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Military technology

  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    UK tests microwave weapon to disable drone swarms

    ‘RapidDestroyer’ uses a high-power radio frequency to fry systems at a distance

    RFDEW Image of the Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon
  • Thursday, 10 April, 2025
    John Thornhill
    Ukraine is winning the drone start-up war

    Experimentation on the battlefield and fast development of cheap, smart solutions help the country resist Russia

    Ukrainian servicemen of the 25th Airborne Brigade attach small air bombs to a Vampire drone
  • Thursday, 6 March, 2025
    News in-depthEU defence
    Can Europe’s defence groups step up if Trump pulls back?

    Region’s arms companies have been soaring but the US president’s approach could turbocharge their ascent

    People watch a CV90 combat vehicle during the Aurora 23 military exercise at the Rinkaby firing range outside Kristianstad, Sweden
  • Tuesday, 4 March, 2025
    News in-depthUkraine military briefing
    Ukraine to run out of US weapons by summer

    White House decision to halt military aid means Kyiv’s armoury will be depleted in ‘two to three months’

    A Himars rocket is launched from Ukraine in December 2023
  • Tuesday, 4 March, 2025
    UK defence
    Starmer urged to use defence spending boost to revive UK manufacturing

    Make UK chief calls for support for small businesses as Europe faces pressure from US to shoulder security cost

    Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (far right) and John Healey, now defence secretary, at the Tapa Nato forward operating base in Estonia
  • Tuesday, 4 March, 2025
    Aerospace & Defence
    US group lobbies Doge to cut military spending by using refurbished parts

    Aircraft servicer AAR is seeking to convince Washington that utilising used parts could save money

    A US Navy P-8 Pegasus
  • Thursday, 20 February, 2025
    War in Ukraine
    Ukrainians rigged Russian drone pilot goggles with explosives, officials say

    Mossad pager attacks inspired sabotage by Kyiv’s defence intelligence unit

    Boxes of Skyzone Cobra goggles are displayed, with one pair of black goggles placed in front of the boxes.
  • Thursday, 13 February, 2025
    Taiwan
    China military exercises near Taiwan could be used to conceal attack, US says

    Pentagon’s Indo-Pacific chief says American military must step up preparations for conflict in region

    US Navy Admiral Samuel Paparo
  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2025
    Tech start-ups
    VC funding in European defence and security tech surges to record $5.2bn

    Big funding rounds for software developer Helsing and drone maker Tekever defy broader downturn in venture investing

    A Helsing drone
  • Thursday, 30 January, 2025
    Chinese military
    China builds huge wartime military command centre in Beijing

    Complex will be bigger than Pentagon and include bombproof bunkers for leaders, say US officials

    A montage of Chinese army personnel with the stars of the Chinese flag in the background
  • Thursday, 30 January, 2025
    ExplainerUS foreign policy
    Trump’s plan for space lasers to destroy nuclear weapons

    US president orders work on defence shield going beyond Ronald Reagan’s ‘Star Wars’ programme

    An illustration of a satellite and rockets in space
  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
    Aerospace & Defence
    Indian investors rush into highly valued defence stocks

    Asset managers have launched specialist funds as push for domestic armaments sends share prices soaring

    An Indian-made Tejas fighter jet leaves contrails as it flies through a clear sky
  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Russian producers of Oreshnik supermissile used western tools

    Weapons engineering groups advertised for workers familiar with German and Japanese metalworking systems

    Aftermath of bombing in Dnipro, illustration of the Oreshnik missile and German and Japanese flags
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Aerospace & Defence
    Rheinmetall joins forces with US software specialist on drone development

    German defence group plans to integrate its unmanned aerial vehicles with operating system developed by Auterion

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz looks at a Rheinmetall drone at the 2024 ILA Berlin Air Show on June 5 2024 in Schönefeld, Germany
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Visual investigation
    Russia uses civilians as ‘target practice’ for killer drones

    Southern Ukrainian city of Kherson hit more than 9,500 times as Moscow attempts to drive out residents

    A collage of photos showing Russian drone targets and a man in a hospital bed who has lost part of his leg
  • Monday, 2 December, 2024
    European AI specialist Helsing unveils attack drone

    Company says it can produce tens of thousands of weapons a year at lower cost than current autonomous systems

    Helsing drones
  • Sunday, 17 November, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    North Korea ‘supplying Russia’ with long-range rocket and artillery systems

    Ukrainian intelligence says weapons being sent to Russia’s Kursk region to attack Kyiv’s forces

    In this photo taken from a video released by Russian Defense Ministry press service on November 13, the Russian army’s multiple rocket launcher Solntsepyok fires towards Ukrainian positions in the border area of the Kursk region in Russia
  • Monday, 28 October, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Nato says North Korean troops in Russia threaten European security

    Pyongyang’s involvement marks ‘dangerous expansion’ of Moscow’s war in Ukraine, says Mark Rutte

    Mark Rutte, standing at a podium with the NATO emblem, delivers a statement at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Behind him are multiple national flags including those of NATO member countries.
  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2024
    Defence groups bet big on drone-destroying laser weapons

    Leading contractors, including RTX in the US, the UK’s QinetiQ, and Europe’s MBDA, are investing heavily in the technology

    Montage of  military drones and Dragonfire energy weapon
  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
    Middle East war
    Israel races to supply anti-missile shield

    Intense war demands have left IDF relying on US to fill gaps in air defences

    A soldier stands by a missile launcher
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    Venture capital investment
    US funding drives investment for European military tech start-ups

    American venture capital funds have provided lion’s share of investment to nascent sector this year

    Defence tech start-up Helsing
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    ExplainerMiddle East war
    Can Israel destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities by itself?

    Without US support, analysts believe the Israeli air force will struggle to mount a successful operation

    A montage showing the Natanz nuclear facility, Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb and B-2 bomber
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Ben Wallace
    Ben Wallace to join defence-focused investment firm

    Ex-defence secretary becomes latest on long list of former ministers beating a path towards new careers in business

    Ben Wallace
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    News in-depthMiddle East war
    How Israel’s air defences withstood Iran’s barrage

    Tehran claims success but early Israeli assessment suggests attack caused few hits and no casualties

    Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, October 1, 2024
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    Chinese military
    China’s most advanced nuclear submarine sank in shipyard, says US

    First vessel of new Zhou class was being prepared for sea trials

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