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The autonomous arms race in the Russia–Ukraine war
The war in Ukraine has become increasingly technological. Take unmanned systems: Kyiv has successfully implemented a drone strategy that combines a dr...
Aug 04, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Digital threats are crossing domains. Our responses should, too
As digital threats increasingly span across domains, cross-institutional cooperation is becoming central to national security. Australia needs to fuse...
Aug 04, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Russian military help could strengthen North Korean forces over time: Japan
Russian assistance does not appear to have directly strengthened North Korea’s military yet, but the rapid and expanding cooperation between the two c...
Aug 04, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
How to win the battle for critical minerals
In the struggle with China over critical-minerals supply chains, the United States and its partners should focus efforts across three fronts: commerci...
Aug 03, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The War Room newsletter: Inside a 38-tonne armoured beast
Jonathan Rosenthal, our international editor, takes an infantry fighting vehicle for a spin
Aug 03, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Price it like a Tomahawk, not a Falcon 9: the case for sovereign microlaunch as deterrence
Very small launch vehicles are at an economic disadvantage to larger vehicles. However, Evangelos Dimitriou describes how they could provide a strateg...
Aug 03, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
ROK drone command cut training, budget despite North Korea’s advances: lawmaker
South Korea’s Drone Operation Command slashed drone training by over 50% and reduced spending by over $2 million since last year, a lawmaker from the ...
Aug 03, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
How to Stop China from Freeriding on American AI
The release of the Chinese open-weight AI model Kimi K3 has compressed a year’s worth of unresolved AI policy debate into a single news cycle. On July...
Aug 03, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Possible Is Not Plausible: How Nightmare Scenarios Hijack Unconventional Weapons Policy
Current conversations surrounding unconventional weapons — chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear — have become so fantastical as to be unser...
Aug 03, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
North Korea’s naval buildup will stretch allied forces across the Indo-Pacific
North Korea’s naval modernisation is still in its early stages. Much of its surface and submarine fleet remains outdated, while its more ambitious shi...
Aug 03, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
South Korea expands Cheongung-II missile shield against North Korean threats
South Korea has begun operating this year’s first batch of domestically developed Cheongung-II medium-range surface-to-air missile (M-SAM-II) systems,...
Aug 03, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Stick with it until you win: why Beijing keeps sovereignty disputes alive
No one should expect diplomatic pressure alone to make Beijing abandon a sovereignty claim. Ten years ago this month, a tribunal constituted under the...
Aug 03, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail