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Drones & autonomy
FPV drones10 activePutin reshuffles Russia's military command at Defence Ministry meeting, appoints first commander of new drone forces and merges logistics branches Loitering munitions4 escalatingRussia strikes Terminal Autonomy's Kyiv factory in first-ever attack on a US drone manufacturer in Ukraine Naval drones5 Drones and autonomy: FPV killers, loitering munitions, naval drones and swarms Counter-UAS5 Counter-UAS Swarms5 Drones and autonomy: FPV killers, loitering munitions, naval drones and swarms Shahed8 escalatingRussia deploys 255 Shahed drones in overnight attack on Ukraine on July 31, killing 9 and injuring 48
Air & missile defence
Patriot3 Air and missile defence: the systems, stockpiles and alliance politics shaping the global shield THAAD5 Air and missile defence: the systems, stockpiles and alliance politics shaping the global shield Iron Dome3 Air and missile defence: the systems, stockpiles and alliance politics shaping the global shield S-4005 activeTurkey secretly sold its Russian-made S-400 air defence systems to a Gulf state, Hürriyet reports Interceptor stocks14 escalatingRussia fires 74 missiles and 496 drones at Kyiv in one of the largest attacks of the war
Nuclear forces
Sentinel ICBM4 activeUkraine's FP-5 Flamingo missiles strike Russia's Titan-Barrikady launcher factory in Volgograd B-213 B-21 Raider (US Air Force stealth bomber) China buildup11 stalematePacific Islands Forum ministers fail to agree on joint statement on China's SLBM test as divisions over Beijing split the Suva meeting New START6 Nuclear forces: nine arsenals, no binding treaty Proliferation17 activeNorth Korea fires short-range ballistic missile from Wonsan toward the East Sea, days before US-South Korea military drills begin
Industrial base & output
Shells / 155mm2 Defence industrial base: the factories and firms behind modern war Rheinmetall5 Defence industrial base: the factories and firms behind modern war Lockheed10 activeUkraine secures Patriot co-production talks with Lockheed Martin as Poland proposes hosting the factory RTX5 Counter-UAS BAE5 activeUK commits nearly £300 billion to defence over four years, targeting 2.7% of GDP by 2028 and 3.5% by 2035 Rostec3 Defence industrial base: the factories and firms behind modern war NORINCO3 Defence industrial base: the factories and firms behind modern war
Arms trade & procurement
EW, cyber & naval
Bases & force posture
The Overseas Base Race3 Overseas bases: the global contest for military access from the Arctic to the Indian Ocean Indian Ocean Bases4 activeIndia and Indonesia sign BrahMos and Astra missile contracts as Modi visits Jakarta Island-Chain Bases5 activeAustralia and Vanuatu sign the Nakamal Agreement, sealing a Pacific base-exclusion pact Arctic Militarisation2 Arctic Militarisation Himalayan & Tibet Airfields2 Overseas bases: the global contest for military access from the Arctic to the Indian Ocean Forward Posture & Rotations6 activeHegseth blocks extension for US Army Europe commander Donahue, downgrades the post Basing Rights & Access4 Basing Rights and Military Access Homeland Basing & BRAC2 Overseas bases: the global contest for military access from the Arctic to the Indian Ocean
Alliances, pacts & burden-sharing
NATO45 escalatingRussia fires ballistic missiles and drones at Kyiv overnight, killing 17 as air defences intercept nothing AUKUS11 activeNew Zealand and Papua New Guinea sign defence cooperation agreement, deepening Pacific security ties amid China's expanding influence The Quad5 Alliances and pacts: the security blocs, spending floors, and technology compacts that bind the world's major powers SCO2 Alliances and pacts: the security blocs, spending floors, and technology compacts that bind the world's major powers CSTO3 Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Burden-Sharing & the 5% Push12 activeNATO's Ankara summit closes with €140B Ukraine pledge, Patriot production deal, and China named as nuclear threat for the first time Bilateral Defence Pacts10 activeSaudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan sign the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, committing to treat an attack on one as an attack on all EU Defence & Autonomy3 Alliances and pacts: the security blocs, spending floors, and technology compacts that bind the world's major powers Extended Deterrence1 Extended Deterrence
Exercises & readiness
Major Exercises4 escalatingChina's PLA begins two-day live-fire drill in the Taiwan Strait, one day after Rubio-Wang Yi talks in Manila Readiness & Strain3 Exercises and readiness: how the world's armies train, strain, and signal short of war Conscription & Manpower3 activeRussia to double military training class time in schools to 50% from September Grey-Zone Drills3 escalatingChina's PLA begins two-day live-fire drill in the Taiwan Strait, one day after Rubio-Wang Yi talks in Manila