria to Partially Retake Russian Bases on Its Coast – Russia’s military presence in Syria is set to be downgraded further under an agreement announced by Damascus on Sunday.
The full details of Moscow and Damascus’s new “memorandum of understanding” have not been published, but Syria is reportedly set to regain civilian control at two key Russian military bases on its Mediterranean coast.
Kirov-Class Russian Navy. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Kirov-Class Russian Navy Cleaned Up. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
With the United States and Iran continuing their standoff over the Strait of Hormuz, there are new reports of disagreements within the upper reaches of the Iranian regime, and questions about who is really in charge in Tehran.
According to Bloomberg News, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on TV this week that he found it “very difficult” to reach the country’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. The president later said the two had recently met for several hours and called it “a very good meeting.” Reuters later confirmed that the two met.
Iran’s missile capabilities.
How Iran Strategized Around the U.S. Munitions Shortage – Reports in recent weeks have indicated that the U.S. is facing a munitions shortage after months of war in Iran. The Hill reported this week that this depleted weapons stockpile has begun to undermine U.S. leverage in the war and elsewhere.
“So, this is a dangerous moment for the United States to have these reduced stockpiles of key weapons at a time when these threats are all real,” Leon Panetta, a former congressman, defense secretary, and CIA director, told The Hill.
The U.S. military has fired missiles at a commercial cargo ship attempting to reach Iran in a show of force as Iran attempts to evade the U.S. blockade and maintain control over the Strait of Hormuz.
The strikes come as Washington hopes the waterway will soon open, with a deal expected to emerge from ongoing Oman-Iran negotiations.
Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Mark Ruiz, assigned to Air Department aboard the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R.
Patria and KNDS Deutschland Maintenance have formalised an agreement to assemble Patria 6×6 armoured personnel carriers in Germany.
Ankara is looking to position itself as a defence exporter in the coming years, although still hopes to acquire advanced Western platforms.
Pakistan’s ageing F-16 fourth generation fighter fleet was reportedly constrained during the 2025 India-Pakistan conflict by the limited range of its AIM-120C-5 AMRAAM missiles, according to comments attributed to a retired Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Air Commodore. The reported assessment highlights a growing disparity between Pakistan’s U.S.-origin fighters and its newer Chinese-supplied combat aircraft in their beyond-visual-range combat capabilities. The AIM-120C-5 remains the principal air-to-air weapon of the Pakistani F-16 fleet, and has an approximately 100 kilometre range.
Russian Air Force Commander and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces Sergey Kobylash has provided new details on the roles of the fast expanding Su-57 fifth generation fighter fleet in service, as the aircraft has introduced a new generation of capabilities.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a major threat over concerns that European countries could expand the seizure of merchant vessels found to be linked to Russia.
Putin: We Will Hit Back ‘In Kind’
Putin with Military in 2018 Creative Commons Image
Putin Back in 2018 Creative Commons Image
Visiting naval personnel on Wednesday, the Russian president said he would retaliate “in kind” if the plans went ahead, describing them as “piracy and robbery.