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Weekend update #160: The US becomes a mouthpiece to pass on Putin's demands

Phillips P. O'Brien · Phillips P. O'Brien ·Nov 23, 2025 · 10 min read · Defense

Weekend update #160: The US becomes a mouthpiece to pass on Putin's demands

Russia's autumn offensive - pokrovsk, the coming winter and a changing battlefield

Perun · Perun ·Nov 23, 2025 · 74 min read · Defense

Russia's autumn offensive - pokrovsk, the coming winter and a changing battlefield

The Putin- pact is Afghanistan all over again, but with much worse outcomes. The big five, 23…

Mick Ryan · Mick Ryan ·Nov 22, 2025 · 24 min read · Defense

The Putin- pact is Afghanistan all over again, but with much worse outcomes. The big five, 23…

Rolling out paes, drpms, and tech areas

Various · Defense Tech and Acquisition ·Nov 22, 2025 · 73 min read · Defense

Rolling out paes, drpms, and tech areas

'Peace' plan means more war

Tim Mak · The Counteroffensive ·Nov 21, 2025 · 12 min read · Defense

'Peace' plan means more war

Why did the US attack Venezuela?

Good Times Bad Times · Good Times Bad Times ·Nov 21, 2025 · 15 min read · Defense

Why did the US attack Venezuela?

At colombia-venezuela border, vulnerable brace for war

Tim Mak · The Counteroffensive ·Nov 20, 2025 · 10 min read · Defense

At colombia-venezuela border, vulnerable brace for war

How trillion-dollar war machine enriches the 1%

Judd Legum · Popular Information ·Nov 19, 2025 · 4 min read · Defense

How trillion-dollar war machine enriches the 1%

Can Russia win in Ukraine on its current trajectory: Assessing Russia’s 2025 war effort

Mick Ryan · Mick Ryan ·Nov 18, 2025 · 10 min read · Defense

Can Russia win in Ukraine on its current trajectory: Assessing Russia’s 2025 war effort

Nobody ever gets credit for fixing security problems that never happened

Ross Haleliuk · Venture in Security ·Nov 18, 2025 · 13 min read · Defense

Nobody ever gets credit for fixing security problems that never happened

Why the war won’t end anytime soon

Tim Mak · The Counteroffensive ·Nov 18, 2025 · 11 min read · Defense

Why the war won’t end anytime soon

The battle of pokrovsk, China's plan for long-term confrontation and China cranky at Japan: The big…

Mick Ryan · Mick Ryan ·Nov 16, 2025 · 16 min read · Defense

The battle of pokrovsk, China's plan for long-term confrontation and China cranky at Japan: The big…

The war on drugs is back in the caribbean, and bodies are washing ashore

Kahlil Greene · History Can't Hide ·Nov 13, 2025 · 10 min read · Defense

The war on drugs is back in the caribbean, and bodies are washing ashore

Not getting incentives right can kill a security initiative or a security startup

Ross Haleliuk · Venture in Security ·Nov 11, 2025 · 10 min read · Defense

Not getting incentives right can kill a security initiative or a security startup

Russia’s disturbing human ‘safaris’

Tim Mak · The Counteroffensive ·Nov 10, 2025 · 11 min read · Defense

Russia’s disturbing human ‘safaris’

Algeria & the African arms race you've (probably) never heard of - surging budgets & Russian weapons

Perun · Perun ·Nov 9, 2025 · 62 min read · Defense

Algeria & the African arms race you've (probably) never heard of - surging budgets & Russian weapons

Darpa for chickens

Robert Yaman · ·Nov 9, 2025 · 11 min read · Defense

Darpa for chickens

Russian casualties rise, Ukraine strikes Russian power facilities and the battle of pokrovsk…

Mick Ryan · Mick Ryan ·Nov 8, 2025 · 18 min read · Defense

Russian casualties rise, Ukraine strikes Russian power facilities and the battle of pokrovsk…

Shipwrecked

Doomberg · Doomberg ·Nov 8, 2025 · 3 min read · Defense

China invades Taiwan – a war game scenario

Good Times Bad Times · Good Times Bad Times ·Nov 7, 2025 · 37 min read · Defense

China invades Taiwan – a war game scenario

Raising a newborn in the dark

Tim Mak · The Counteroffensive ·Nov 6, 2025 · 11 min read · Defense

Raising a newborn in the dark

Why London has a nuclear-proof tower

Fred Mills · The B1M ·Nov 5, 2025 · 11 min read · Defense

Why London has a nuclear-proof tower

Confronting complacency

Mick Ryan · Mick Ryan ·Nov 4, 2025 · 22 min read · Defense

Confronting complacency

Behind every successful security company is a software engineer you’ve never heard of

Ross Haleliuk · Venture in Security ·Nov 4, 2025 · 11 min read · Defense

Behind every successful security company is a software engineer you’ve never heard of

Playing catch up

Doomberg · Doomberg ·Nov 4, 2025 · 4 min read · Defense

Playing catch up

Russia's new "skyfall' missile - evaluation & the danger of "superweapon syndrome"

Perun · Perun ·Nov 2, 2025 · 63 min read · Defense

Russia's new "skyfall' missile - evaluation & the danger of "superweapon syndrome"

Pokrovsk is falling. Rosneft and lukoil are crumbling

Good Times Bad Times · Good Times Bad Times ·Oct 31, 2025 · 17 min read · Defense

Pokrovsk is falling. Rosneft and lukoil are crumbling

Peace in gaza - reality or mirage?

Good Times Bad Times · Good Times Bad Times ·Oct 28, 2025 · 12 min read · Defense

Peace in gaza - reality or mirage?

AI doesn’t make it much easier to build security startups

Ross Haleliuk · Venture in Security ·Oct 28, 2025 · 14 min read · Defense

AI doesn’t make it much easier to build security startups

How NATO learns from Ukraine - inside a NATO innovation event

Perun · Perun ·Oct 27, 2025 · 58 min read · Defense

How NATO learns from Ukraine - inside a NATO innovation event