In June this year, France communicated its intent to arm its military forces with AeroVironment Kamikaze drones, after their effectiveness in the Russian-Ukrainian war. According to military experts, in the first few weeks of the Russian invasion, Ukraine’s drones played a gamer-changer role in the country’s defense. As the war continues, both sides seem to be using drones excessively to …

On Wednesday, in a letter, 40 Republican members of the House and Senate Armed Services committees were pressing President Joe Biden to reverse his previous decision of cutting defense spending below the rate of inflation. [1] It very much seems that the White House will not disappoint the GOP. According to a White House official, the President of the United …

It appears that North Korea conducted its second successful test flight of a hypersonic missile on Thursday, days after the event, the country’s leader Kim Jong Un vowed to the idea of bolstering his military forces despite pandemic-related difficulties, meaning that the North part of Korea will press ahead with plans to modernize its nuclear and missile arsenals rather than …

In recent weeks, the tension between Russia and Ukraine has reached critical levels and that is the reason why the main actors involved have deployed their diplomatic means to try to find a peaceful solution. NATO’s aim is to open the negotiations in the early days of next year, in order to de-escalate and resolve tensions with Russia in a …

As the COP26 conference is taking place, one prominent leader absent is Turkish President Recep Tayyep Erdogan, who cited security concerns as an excuse. Pledging to renounce fossil fuels anytime soon does not fit in the overall Turkish strategy of becoming a regional energy hub (Directorate of Communications, 2020) to cement its position of a powerful actor in the wider …

The History between the two countries goes a long way, since 1955 Moscow had provided military training and warfare material to Afghanistan and supported the PDPA, the at-the-time recently government installed upon Marxist ideology, which then split and whose more radical faction decided to improve relations with the U.S rather than following the soviet influence, these happenings eventually led to …

The evolution of missiles during the decades led to the accomplishment of the hypersonic ones, which are capable of travelling with speed exceeding 5.000 kilometres per hour. The speed that manages to reach a hypersonic missile is at least five times the speed of sound, known as March 5. As a result, this type of technology accounts for a revolutionary …

An unimaginable amount of people still confuses Taiwan, also known as Formosa, with mainland China, although their cultures seem very similar, they are in fact two very distinct countries. In order to understand the reasons for the growing hostility between the two of them we must go back to the origins, the first settlers on the island are thought to …

The European Union has for years been pursuing greater cooperation in the field of defence in order to maintain its security and its position in the world.  Yet, the idea of a European army is a particularly contentious one with strong advocates for and against. Ultimately, a distinct European army is still not a reality due to the lack of a common strategic culture and the political will …