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Russia–Ukraine War
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The $400 Drone Economy: How Cost Exchange Replaced Firepower
A $400 drone kills a $4.5 million tank. Russia plans 7.3 million FPVs in 2026. The full cost-exchange arithmetic that now governs every defence budget.
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Counter-Drone Warfare: Why Nobody Has Solved It
Jammers, guns, missiles, lasers, nets. Every counter-drone layer fails somewhere, and the ones that work lose the cost exchange. The honest scorecard.
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Artillery Is Back: Why Tube and Rocket Fires Still Decide Wars
Finland kept 1,500 guns while the rest of Europe divested. Ukraine proved it right. Why artillery — not air power, not armour — still decides ground war.
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Is the Tank Dead? The Honest Answer
No Leopard 2 has ever been destroyed by frontal penetration. Yet 57% of the 2A6 tranche was lost. The tank is not dead — it has been demoted. Here is why.
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The Swedish 40 mm Bofors L/70: A Retrospective on an Anti-Aircraft Pioneer
A 1940s autocannon is shooting down Shahed-type drones over Ukraine in 2026. Why the Bofors L/70 survived the missile age — and what 3P ammunition changed.
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Naval Drone Warfare: How Uncrewed Surface Vessels Changed Sea Control
Analysis of naval drone warfare — Magura USVs, Black Sea lessons, US production programs, cost-exchange against warships, and the future of surface fleets.
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Electronic Warfare and GPS Denial: Fighting in a Contested Spectrum
Defense analysis of electronic warfare and GPS denial — jamming, spoofing, assured PNT programs, alternative navigation, and the contested spectrum in 2026.
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Drone Warfare in 2026: How Uncrewed Systems Rewrote the Rules of Combat
A defense industry analysis of drone warfare in 2026 — production economics, force structure impact, procurement shifts, and where the market is heading.
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Loitering Munitions in 2026: Programs, Economics, and Market Analysis
Analysis of the loitering munitions market: Switchblade, Lancet, Shahed-136, LASSO procurement, unit economics, and a $13B market forecast by 2030.
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FPV Drone Warfare: The Economics of Attritable Combat Power
How FPV drones changed combat economics — production at scale, fiber-optic control, cost-exchange ratios, and what attritable warfare means for industry.
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Ukraine's Refinery War: How a Drone Campaign Is Rewriting Russia's Energy Balance
Ukraine says drones disabled 42% of Russian refining capacity in 2026, and satellite analysis broadly backs it. Why Moscow extended its fuel export ban.
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Poland's Missile, Washington's Sanctions Bill: Reading NATO's Escalation Ladder
A Russian Kh-101 crossed into Poland on July 30. Days later the Senate cleared a sanctions package 84-strong. How the two are connected, and what follows.