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
Defence & Arms
The industrial base, procurement, drones and nuclear forces.
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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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Modi inducts INS Dunagiri, Sanshodhak and Agray as a marker of self-reliant defence — and an answer to PLAN's Indian Ocean push
Kyiv signs 10-year air-defence and drone partnerships with Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar and plans 10 European export offices