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    • Sunday, 12 November, 2023
      South Korea Politics & Policy
      South Korea shoots for the stars in Asia’s space race

      Seoul has big ambitions for independent launches and a GPS-like satellite network

      People in Seoul watch a television screen showing live footage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching with South Korea’s first lunar orbiter Danuri
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      News in-depthMiddle East military briefing
      The battle for Gaza City

      Ground invasion exposes Israeli troops to close combat in an urban environment against dug-in Hamas fighters

      A montage of an Israeli soldier gesturing while manning the machine gun turret atop an armoured personnel carrier and a map of Gaza
    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Satellite images reveal Israeli forces’ path into Gaza

      Dozens of military vehicles advance into territory already pitted with craters from bombardments

      Montage showing Israeli tanks in northern Gaza and satellite image
    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
      Military briefing: How Hamas fights

      Faced with Israel’s tech superiority, the militant group has turned Gaza into a haven for guerrilla war

      Hamas fighters take part in a military parade
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israel carries out ‘targeted raid’ against Hamas in Gaza

      Forces step up preparation for ground invasion as US calls for delay to allow aid deliveries and to free hostages

      A black and white supplied image showing armoured vehicles next to a breached fence
    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Ukraine’s race to build its own arms industry

      Kyiv is converting US missiles for new uses and prioritising joint ventures with western companies

      A Ukrainian soldier fires a missil
    • Tuesday, 17 October, 2023
      Aerospace & Defence
      Israel-Hamas war tests US defence sector already strained by conflict in Ukraine

      Washington vows to increase supplies of precision missiles and other munitions to allies

      Artillery shell is fired towards Gaza
    • Friday, 13 October, 2023
      Middle East military briefing
      Military briefing: the shape of a Gaza invasion

      Analysts see Israel’s bombardment of coastal enclave as prelude to ground incursion, possibly within days

      Israeli army tanks and vehicles deploy along the border with the Gaza Strip on Friday
    • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
      Middle East military briefing
      ‘Everything you can imagine and worse’ awaits Israeli army in Gaza

      Potential ground offensive to root out Hamas militants will test IDF’s urban warfare skills

      Israeli soldier stands between tanks at the Israel-Gaza border
    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      Taiwan
      Taiwan unveils first locally built submarine in pushback against China

      Tsai Ing-wen’s government seeks to boost public confidence with vessel that took seven years and $1.5bn to build

      Taiwan’s first domestically made submarine is unveiled in Kaohsiung on Thursday
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      The decoy weapons leading Russian forces astray in Ukraine

      Steelmaker constructs a Potemkin army of Soviet tanks, American howitzers and radars from wood and plastic

      Metinvest worker at a location in southern Ukraine.
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      Aerospace & Defence
      F-35 fighter jets can only fly 55% of time, US watchdog says

      Report on military’s $160mn combat aircraft comes days after one crashed in South Carolina

      F-35 fighter jets
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Elon Musk and the privatisation of defence

      Governments have abdicated responsibility as billionaires become geopolitical actors

      A man in a T-shirt that says ‘occupy Mars’ waves to a crowd
    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Lost in translation: Germany’s challenges training Ukrainian soldiers

      Old tanks, ageing recruits and a lack of competent interpreters complicate Berlin’s efforts

      Ukrainian soldiers
    • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
      News in-depthUkraine military briefing
      Military briefing: Russia hunts Ukraine’s western missile stocks

      British Storm Shadows and French Scalps have helped Kyiv in its counteroffensive, but more are needed

      Volodymyr Zelensky signs ‘Glory to Ukraine’ onto a French Scalp cruise missile mounted on a Ukrainian jet
    • Saturday, 5 August, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Military briefing: the Ukrainian drone strikes designed to wear Russia down

      Kyiv steps up attacks in bid to bring Moscow’s war closer to home

      Montage of drones and buildings
    • Friday, 4 August, 2023
      Jack Watling
      Stakes are high as Ukraine’s offensive starts to secure a military advantage

      Despite heavy attrition of Russian equipment, the question remains whether Kyiv can build momentum

      Ukrainian service members gather in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, late last month
    • Wednesday, 2 August, 2023
      Harlan Ullman
      Britain’s armed forces must adapt radically to meet future threats

      War in Europe should focus minds on the need for a more agile and potent fighting force

      Soldiers training wearing camouflage fatigues and helmets
    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine fires North Korean rockets to blast Russian positions

      Artillery crews are pounding Putin’s invasion forces with Pyongyang-made munitions that can ‘do crazy things’

      Ukrainian troops prepare the North Korean rockets for launch near Orikhiv in Zaporizhzhia late last month
    • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: military strategies
      Military briefing: Ukraine switches to artillery power for eastern push

      After heavy losses in early counteroffensive, Kyiv changed tactics to pound Russian defences and clear path for infantry

      A Ukrainian soldier in a camouflaged tank on the Bakhmut front line
    • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: military strategies
      Military briefing: the mines stalling Ukraine’s advance

      No obstacle has been as daunting for Ukraine’s counteroffensive as the fields of explosives laid by Russia

      A montage of a tank, a mine-clearing vehicle and military personnel
    • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
      Special ReportNational Security
      Technology remains core battle with Beijing

      Export controls are a key security policy but some fear they will spur China to act faster

      Military vehicles carrying hypersonic cruise missiles DF-100 drive past Tiananmen Square
    • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
      UK defence
      UK military to adopt ‘campaigning mindset’ in new science-driven strategy

      Defence paper calls for ‘shift in organisational culture’ to better respond to threats in an age of funding constraints

      Ben Wallace
    • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
      Global InsightLeila Abboud
      Macron’s ‘bonsai army’ needs more money to grow

      France plans to boost defence spending by 40% but will not get many new capabilities

      Emmanuel Macron and Thierry Burkhard stand in the command car as they arrive on the Champs Elysee during the annual Bastille Day military parade
    • Monday, 17 July, 2023
      UK defence spending
      UK to boost ammunition stockpiles by £2.5bn

      Revamped defence review aims to increase deadliness and agility of Britain’s armed forces

      An Ajax Ares tank, an armoured personnel carrier
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