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Army

News and analysis about land-based military defence

A400M planes from France, Germany and Britain fly over Paris for Bastille Day. Some will soon be deployed to fight wildfires. AFP
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French Air Force joins battle against forest fire

EuropeJuly 17, 2026
The US military's latest strikes included a 90-minute raid on Greater Tunb, a UAE island occupied and heavily fortified by Iran for decades. US NAVY/AFP

US now focused on degrading Iran's Strait of Hormuz threat

GulfJuly 16, 2026
The UAE Armed Forces brought a fire in Zayed Military City under control. Wam

Warehouse fire in Abu Dhabi's Zayed Military City put out by armed forces

UAEJuly 13, 2026
King Charles III views a Challenger III Main Battle Tank during the Royal Tank Regiment's Families' Day at Tank Museum on Monday. Reuters

Despite Ukraine's drone revolution, militaries will continue to bank on the tank

CommentJuly 06, 2026
A Danish army tank on exercise in Poland. Europe is seeking to rearm quickly, but in parts is held back by cash, industrial capacity and political will. EPA

Europe's race to rearm outpaced by the future of war

EuropeJuly 03, 2026
Britain's missile defences will be substantially improved as part of a major overhaul of UK forces. Photo: UK Ministry of Defence

Britain's £15bn defence reset prepares for age of robot warfare

UKJune 30, 2026
Nato chief Mark Rutte, left, with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at No 10 Downing Street in London. EPA

Drones replace destroyers as Britain quietly retreats from global military role

UKJune 29, 2026
A Ukrainian soldier with an FPV drone, as Russia looks to recruit an army of gamers to help counter them. EPA

Mapping Russia's call to Xbox warriors to wage its Ukraine drone offensive

EuropeJune 26, 2026
Dan Jarvis, the new UK Defence Secretary, officially opens a drone manufacturing centre in Swindon on Friday. Photo: Prime Minister's Office

New UK Defence Secretary appointed after shock rebellion

UKJune 12, 2026
British paratroopers on exercises. Getty Images

UK to set out decade of arms spending as Starmer seeks legacy

UKMay 18, 2026
King Charles and Queen Camilla at the state opening of parliament on Wednesday. Getty Images

UK defence spending is winner from Starmer's woes

UKMay 13, 2026
British Army guardsmen in London. A leading Conservative has decried the 'ill-prepared' state of today's UK armed forces. Getty Images

IRGC's decades-long efforts to prove British military unfit for modern warfare

UKApril 30, 2026
British paratroopers on exercise. Gen Sir Richard Barrons has warned the UK armed forces are in dire need of a vast increase in spending, or they will be left behind. Getty Images

UK defence spending tips 'backwards' despite rising threats

UKApril 14, 2026
Pakistan's Air Force has sent some of its F-16 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia under the countries' joint defence agreement as Iranian missiles and drones assail Gulf states. AFP

Pakistan sends fighter jets to Saudi Arabia as part of defence agreement

GulfApril 11, 2026
Kharg Island is where petroleum from Iran's oilfields arrives through undersea pipelines to be loaded on to tankers. AFP

Iran threatens escalation after US hits 90 targets on Kharg Island

MENAMarch 14, 2026
HMS Lancaster departing the Gulf in December 2025. Photo: UK Royal Navy

British warships exit Gulf as Iran conflict looms for US

MENAFebruary 26, 2026
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