It signals a departure from the approach of the Starmer government.
- Teaching Fellow in Strategic and Air Power Studies, University of Portsmouth
Ukraine is unable to prevent Russia’s long-range missiles from hitting its cities and civilian population.
Efficiency savings can be easier to find on paper than to achieve in real life.
Iran’s attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure are part of a broader strategy the regime in Tehran has employed to try and ensure its survival.
Fomenting a revolution when you have little ability to control how events play out on the ground can lead to unfavourable outcomes.
Direct-energy weapons are being developed as a way to defend against drone attacks.
Lasers, electronic jamming and nets are all possibilities.
The move has prompted fears of a new nuclear arms race.
The Iranian military has been largely unable to prevent missile attacks and Israeli aircraft from entering its air space.
Kyiv is hoping that being able to hit targets inside Russia will give it the strategic edge it has lacked until now.
Donald Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ initiative is the latest and most expensive defence system ever imagined.
Denying access to intelligence sharing and satellite information could lead to an existential crisis for Ukraine.
Anchor-dragging incidents in the Baltic Sea are leading to an increased naval presence.
Putin says his new long-range missile could hit targets with the force of a meteorite.
Where the MIddle East fits in to theories of conflict escalation.
Destroying satellites in space can lead to cascades that are hard to predict.
The downing of two important Russian aircraft show how stretched the invaders’ air force has become.
The first batch of US-built F-16 ‘Fighting Falcon’ warplanes should be ready for deployment early next year.
Friendly fire incidents have always been a feature of war, but the array of different countries’ equipment makes it very challenging for Ukrainian troops in the field.
The high cost of warfare is not only human – military expenditure on both sides is enormous and will strain defence budgets.
Air power has transformed warfare and may well prove crucial to the outcome of this conflict.
Both eras are seeing technological advancement on a unique scale.
Buying the biggest and best technology is always going to be high risk and expensive.
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