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How Feasible Is a European Nuclear Deterrent Without Washington?
In 2025, James Cameron wrote, “Eurodeterrent: A Vision for an Anglo-French Nuclear Force,” where he argued the United Kingdom and France should cooper...
Aug 18, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
What happens when interceptor missiles run out
The growing shortage is causing panic in Ukraine and elsewhere
Aug 18, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Diving into Trump’s unusual shipbuilding plans, plus an SMD expo floor tour
The Breaking Defense team unpacks three new directives from the White House that could influence the future of the Navy.
Aug 18, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Odesa under attack: Russia is cutting Ukraine off from the Black Sea
Russia's current bombing strategy is not simply to punish Odesa. Moscow aims to make Ukraine's largest Black Sea port city functionally landlocked, wr...
Aug 18, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The Return of the Essential Art: Electronic Warfare and the Lessons of the Russia-Ukraine War
A Post-Cold War Assumption That No Longer HoldsFor three decades, the Alliance operated under a dangerous assumption: that the electromagnetic spectru...
Aug 18, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Echoes of Odysseus in Ukraine’s ingenious approach to the art of war
Christopher Nolan's new blockbuster film version of the Odyssey is shaped by timeless values of military ingenuity, righteous justice, and a longing f...
Aug 18, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
RAND Outlines Layered Defense Strategy to Mitigate AI-Enabled Bioweapon Risk
No single safeguard can prevent an actor from using artificial intelligence to help build a biological weapon, but nine interventions layered together...
Aug 18, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
AI and the Risks of Tearing Down an Old System
Operation Epic Fury made clear that AI is now at the heart of American warfighting. Central Command used Claude through Palantir’s Maven Smart System ...
Aug 18, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
With Colby’s tour, the US makes a pragmatic pitch to Southeast Asia
The Pentagon’s top policy official, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby, used his first Southeast Asian tour last week to make a pitc...
Aug 18, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Koizumi’s in Australia again. Japan is becoming less quasi, more ally
The signals are getting clear enough: Japan is becoming an ally of Australia. The latest indication is that Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi...
Aug 18, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic Security is Not Just Indivisible, it Merges
Conflicts are connecting in Europe and the Middle East, but could Asia be next?
Aug 17, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
How cheap, simple building materials can protect strike drones from lasers
As armed forces and their suppliers work on costly lasers to knock down cheap drones, the drone makers can easily reach for inexpensive responses from...
Aug 17, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail