Drones have gone from gimmick to game-changer. In Ukraine, swarms of cheap UAVs now stalk everything from tanks to individual soldiers. Saab’s answer is a stripped-down drone killer designed for the battlefield’s new reality. The race is on: as RUSI observes, Russia today boasts “the most formidable counter-UAS capabilities on earth”. These cheap uncrewed systems—often
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When we think of films about the Titanic, James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster or the British classic A Night to Remember (1958) usually come to mind. Yet in 1943, deep in the Second World War, Nazi Germany produced its own epic retelling of the Titanic disaster. The result is one of the most peculiar and revealing
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Norway is undertaking a once-in-a-generation military modernisation. It is also strongly supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia. The hybrid warfare is increasingly probing the Nordic region – from drone disturbances at airports and undersea cable sabotage to relentless GPS jamming – forcing Norway and its neighbours to reassess their defences. Against Russian pressure, Oslo
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Finnish defence firm Patria has unveiled a new tracked armoured vehicle, expanding its product line beyond the wheeled platforms for which it’s best known. The new vehicle – unofficially referred to as “Patria TRACKX” – was launched on the opening day of the DSEI 2025 exhibition in London, built upon the FAMOUS concept prototype first
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Saab has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace to explore the integration of the Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) into the Chunmoo artillery rocket system. Görgen Johansson, head of Saab’s Dynamics business unit, said the agreement offered a step change in long-range precision strike: “With this agreement we are excited
