Military capability, procurement, force design, and rearmament trends shaping the balance of power.
Russia's Soviet-era legacy heavy equipment reserves have been prematurely declared depleted many times since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine started...
Jompy · June 8, 2026 · 18 min read
Cheap repurposed drones flying 50 to 200 kilometers behind the front are destroying SAM launchers faster than Russia can replace them — and turning supply roads to Kherson and Crimea into kill zones.
Jakub Janovsky · June 1, 2026 · 11 min read
Russia's potential invasion of the Baltics is closer than ever, with the EU as the weakest link in the West-Ukraine alliance.
Illya Sekirin · May 28, 2026 · 12 min read
2:18:24The World's Major Navies. Ranked. (DEEP DIVE) — a Fronts video briefing on Strategy & Defense.
Simon Whistler · December 5, 2025
The European Union's default reaction to crisis has always been lethargy. But with the US stepping back and Russia and China growing bolder, that complacency is no longer sustainable.
Henrik Hannes Herkel · December 4, 2025 · 10 min read
The US Army's Janus Program aims to build and deploy nuclear microreactors to power military installations at home and abroad, answering China's growing lead in small modular reactor technology.
Evan Moloney · November 27, 2025 · 13 min read
53:20China's Air Force is Broken — a Fronts video briefing on China & Indo-Pacific.
Simon Whistler · November 21, 2025
Russia's Su-57 was advertised as a world-changing superweapon, but its conspicuous absence from Ukrainian skies tells a very different story about the fighter jet's actual capabilities.
Evan Moloney · November 20, 2025 · 17 min read
23:45The Janus Program: How America’s Nuclear Microreactors Could Change Geopolitics — a Fronts video briefing on Strategy & Defense.
Simon Whistler · November 18, 2025
20:51How Brazil Revolutionized Tactical Airlift — a Fronts video briefing on Strategy & Defense.
Simon Whistler · November 11, 2025
NATO's historic agreement to spend 5% of GDP on defense risks leaving small nations behind, as a one-size-fits-all spending target ignores the unique strategic contributions that smaller allies bring to the alliance.
Leo Feypel · November 10, 2025 · 17 min read
While the rapid expansion of Poland's land forces has captured headlines, the Marynarka Wojenna is undergoing its own ambitious modernization to meet NATO's evolving maritime challenges.
M. Reed Whitney · November 6, 2025 · 16 min read
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