Skycutter’s tech is in demand, but with no homegrown orders in the pipeline it may be forced to follow the money to the US or the Gulf

Since he came to office, the defence secretary has removed 20 senior leaders from the US military. History suggests he should tread carefully

A strike on Cyprus highlights the emptiness of debate about whether to back the US’s new Middle East misadventure: we have neither the funds nor the firepower to do so

In response, Iran has been launching its Shahab-3 ballistic missile, including longer-range variants capable of striking Jerusalem

Military analysts are wargaming scenarios in which Russia turns its sights on Estonia as soon as 2028 – putting Nato’s Article 5 to the ultimate test. We look at how events could unfold

The seizure of the Marinera and threats to annex Greenland raise fresh doubts about the viability of an alliance that has secured Europe for 75 years

Russian threats and US antipathy are twin spectres for Europe

A bull run for defence firms looks to be over, before the cash-strapped governments’ rearmament rhetoric has translated into higher spending

Trump and Putin are daring each other to restart live nuclear weapons tests. It would be bad for both of them

Tests of the ‘storm petrel’ appear to be in response to latest sanctions

The UK’s new armaments director may have to learn to say no to expensive procurement programmes

In a speech this week, George Robertson echoed other analysts’ views that UK is in conflict with the Kremlin

Pete Hegseth’s speech to 800 military officers may have seemed surreal, but was chilling in what it might mean for the future rules of warfare

Netanyahu wanted to kill Hamas leadership. Cratering the ceasefire process may be enough for him

Norway’s £10bn order for Type 26 frigates marks a new era for British shipyards

History shows that haste could spark a brutal, bloody conflict in a region that has already suffered far too much

It’s inconceivable that no one who got the email raised the alarm, writes former UK national armaments director

It took 18 months to raise the alarm over a ministry of defence data leak which named 19,000 Afghans and more than 100 members of the special forces and spies. Why did it take so long?

The UK military is woefully short of the weapons needed to make it a lethal force in the face of an enemy attack

Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to buy nuclear-capable F-35A jets ignores the threadbare state of the UK’s defences