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  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    War in Ukraine: free to read
    Military briefing: which weapons has Ukraine received and how many more does it need?

    Kyiv says it urgently requires ‘weapons parity’ with Russia as western defence ministers prepare to meet

  • Monday, 6 June, 2022
    Ardi Janjeva
    Spy agencies must realise the power of open source intelligence

    In today’s environment, governments need to get over deep-rooted preferences for ‘secret’ information

  • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
    ExplainerWar in Ukraine
    Why does Ukraine need longer-range weapons from the US?

    White House to send rocket systems to help Kyiv fend off Russian forces in the eastern Donbas region

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Military briefing: battle for Sievierodonetsk shows Russian strategy in Donbas

    Moscow may struggle to sustain offensive but Kyiv lacks enough heavy weapons for effective counter-attack

  • Monday, 18 April, 2022
    Tech Tonic podcast29 min listen
    US-China Tech Race: shock and awe

    How Beijing got ahead in hypersonic weapons

  • Sunday, 17 April, 2022
    FT News Briefing podcast26 min listen
    US-China Tech Race: shock and awe

    How Beijing got ahead in hypersonic weapons

  • Friday, 15 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Russia says warship Moskva has sunk in the Black Sea

    Moscow blames stormy seas for loss of flagship that Ukraine claims was hit by missile

  • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    US sends Ukraine more weapons and intelligence to repel Russian offensive

    Kremlin says one of its warships, the Moskva, has been seriously damaged

  • Friday, 8 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Military briefing: west raises effort to arm Ukraine as Donbas battle looms

    Nato countries consider how best to provide heavy weapons ahead of next phase of war

  • Friday, 8 April, 2022
    22 min
    Ukraine's battle of the airwaves

    What do intercepted radio communications tell us about the war in Ukraine?

  • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Military briefing: Nato’s ‘eyes in the sky’ keep watch as Ukraine war rages

    Alliance boosts air force operations on its eastern flank in response to Russia’s invasion

  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Czech Republic sends tanks to bolster Ukraine forces

    First time a foreign country is known to have supplied this type of offensive weapon to help resist Russian invaders

  • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine: free to read
    How is Ukraine using western weapons to exploit Russian weaknesses?

    Moscow’s failure to make a lightning advance and capture major cities owes much to the use of compact equipment

  • Saturday, 12 March, 2022
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    ‘A serious failure’: scale of Russia’s military blunders becomes clear

    First phase of offensive held back by intelligence weaknesses and poor planning and logistics

  • Thursday, 10 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine: free to read
    Military briefing: how the west started the biggest arms push since the cold war

    Countries sending protective gear and missiles to Ukraine must overcome logistical hurdles

  • Sunday, 6 March, 2022
    FT live news
    Ukraine war news from March 6: US in talks to ban Russian oil, Netflix suspends Russian service; Ukrainian nuclear power plant under Russian command

    Today’s main developments: PwC cuts ties with Russian arm; Danes to vote on joining EU defence pact; Sanctions-hit VTB set to unwind European business

  • Wednesday, 2 March, 2022
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    Air power counts for little in Ukraine war as caution prevails on both sides

    With neither force establishing dominance, Kyiv and Moscow have been reluctant to expose aircraft

  • Thursday, 24 February, 2022
    Franz-Stefan Gady
    Putin has brought conventional, bloody warfare back to Europe

    A lot will depend on how Ukrainian armed forces survive the initial Russian onslaught, and on the strength of their morale

  • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
    Rachman Review podcast22 min listen
    Drone warfare

    Changing the face of conflict in Ukraine, Ethiopia and the Middle East

  • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Russia’s revamped military learns from failures of the past

    Overhaul of equipment, strategy and personnel has transformed combat units as troops mass on Ukraine border

  • Thursday, 6 January, 2022
    North Korea
    North Korea tests hypersonic missile in snub to Seoul’s peace overtures

    Pyongyang stages second trial of weapon designed to evade defence systems as efforts to revive talks stall

  • Wednesday, 5 January, 2022
    The Big Read
    Low-cost warfare: US military battles with ‘Costco drones’

    For all the hype about hypersonic missiles, small, cheap drones are one of the most significant threats to American forces

  • Saturday, 11 December, 2021
    Rachman Review podcast27 min listen
    Cyber power: a moment of reckoning

    UK spy chief says it is time to develop global standards fit for the digital world

  • Friday, 10 December, 2021
    FT AlphavilleIzabella Kaminska
    Do portfolios have a UAP risk?

    The truth is out there, and markets probably need to begin accounting for it.

  • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Rules of war need rewriting for the age of AI weapons

    ‘Killer robots’ combine mass destructive power with cheap production

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