RM600m+ in direct losses after a cancelled NSM delivery; Anwar, on Russian TV, contrasts Oslo's reversal with Moscow 'honouring all commitments'
Defence & Arms
The industrial base, procurement, drones and nuclear forces.
state of play
The defining shift is Ukraine turning from arms importer to exporter: 10-year Gulf partnerships in air defence, interceptors and naval drones, with offers to help keep Hormuz open. Battlefield drone and electronic-warfare expertise is now a multi-billion-dollar export, reshaping Gulf air defence against Iranian drones — and risking entanglement in Middle East rivalries. Watch which buyers sign and whether European co-production lines open.
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France, the UK, Italy and Poland join Germany to coordinate Ukraine, Iran and burden-sharing
Singapore meeting streamlines the buy to second-hand boats and launches the first Pillar II undersea-drone project
A 5,000-tonne destroyer for nuclear-capable missiles — built, Seoul says, with Russian help — as Kim pivots from missiles to ships and submarines
North Korea reveals a fresh uranium-enrichment hall — likely a third site — as Kim says weapons-grade output has more than doubled in five years
German troops to help fortify the Belarus and Russia borders as US engagement wavers
Two defence resignations on 11 June reframe the collapse as policy-driven, not just poll panic
Modi inducts INS Dunagiri, Sanshodhak and Agray as a marker of self-reliant defence — and an answer to PLAN's Indian Ocean push
Van Hollen and Jacobs say the UAE is arming the RSF in contradiction of its assurances; resolutions of disapproval target Emirati weapons sales as Abu Dhabi denies all
The first leaders' summit under the 2021 Quirinal Treaty, focused on defence, space and energy
Kyiv signs 10-year air-defence and drone partnerships with Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar and plans 10 European export offices