Iran: USS BUSH Carrier Strike Group departs, set to replace USS FORD 01/04/2026 | EDITORIAL TEAM Yesterday, March 31, the aircraft carrier USS BUSH and its Carrier Strike Group (CSG) departed from the U.S. Navy’s Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, on a “scheduled deployment.” Although the… [read more]

Iran war strains NATO cohesion 01/04/2026 | EDITORIAL TEAM The war in Iran is putting NATO under severe strain, despite diplomatic - and other - efforts by NATO Secretary General Rutte, who is struggling to hold together the fragments of an Alliance exposed to the steamroller of Trump-era policies. The latest blow to NATO’s foundations has come from U.S. Secretary of… [read more]

Japan deploys first operational hypersonic glide weapon 01/04/2026 | Mike Rajkumar The systems have been deployed with JGSDF units at Camp Kengun and Camp Fuji for island defence operations. 

The geopolitics of debt: US treasuries turn into financial ammunition 01/04/2026 | Go-Spa Consulting For decades, the global financial architecture functioned as an orderly infrastructure: a corridor of stability in which the free flow of capital aimed at maximising returns in an environment of low geopolitical risk. That world looks very different today.

The military use of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors 01/04/2026 | Claudio Boccalatte Progress in the field of small-scale civil nuclear reactors, particularly in safety and versatility, is opening the way to their possible wider use on naval combatants and to their use in the wider military domain, especially on land – an option currently being explored especially in the United States.

Fourth Gulf War: military analysis of the first phase of operations 31/03/2026 | Pietro Batacchi, Tommaso Massa, Andrea Mottola, Carolina Paizs At dawn on 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel opened hostilities against Iran, launching a series of so-called ‘pre-emptive’ air raids and setting in motion a war whose duration and outcome remain uncertain.

Ukraine’s long-range stand-off capabilities 31/03/2026 | Igor Markic The developments observed in 2025, and the opening months of 2026, have confirmed how far Ukraine has come in the domestic production of long-range strike systems. This shift is not only a matter of incremental technological progress; it is quite possible the emergence of trends that may end up rewriting… [read more]

Anduril and Palantir reported to be leading on GOLDEN DOME software 31/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The two companies are reported to be at the heart of development of the software that will network the sensors and interceptors needed to realize the DOME vision.

Iran: islands and beyond. A ground operation takes shape 30/03/2026 | Pietro Batacchi The US is preparing a potential ground operation. A highly risky undertaking that could become an almost unavoidable choice in order to try to accelerate the course of the conflict.

KAI rolls out first series production KF-21 30/03/2026 | Mike Rajkumar Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has rolled-out the first series-production KF-21 BORAMAE and is actively marketing the type to potential export customers such as Poland and Saudi Arabia.