Russia may not need a large-scale invasion to challenge NATO. Instead, it could deliberately occupy a small piece of allied territory for only a few days, forcing the Alliance into a politically divisive crisis while exploiting nuclear deterrence to complicate any military response, Estonia’s Chief of Staff warned. TALLINN — Russia could deliberately seize a
Former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt has warned that Russia is using against Armenia “exactly the same” pressure tactics it employed against Ukraine before the 2014 conflict, as Moscow seeks to prevent another former Soviet republic from moving closer to the European Union. TALLINN — Russian President Vladimir Putin is repeating against Armenia the threats
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Instead of designing an entirely new missile, Norwegian defence manufacturer Nammo has taken a combat-proven anti-armour warhead already used extensively in Ukraine and integrated it with a modular unmanned aerial vehicle, creating a precision strike weapon aimed at one of the fastest-growing segments of modern warfare. The Nammo Modular Strike System (NMSS), unveiled at Eurosatory
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A Finnish start-up has entered one of the defence industry’s most unforgiving markets with an 18-tonne armoured vehicle, a French drivetrain and no disclosed customers. Scata unveiled its MK1 at Eurosatory in Paris in June. The company says the modular four-wheel-drive platform can carry troops, command systems, counter-drone equipment, logistics loads and weapons. Production is
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For more than four decades, armour design has revolved around cutting, machining and welding hardened steel plate. Swedish steelmaker SSAB believes that paradigm is about to change. Its launch of Armox 500 AM Powder marks what the company says is the world’s first armour steel powder specifically engineered for additive manufacturing, opening the door to
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Europe’s forgotten frontiers are where the next crisis is already beginning. Hannah Lucinda Smith’s Hinterlands (Profile Books, 2026, 288 pages) begins from a proposition that western European governments have spent decades trying to avoid: Europe’s periphery is central to Europe’s security. The continent’s most dangerous political spaces frequently lie beyond the metropolitan centres where European
Europe has launched its first dedicated anti-ballistic missile coalition with Ukraine at its centre, marking the continent’s most ambitious attempt yet to build a sovereign shield against Russia’s growing missile threat. Turning declarations into production lines, interoperable systems and credible deterrence will prove the coalition’s defining challenge. On 13 July 2026, Ukraine and nine European
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A French robotics company best known for helping firefighters battle the 2019 blaze at Notre-Dame Cathedral is now emerging as part of Europe’s broader effort to strengthen civil security and resilience in an era of war and hybrid threats. If Europe really wants to build its own self-reliant defence industry with innovative startups, it needs
Control of AI models, software and battlefield networks is becoming a central determinant of military power. As access to advanced AI becomes subject to export controls and political decisions, sovereign digital capabilities are acquiring the same strategic importance as ammunition, air defence and artillery. Europe already has much of the technology needed to achieve them.
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