Defense PolicyOct 8, 2026
German lawmakers approve funds for eight-ship fleet of sub-hunting frigates
The German ships will support NATO missions in the Baltic and North seas, the Atlantic and the High North, according to the announcement.
Defense PolicyOct 8, 2026
NIOA, AeroVironment team to offer and support loitering munitions Down Under
The partnership will target introduction and support of loitering munitions in Australia and New Zealand
Defense PolicyOct 8, 2026
After B-1’s leave England, analysts point to limited options, importance of base defense
“Withdrawing these bombers to [the US] will provide an opportunity for more significant maintenance on the aircraft, but it does reduce the potential sustained strike capacity US forces could bring to bear against Iran,” Timothy Walton, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, told Breaking Defense.
Defense PolicyOct 8, 2026
Ten Wartime Technologies at America’s 250th
For America’s 250th anniversary, Cogs of War ran ten essays on innovations forged in wartime that subsequently diffused throughout the civilian economy, or had a lasting impact on society, governance, and Americans’ relationship with technology. We received submissions on a wide range of technologies, ranging from a copying lathe built for musket stocks after the War of 1812 to the stealth bomber. Over the last few weeks, subscribers to our free newsletter voted, and we’re pleased to announce the winners of our contest below.One idea surfaced in most of the essays: Historically, the government’s role in innovation was as much The post Ten Wartime Technologies at America’s 250th appeared first on War on the Rocks.
Defense PolicyOct 8, 2026
Achieving Breakthrough: Maneuver Warfare in the Face of Robotic Mass
In 1914, European armies entered a war with forces designed to move. Within months, they were digging themselves into the earth. Ffires from newly introduced machine guns and heavy artillery made movement across exposed ground a proposition far more deadly than in any war that had ever afflicted humanity. More than a century later, armies are confronting an unsettling echo of that experience in Ukraine.Drones and other robotic precision weapons fill the low-altitude airspace, detecting and destroying tanks and other large vehicles that appear anywhere near the Ukrainian front and devastating any attempts at mobile ground offensives by infantry. Western The post Achieving Breakthrough: Maneuver Warfare in the Face of Robotic Mass appeared first on War on the Rocks.
