Air Force
Gripen for Ukraine: the first 16 Swedish fighters arrive in early 2027, with glide-bomb carriers as the main target
Ukraine will receive its first 16 Gripen C/D fighters as military aid in early 2027, Defence Minister Yevhen Khmara said.…
Newsroom
Ioannis M.
Ioannis is the founder and owner of NEMESIS HD, the independent Greek news outlet on defence and geopolitics that he started in 2014, and the publisher of Geopolitiki.com, its English-language edition. He writes about Greek and Cypriot defence, Greek-Turkish relations and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Middle East & North Africa
Taiz cut off for 20 days: UN says 800,000 people without aid, water output halved and 52,000 children acutely malnourished
UN agencies say Taiz City in Yemen has been encircled by Houthi forces for 20 days, with 800,000 people cut…
History
Cuban Missile Crisis explained: timeline of October 1962
The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union closest to nuclear war in October 1962. A day-by-day…
Opinion Greece
Proposal: the Dutch AEV 3 Kodiak engineer vehicles on a Leopard 2 hull could fill a long-standing gap in the Hellenic Army
The Netherlands will replace its ten AEV 3 Kodiak armoured engineer vehicles. Opinion: acquiring them at surplus prices could give…
Military & Defense
Sentinel: L3Harris to sextuple large rocket motor production in Camden, Arkansas
L3Harris is expanding its Camden, Arkansas facilities to multiply by six its capacity to build large solid rocket motors, including…
Drones
Ukraine: more than 408,000 Russian drones neutralised since the start of 2026, over 35,000 of them Shahed-type
Ukraine’s Defence Ministry says its forces have neutralised 408,000 Russian drones since the start of 2026, including more than 35,000…
Middle East & North Africa
Trump: “Iran is making up fake attacks” on tankers to push up oil prices before the midterms
President Trump accused Iran of inventing strikes and mines to raise oil prices before the November 3 midterms, saying more…
Air Force
UK to equip RAF Chinook helicopters and A400M aircraft to fight wildfires from the air for the first time
The UK government says RAF Chinooks and A400M aircraft will be fitted for aerial firefighting, as part of a wildfire…
Military & Defense
USS Pinckney starts second modernization period in San Diego, the first U.S. Navy ship to get the SPY-6(V)4 radar
USS Pinckney has started the second phase of the U.S. Navy's DDG MOD 2.0 upgrade in San Diego, with the…
Air Force
F-35: Pentagon and Lockheed Martin unveil framework deal for 850 US jets over ten years and multiyear production of 156 aircraft a year
The US Department of War and Lockheed Martin unveiled a framework agreement for multiyear F-35 production and sustainment, covering 850…
Middle East & North Africa
Iran’s Rezaei: Hormuz will not reopen without Tehran’s seven conditions, with threats against US cables, data centres and AI facilities
Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, says Iran will neither open the Strait of Hormuz nor return…
Air Force
US Air Force says it needs 1,509 combat-coded fighters by 2035, with the F-35 at 40 percent of the fleet
The US Air Force tells Congress it will need 1,509 combat-coded fighters by 2035 for a “moderate” risk level, up…