Daily Archives: Mar 16, 2026

"Military signaling is fraught with misperception, yet no major power stops doing it." This astute observation by regional security analysts puts into context the latest flight of a Russian long-range bomber over the Sea of Japan: the mission, involving Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers and fighter escorts, was much more...

In the corridors of NATO headquarters, a phrase once thought to have become obsolete has returned with unsettling regularity: "major conventional conflict." A full-scale war in Europe had for years seemed to be little more than a relic from Cold War paranoia, but recent intelligence assessments and military maneuvers...

“Gripens are the best in the world,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Linköping this week, underlining what may prove to be a shift in the balance of airpower over Eastern Europe. The pronouncement came as Ukraine and Sweden signed a landmark letter of intent to supply up to...