The US is outpacing Europe in trialling new anti-drone tech - Warsight Recent US anti-drone tech tests stand in contrast to European allies, who appear stuck with a Cold War doctrine that shows no sign of evolving.

The US is experimenting its way toward formation-level layered protection. The argument that cheap drones have nullified armoured manoeuvre doctrine is being pushed back on.

In Europe, it's largely still being debated.
There are lessons for Europe to learn here.

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Uncomfortable facts sit behind an up-beat announcement on finalised delivery of the UK’s first batch of F-35s - Warsight While the UK has announced it has completed delivery of its first batch of 48 F-35Bs, uncomfortable facts sit behind that announcement.

The announcement that the UK has accepted the last aircraft in its order for 48 F-35s did not mean what many thought it did. As Jon lake reports, the current UK-based Lightning force is, fact, small and handicapped by different configurations and software standards.
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B-21 Raider testing accelerates ahead of service entry next year - Warsight The first USAF B-21 bomber is due to be delivered to Ellsworth AFB in Texas during 2027, with testing being accelerated to meet that deadline.

The first USAF B-21 bomber is due to be delivered to Ellsworth AFB in South Dakota during 2027, with testing being accelerated to meet that deadline. Most recently, the USAF released photos of air-to-air refuelling tests. Jon Lake reports for Warsight.

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UK government receives blunt warning of its ‘corrosive complacency’ regarding preparedness for conflict - Warsight Lord Robertson has delivered a blunt warning to the UK government that it is woefully unprepared for potential conflict.

Lord Robertson, a former UK defence secretary and NATO secretary general, has delivered a blunt warning to the UK government that it is woefully unprepared for potential conflict.
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France authorises world’s first ricin antidote for sale - Warsight French firm Fabentech has developed 'Ricimed', the first ricin antidote. The news marks a watershed moment in the treatment of ricin poisoning.

French firm Fabentech has received authorisation from the French government to sell their ricin antidote ‘Ricimed’ on the French market.

The news marks a watershed moment in the treatment of ricin poisoning. @dankaszeta.bsky.social writes.

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SAFE cracking: Romania, Rheinmetall, and the race to modernise - Warsight Under the EU’s SAFE loan, Romania will receive EUR 9.6 billion for defence procurement. Over half will likely go to one company – Rheinmetall.

In case you missed it, Warsight's @mcazalet.bsky.social took a deep dive look at planned defence procurement in #Romania under the EU's SAFE funding programme.

While the government has grand ambitions for reindustrialisation, realising these will be a major challenge.

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NATO DIANA three years in: What the acronym doesn’t say - Warsight Nearly three years in, NATO's DIANA shows early results, but it is also revealing why innovation in defence is so hard to accelerate in the first place.

#NATO DIANA defence accelerator is nearly three years old. Is it working? Well, partially.

Applications are up, and a growing network of startups is learning to navigate defence procurement. But structural barriers haven't gone away. The 'valley of death' is real.

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USAF fulfils rapid request to give A-10 probe-and-drogue air refuelling capability - Warsight An urgent US Air Force programme to fit a probe-and-drogue air refuelling capability to the A-10 close air support aircraft has come to fruition.

An A-10 recently completed its first-ever probe-and-drogue air refuelling, a capability it's never had before.

A removable adapter, field-installable in hours, now allows the Warthog to refuel from C-130 tankers that operate closer to its speed and altitude.

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UDT 2026: AUKUS to increase UK SSN presence across Euro-Atlantic - Warsight A senior UK government official told the UDT 2026 conference that the AUKUS programme will increase UK SSN presence in the Euro-Atlantic.

Sir Stephen Lovegrove, the UK's AUKUS representative, used this week's UDT conference to make a pointed argument:
AUKUS isn't just about the Pacific. Most of the new SSNs will deploy in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, where they're needed most.

#UDT

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Current ops reveal 'doom loop’ of Royal Navy’s current fleet Availability of the Royal Navy’s surface fleet plunged to a low in early April with the First Sea Lord conceding that the Royal Navy is not ready for war.

The Royal Navy finds itself in a "doom loop": too few ships, worked too hard, breaking down faster than they can be fixed.

The First Sea Lord admits the RN won't be ready for war until the end of the decade.

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The erosion of nuclear brinksmanship - Warsight During the Gulf crisis, the Trump administration has replaced clarity over nuclear use with a fog of contradictory signals. This has consequences.

Nuclear deterrence works through capability and credibility. The US has the former, but Trump's bluster may have damaged the latter.

As @dankaszeta.bsky.social writes, If adversaries learn US nuclear threats can be stared down, that lesson won't stay confined to Iran.

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UK MoD details operations to deter Russian submarine incursions - Warsight The UK has revealed details of a joint and combined operation undertaken to deter Russian submarine deployments in the North Atlantic.

The Royal Navy managed to successfully deter a Russian CUI threat last week. However, the operation exposed a real capability gap: the Royal Navy had just one Astute-class SSN readily available across three simultaneous strategic commitments.

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In his latest piece for Warsight, Dr Lee Willett takes a deep dive look into the Portuguese Navy's newest vessel, the Dom João Segundo. While nicknamed a 'drone carrier' it is in fact far from being a traditional warship.

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Trump agrees ceasefire with Iran - Warsight US President Donald Trump has agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, in exchange for Iran allowing marine traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

A ceasefire has been agreed between the US and Iran — but the geopolitical aftershocks are only beginning.

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Telegram in wartime - Warsight Telegram has been widely used by military personnel, conflict bloggers, and civilian audiences. However, the Kremlin seeks to replace it.

This latest piece examines Russia's use of Telegram, the operational constraints on internet-based communications in contested environments, the data vulnerabilities introduced by smartphone apps, and Telegram's role as a PR and fundraising platform.

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Russian drones learn new tricks - Warsight From secondary armaments and jet engines, to dazzlers and mesh networking modems, Russia’s drones continue to evolve.

In my latest piece for Warsight, I examine some of Russia's most recent developments the drone war over Ukraine.

These are opening up new tactical possibilities in what is perhaps the most fascinating and fastest-moving arms race on Earth.

#drones #ukraine

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Norway moves Standardised Vessel programme into design phase - Warsight The NDMA has contracted KDA and Salt Ship Design to design a new Standardised Vessel for the Norwegian Navy and Coast Guard.

The Norwegian Defence Material Agency recently contracted Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace (KDA) and Salt Ship Design to design a new Standardised Vessel for the Norwegian Navy and Coast Guard. This piece dives deep into the programme, from conception to design concept.

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US Navy ponders its UJTS choices - Warsight The US Navy issued an RFI for UJTS, its T-45 replacement, and dropped some training requirements that were previously considered sacred.

The US Navy issued an RFP for UJTS, the Navy's new jet trainer programme to replace the T-45 Goshawk. Competitors M-346N, T-7A, TF-50N, and the Freedom Trainer. Notably, the Navy has scrapped carrier qualification requirement from their jet trainer syllabus.

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Dispersion alone won't keep large aircraft safe - Warsight The destruction of a USAF E-3G AWACS aircraft at a Saudi air base demonstrates that dispersion alone is insufficient to keep such aircraft safe.

As militaries have been learning across airbases from Dyagilevo to Al Kharj, in the drone age, dispersion alone is no longer enough to protect high-value aircraft.

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Uranium fever: Why finding Iran’s HEU requires espionage, not remote sensing - Warsight In practice, finding Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium would require the traditional tools of espionage and intercepting communications.

There has been much talk of locating Iran's highly enriched uranium (HEU) stockpile. However, as Dan Kaszeta writes, finding it would in practice require spies and signals interception rather than radiation detection.

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#iran #uranium

The missing architecture of autonomous naval systems - Warsight Navies around the world are buying autonomous naval systems faster than they can define what they want them to do.

Navies around the world are buying autonomous vessels faster than they can define what they want them to do. Alix Valenti's latest piece explores the problem of rapid adoption of autonomous systems, and why navies must first define what they expect autonomy to deliver.

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