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2026 and All That: Another Benchmark Year in Royal Navy Decline
The 1930 comic history, 1066 and All That, made famous the British habit of reducing national history to a sequence of memorable dates. The modern Roy...
Aug 13, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Keeping Defence above water on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
The marine park around the Cocos (Keeling) Islands should be understood as a national security asset, not just a conservation zone. This demands a who...
Aug 13, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Preparing for surprise: Australian defence in an age of flux
Simultaneous shifts in the character of warfare and in the international system are heightening Australia’s risk of strategic surprise. Changes in one...
Aug 13, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Fear not for AUKUS as Britain’s new prime minister takes over
Australia, so dependent on Britain for AUKUS, needn’t worry about new Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s commitment to defence or about opportunities for c...
Aug 12, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Space-based interceptor contractors passed first Golden Dome milestone: Guetlein
The Defense Department will not decide whether to produce operational space-based interceptors until after industry demonstrates their feasibility, Ge...
Aug 12, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
How About Equipping Local Law Enforcement with a Better Anti-Drone Arsenal?
During the week of March 9, drones came over Barksdale Air Force Base in waves. Barksdale is the home of the 2nd Bomb Wing, one of the places this cou...
Aug 12, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Russia’s Blurry Line Between Science and Sabotage Beneath the Ocean’s Surface
In 2025, Nurlan Aliyev wrote, “The Mayhem of Russia’s “Research” Fleet,” where he argued that NATO must act decisively to safeguard critical undersea ...
Aug 12, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Joint force needs kinetic and non-kinetic weapons for space war: Whiting
“We’re a combatant command and we fight to win wars,” US Space Command chief Gen. Stephen Whiting told the annual Army SMD conference.
Aug 12, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
SIPRI experts contribute to UN exchanges on AI in the military domain
On 15–17 June, experts from SIPRI’s Governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Programme participated in the first informal United Nations exchanges o...
Aug 12, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Seoul’s nuclear submarine plans could spark arms race, North Korea warns
North Korea on Wednesday condemned South Korea’s plans to develop its first nuclear-powered submarine, warning that the project could set off “nuclear...
Aug 12, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Buried missile facilities, mystery telecom site and North Korea’s naval buildup
Jeongmin Kim hosts this week’s NK News Podcast and is joined by Senior Analytic Correspondent Colin Zwirko to discuss a series of recent satellite ima...
Aug 12, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The Next School of War: Educating for Tomorrow’s Battlefield
When war changes, schools change. New technology, the politics of mass mobilization and campaign design, and novel tactics that defined Napoleonic war...
Aug 12, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail