On May 14, 2025, Estonia attempted to divert a Gabonese-flagged tanker near Russia’s Primorsk port, prompting a Russian Su-35S response. The incident exemplifies how frontline NATO states are now enforcing deterrence directly—within legal grey zones and without centralized coordination.
Ukraine Integrates NATO AAM into Autonomous Naval Systems; Maritime Air Defense Network Now Active in Black Sea Theater.
On May 14, 2025, Estonia attempted to divert a Gabonese-flagged tanker near Russia’s Primorsk port, prompting a Russian Su-35S response. The incident exemplifies how frontline NATO states are now enforcing deterrence directly—within legal grey zones and without centralized coordination.
Europe’s iMUGS2 project moves unmanned ground systems from prototype to operational use—embedding modular autonomy into EU battlegroup planning.
Armored warfare is undergoing a doctrinal shift as precision fires, loitering munitions, and ubiquitous ISR challenge traditional survivability. This article explores how dispersion, EMCON, and mobile SHORAD are altering the role and design of armored forces.
Bern seals CHF 660 m deal for IRIS-T SLM and TRML-4D radar, closing Switzerland’s mid-range air-defence gap under the European Sky Shield Initiative.
Long-range, high-impact—and withheld. Germany’s Taurus missile could help Ukraine strike deep into Russian territory, but Berlin won’t send it. This is the story behind Berlin’s missile dilemma—and the decision Friedrich Merz says he’s ready to make.
BND president Bruno Kahl proposed 'Euro Eyes' as a European intelligence-sharing alliance to counter growing threats, focusing on cooperation in cyber defense, signals intelligence, and counterintelligence—positioned beyond NATO/EU frameworks, with broad German political support.
Ukraine confirms Gripen fighter delivery, expands Patriot systems, and integrates Meteor missiles. Russian drone raids intensify but face 90%+ interception. Read the full May 2025 tactical update from Großwald.
IRIS-T gets a deployment upgrade—MDSI’s decoupled system architecture puts thrust-vectoring missiles on NATO legacy era airframes like the Gripen/F-16 in weeks, not quarters.
Dassault CEO fires a direct shot at FCAS—Europe’s sixth-generation fighter aircraft program led by Dassault, Airbus Defence and Space, and Indra—calling it “very difficult” and mired in bureaucratic gridlock. Tensions rise and timelines slip - FCAS may be flying into turbulence.
Europe’s iMUGS2 project moves unmanned ground systems from prototype to operational use—embedding modular autonomy into EU battlegroup planning.
Armored warfare is undergoing a doctrinal shift as precision fires, loitering munitions, and ubiquitous ISR challenge traditional survivability. This article explores how dispersion, EMCON, and mobile SHORAD are altering the role and design of armored forces.
Fragmentation vs Synergy: A structured view into the EU-funded FMBTech and MARTE programmes, their relationship to theMGCS and to KNDS’s Leopard 2 A8 production run – plus the planned Leopard 3 and its 130 mm gun. Overlap is by design; allows later integration.
On May 14, 2025, Estonia attempted to divert a Gabonese-flagged tanker near Russia’s Primorsk port, prompting a Russian Su-35S response. The incident exemplifies how frontline NATO states are now enforcing deterrence directly—within legal grey zones and without centralized coordination.
Ukraine Integrates NATO AAM into Autonomous Naval Systems; Maritime Air Defense Network Now Active in Black Sea Theater.
Ukrainian forces reportedly shot down a Russian Su-30 multirole fighter jet using a missile launched from a remotely operated MAGURA V5 naval drone over the Black Sea—marking a historic first. An overview of the incident and all confirmed MAGURA V5 drone strikes from 2023 to 2025.
