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ToggleHands full at home, Iran is seen slowing cyber attacks on UK
January 17, 2026
Cyber attacks on the U.K. noticeably dropped off during the recent protests in Iran, a senior British defense executive has reported. Clive Higgins, the
Czechoslovak Group plans stock-market listing amid Europe defense boom
January 15, 2026
Czechoslovak Group, the Prague-based maker of Tatra military vehicles and one of Europe’s largest ammunition manufacturers, plans to seek a stock-market listing in coming
Swedish military to pump forces, money into mobile drone-defense units
January 12, 2026
Swedish military has allocated €1.4 billion ($1.6 billion) to establish multiple dispersed air defense units equipped with short-range air defense weapons to guard cities
Trump says US needs to ‘own’ Greenland to prevent Russia and China from taking it
January 9, 2026
President Donald Trump says the US needs to “own” Greenland to prevent Russia and China from doing so. “Countries have to have ownership and
Turkey begins 2026 with defense-spending numbers trending up
January 8, 2026
Turkey will spend the equivalent of $27.34 billion on defense and security in 2026, marking a 30% increase compared with the previous year. The
US seizes 2 oil tankers linked to Venezuela
January 8, 2026
President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday sought to assert its control over Venezuelan oil, seizing a pair of sanctioned tankers transporting petroleum and announcing
Greenland allies vow action if Trump moves to seize world’s largest island
January 7, 2026
“I myself was on the phone with the [US] Secretary of State [Marco Rubio] yesterday… He discarded the idea that what just happened in
Monroe to Donroe: A ‘dead’ doctrine’s revival for current operations
January 6, 2026
With the ousting of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump cited the Monroe Doctrine, the 200-year-old lodestar of U.S. diplomacy
