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Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy wins $6.5bn Australian frigate deal in landmark naval export
TOKYO (Realist English). Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has been named Australia’s preferred bidder to build up to 11 general-purpose frigates,...
Read morePoland leads EU push for €127bn in defence loans under SAFE programme
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Eighteen EU member states have submitted requests for a combined €127 billion in defence loans under the...
Read moreEurope must plug key military gaps to reduce reliance on the U.S.
LONDON (Realist English). In the wake of the NATO Summit’s landmark pledge to raise defence spending to 3.5% of GDP...
Read moreEU warns military infrastructure unfit for war with Russia, proposes €17bn overhaul
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Europe’s roads, railways, and bridges are not capable of supporting the rapid movement of troops and heavy...
Read moreEx-Apple engineer launches Greek defence start-up to disrupt military tech industry
ATHENS (Realist English). A former Apple engineer has launched a defence start-up in Athens that is aiming to shake up...
Read moreBelgian defense minister hails Turkey as “wise and strong” NATO ally
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Belgium’s Minister of Defense and Foreign Trade, Teo Francken, has described the Turkish regime as a “wise...
Read moreSudan’s RSF-led alliance forms rival government, deepening divisions amid civil war
KHARTOUM (Realist English). A Sudanese coalition led by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has announced the formation of a rival...
Read moreRussia doubles down on underwater deterrence as Putin sets priorities for Navy’s future
SEVERODVINSK (Realist English). President Vladimir Putin chaired a strategy session on the development of Russia’s submarine forces during a working...
Read moreRussian troops train for urban combat at Sergeyevsky range in Far East
VLADIVOSTOK (Realist English). Servicemen from a motorized rifle division of the Eastern Military District’s Primorye Combined Arms Army are undergoing...
Read moreKyiv regime dismantles anti-corruption institutions amid U.S. power shift
KYIV (Realist English). The so-called Ukrainian state has begun dismantling its U.S.-backed anti-corruption apparatus, amid waning support from the West...
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Iran war exposes global reliance on fragile energy routes
LONDON (Realist English). The war involving Iran has exposed the global economy’s dependence on vulnerable fossil fuel supply routes, intensifying...
Taiwan fears US weapons use in Iran could aid China
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwan has raised concerns that extensive US use of long-range cruise missiles in the war involving Iran...
Strait of Hormuz disruption sends shockwaves through global trade
LONDON (Realist English). Escalating military tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are rapidly disrupting global shipping and energy markets, as...
Iran war puts Vice President JD Vance in difficult political position
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The ongoing war with Iran has placed US Vice President JD Vance in a politically sensitive position,...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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