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Russia spent the weekend and the first half of this week dealing with the consequences of yet another wave of Ukrainian long-range strikes.

In Crimea, roughly half of the peninsula’s civilian population lost electricity after attacks damaged energy infrastructure, while authorities also announced the suspension of fuel sales to civilians entirely.

T-72 Russian Tank. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Ukrainian strikes hit fuel and logistics infrastructure elsewhere in Russia, including in Siberia, extending shortages nationwide.

The entry the Russian Kirov class nuclear powered cruiser Admiral Nakhimov into the final phase of its sea trials in early June has drawn significant attention to its capabilities, and particularly how they compare to those of the U.S. Navy’s own heaviest surface combat ships the Zumwalt class destroyers. The 28,000 ton Kirov class was conceived during the Cold War as a heavily armed capital ship designed to destroy NATO carrier battle groups through overwhelming missile firepower.

While Blue Bird Tech specialise in EW, export manager Tetiana Uzhviy spoke to Army Technology about their plans in the rocket systems sector.

The U.S. Department of War has announced plans to finance a $1.55 billion spending plan for the procurement of E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) systems in fiscal 2027, following controversial efforts by the department to cancel procurement plans in 2025. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink informed the House Armed Services Committee in May that a budget amendment of around $1.

This exclusive Cogs of War interview is with Maxwell Maduka, the co-founder and chief engineer of Terra Industries, an African defense technology company building autonomous drone and counter-drone systems designed for the continent’s operating conditions. As cheap imported airframes flood African markets and non-state actors employ drones across the Sahel, we asked Max why Terra is betting on Africa building its own defense industrial base.Cheap Turkish and Chinese drones and sensor systems have proliferated across Africa for years.

Armies run on more than what happens at the front. Behind every operation is a vast amount of coordination, administration, logistics, and judgment. Bill Pessin, senior vice president of national security at Salesforce and a former U.S. Army logistics officer, joins Jonathan to discuss how military organizations can use AI agents, what makes these tools different from ordinary software, and why safety and accountability matter when new technology enters national security work.

Wars rarely end in a single act of diplomacy. More often, they pass through a succession of ceasefires, frameworks, understandings, as well as provisional and even secret arrangements before anyone can determine whether peace is actually at hand. The Trump administration’s memorandum with Iran is best understood in those terms. In both form and logic, it recalls an earlier American effort to negotiate an exit from an unpopular conflict: the Paris Peace Accords of 1973.

Following the return of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy’s Liaoning carrier group to its home port from far-sea combat training, state media outlets reported that the group encountered repeated close-range harassment by Japanese forces during these exercises. The carrier group departed for the Western Pacific on May 19, and also exercised in the South China Sea and other unstated regions.

Russian state technology corporation Rostec has reported that the country’s primary type of main battle tank, the T-90M, is being continuously upgraded based on feedback from personnel in the Ukrainian theatre. “The T-90 is a well-known tank. It has become more powerful with enhanced armour and protection. This is an ongoing process. The armoured vehicle continues to be improved. Our specialists are refining the hardware based on new tasks coming from the frontline.

The U.S. Air Force is beginning to implement a massive modernization and expansion program at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, with the aim of transforming the base into a premier hub for fighter operations. This is being achieved by replacing aging 1950s-era infrastructure with modern hangars, maintenance facilities, operations centers, training infrastructure, and support buildings capable of sustaining large numbers of advanced combat aircraft for decades to come.