Military deployment: a viable long-term solution in violence-torn Ecuador?
Ecuador’s state of emergency has reached breaking point. On 22 April, news broke that Ecuadorian security forces had recaptured Fabricio…
18 Apr 2024
Russia and Iran: uneasy bedfellows put arms before ideology
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the Kremlin quickly realised it would soon be in need of one key technology to maintain its ferocious aerial assault: drones. Moscow cast…
17 Apr 2024
Armoured ambition: Global Defence Technology 146
This latest issue of Global Defence Technology once more brings you all the insight and analysis into the technologies, policies, and influencing factors in the defence space. Europe leads the…
17 Apr 2024
Russia holds Zaporizhzhia’s power plant ‘hostage’ – is a nuclear accident imminent?
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged blame over a spate of recent attacks on the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), sparking concerns over mass radiological contamination should drones breach the…
16 Apr 2024
Digital twin market to surpass $150bn by 2030, impacting many industries
The digital twin market will be worth $154bn by 2030 having expanded at a compound annual growth rate of 35.6% since 2019, according to a new report. The 2024 edition…
15 Apr 2024
The Strait of Hormuz – the Middle East’s next major flashpoint?
As Iran and Israel trade military blows via land and sea, concerns are mounting over escalating Middle Eastern conflict and further disruption to global oil shipping through the Strait of…
12 Apr 2024
How would UK defence spending change under Starmer’s Labour?
The Labour Party intends to raise the UK’s defence spending to 2.5% of GDP “as soon as resources allow”, Prime Ministerial frontrunner Keir Starmer has said ahead of a visit…