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Escalation and Deterrence

Actions and postures that raise or reduce the risk of open conflict and thereby impacting market sentiment, affecting defense stocks and commodities. prices tied to conflict risks.

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BRICS Maritime Play: A Strategic Pivot in the Indo-Atlantic

Feb 5, 2026

Trade corridors are power projection routes: BRICS just made a quiet claim.

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Israel Deploys Iron Beam: Laser Air Defence Enters Combat Phase

Jan 27, 2026

Interceptors cost dollars. Lasers cost cents. Israel just flipped the cost curve.

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End of the Illusion: The Norms Europe Can No Longer Rely On

Jan 26, 2026

Power has always outranked principles. What’s new is dropping the pretence.

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Greenland: The New Arctic Flashpoint. Strategic Ground Zero in the US - Russia - China Contest

Jan 22, 2026

Strategic Arctic geography and resources elevate Greenland from cold periphery to geopolitical tinderbox (Jan 2026)

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Air Defence & Pre‐Emptive Readiness: Why Ukraine Did Not Fall Within Hours

Jan 16, 2026

Ukraine denied quick dominance by Russia through strategic dispersal, pre‐deployment, and resilient air defence, not luck.

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Thermal Discipline or Death: Winter ISR in the Infrared Battlespace

Jan 15, 2026

The static warmth of daily life is now a primary kill signal. Infrared dominance is no longer a capability, it’s a culture.

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China and the Russian Far East: Strategic Narratives and Future Influence

Jan 12, 2026

Chinese media commentary signals early long‐term thinking about influence and leverage in Russia’s Far East amid Moscow’s geopolitical strain.

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Defense Tech 2026: From Promise to Delivery in the Age of Deep Tech Warfare

Jan 8, 2026

AI, autonomy, drones, energy weapons and resilient systems mark the next phase of military transformation.

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KVN: Russia’s Fiber‐Optic FPV Munition Scaling Low‐Signal Warfare

Jan 2, 2026

Mass‐produced jam‐resistant loitering drones reshape ground conflict and EW calculus

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Subsea Sovereignty and Signal Wars: The Deep Edge is the New High Ground

Jan 1, 2026

Subsea cables and drone swarms redraw escalation thresholds in Taiwan Strait

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Greyshark and the Cable Frontier

Dec 19, 2025

A new shark-shaped autonomous vehicle takes aim at the silent war beneath the waves.

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Sleeper Drones: Russia’s New Ambush Tactic Alters the Drone Warfare Playbook

Dec 16, 2025

Fiber-guided FPVs enter hibernation mode near the front, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

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Electromagnetic Shield: China’s Drone Swarm Test Exposes Starlink Vulnerability

Dec 15, 2025

A simulated “drone wall” over Taiwan challenges assumptions about satellite‐internet invulnerability.

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NATO's AI War Room: Google Cloud Powers Classified Combat Intelligence for Ukraine

Dec 10, 2025

Civilian cloud AI is now embedded in sovereign warfighting networks.

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Golden Dome: Space-Based Interceptors Shift Deterrence Above the Atmosphere

Dec 9, 2025

Kinetic missile defence moves to orbit as the U.S. Space Force initiates prototype interceptor contracts.

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Quantum Anchors: UK Navy Trials Subsea Clock for Positioning Sovereignty

Nov 24, 2025

Timing autonomy dives deeper with quantum-secured precision.

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Tactical OS at the Edge: How TAK Rewires Defence Software Economics

Nov 19, 2025

Government-owned software becomes the new high ground at the tactical edge.

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Runway‐Free Airpower: Shield AI's X‐BAT Jets Rewrite High‐End Deterrence

Nov 7, 2025

Autonomy now flies where runways cannot reach.

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Europe's Space Shield: Autonomy Beyond NATO

Oct 23, 2025

Orbital defence is now a test of political independence.

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China's defence spending signal

Oct 9, 2025

Budgets reveal power before battles do.

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Illegal Immigration as a Sovereignty Breach

Oct 6, 2025

Borders are not lines but filters of power.

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Google Tests the Cyber Disruption Line

Oct 2, 2025

Private sector edges toward offence in cyberspace

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Pentagon Centralises Anti-Drone Response

Sep 29, 2025

Unified coordination replaces fragmented efforts.

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Orbital Vigilance: Australia Activates Deep-Space Radar for AUKUS

Sep 10, 2025

Surveillance at orbital scale is now a deterrence asset.

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Huntsville as AI-Enabled Air Defence Hub

Sep 5, 2025

AI-powered integration is reshaping the heart of U.S. air defence.

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