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Ukraine spent years lobbying for Western tanks and ultimately succeeded in obtaining them, but with the proliferation of cheap attack drones, many of those tanks are now sitting largely unused behind the front lines.
The dynamics of war have changed in just the last handful of years, largely driven by Ukraine’s burgeoning drone industry and asymmetric tactics that have allowed its military to face down a much greater power.
M1E3 Abrams. National Security Journal Photo.
India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the transfer of technologies (ToT) for all conventional missile systems developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to Indian defence firms for domestic production.
American farmers are on track for another potentially disastrous year, and Congress is considering spending $12 billion to help them weather the storm.
But the scale of the projected agricultural losses suggests that even an enormous bailout may provide only temporary relief.
President Donald J. Trump signs Executive Orders in the Oval Office, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley)
President Donald J. Trump meets with his cabinet at Camp David, Maryland on Friday, July 31, 2026.
Defence and aerospace company Ursa Major has agreed to become a publicly traded company through a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. III. (Bleichroeder).
Mara has raised a $7m pre-seed round to build Spike, a C-UAS system that uses stationary targeting sensors alongside small interceptors.
Six months of war with Iran have demonstrated perhaps why other leaders before U.S. President Donald Trump were so hesitant to get tough with the Islamic regime, with the world having witnessed the largest oil supply disruption on record.
Yet the global energy system has so far avoided the kind of total breakdown analysts initially predicted.
Donald Trump Back in 2016. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
But that resilience is getting harder to maintain, and may not last much longer.
Digital forensics firm Cellebrite unveiled a new portable field kit that can fit in a backpack and is purpose-built for military and intelligence officials who aim to mine data directly from mobile phones, SIM cards, drones, tablets and other devices in real time, at the point of capture.
The company billed the launch of its new Cellebrite Tactical Extraction Kit (C-TEK) on Wednesday as “the first public step” in a broader push to reach defense and intel customers worldwide.
Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum, only for War on the Rocks members. Each Monday, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how Ukrainians themselves debate the issues shaping their country.American coverage often narrows the view to the battlefield — these pieces widen it, revealing the texture of daily life, politics, and public argument in a nation at war.
Jimmie Sutton always wanted to become an engineer, specifically a naval engineer.
Sutton received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, but he left in 1904. His next stop was the Marine Corps School of Application, a precursor to Officer Candidates School and The Basic School. Sutton became a second lieutenant, which was his rank on the early morning of October 13, 1907—the night he died on the academy’s grounds after brawling with other aspiring officers.
For nearly six months now, U.S. President Donald Trump has been trying to force Iran to capitulate through sheer military power – but now, with Tehran refusing Washington’s terms and threatening to prevent any oil from leaving the Persian Gulf, the White House is betting that economic pressure can achieve what thousands of strikes so far have not.
Washington this week announced its plans to make the economic cost of continuing the war unbearable for Tehran while also threatening countries that keep the Iranian economy alive.
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