Daily Archives: Jul 2, 2026

"War is no longer limited to the front lines; it buzzes overhead, quiet until it hits." For three nights running, Moscow has endured swarms of Ukrainian drones, a rate of attack that illustrates the extent to which unmanned systems have come to dominate coincident warfare. The Russian capital, long...

One. Nuclear-armed torpedo to put whole states. This is the argument now coming out of Moscow. Russia's announcement of the recent successful test of the Poseidon nuclear-powered underwater drone has reopened controversy among defense experts and policymakers regarding the new face of strategic deterrence. The weapon, which Russian officials...

What if a weapon blurs the lines between deterrence and calamity? Russia's recent test of the Poseidon nuclear-powered torpedoes has ignited just that question among international defense specialists. Branded by President Vladimir Putin as a "huge success," the test underscores a sobering escalation of the war in Ukraine and...