All news on the topic: Weapons

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Man shot by armed police after ’altercation’ between two people in Surrey
A man was shot by police in Surrey in the early hours of this morning.
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An anti-nuclear response: How Europe can counter Putin’s apocalyptic threats even if Donald Trump takes back the White House
Russian propagandists are once again threatening Europeans with the “death of civilization,” and for the first time, Vladimir Putin is backing up his traditional nuclear saber rattling with actual exercises of non-strategic nuclear forces.
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A French general wants to slash red tape to move troops faster across Europe
A French general criticized the bureaucratic red tape involved in moving equipment and weapons to allied troops in Europe.
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South Korean firm YG-1 supplies metal-cutting equipment to Russia’s defense industry, including two nuclear weapons production plants
The South Korean company YG-1 has been confirmed as a supplier of metal-cutting equipment to Russia, which is actively being utilized by Russian defense manufacturers.
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Zelenskiy asks Starmer to ‘show leadership’ and let Ukraine use weapons anywhere in Russia
Ukrainian president says ability to use western weapons to strike into enemy territory is key to his country’s defence
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The First Cyberpunk War: Ukraine conflict melds modern and ancient weaponry
In the Russian-Ukrainian war, advanced technologies are bizarrely mixed with century-old inventions.
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Shifting the balance: F-16s could challenge Russia’s supremacy in electronic warfare
In the coming months, Kyiv is expected to receive several dozen F-16 fighter jets from its Western allies, which it will be able to use to strike military targets inside Russia.
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Putin vows revenge against UK for ’direct involvement in Ukraine war’
Vladimir Putin has accused the UK of directly interfering in his war against Ukraine – and vowed revenge.
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The unbreakable union of unfree states: an axis of dictatorships is supporting the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine
Public discussions following Vladimir Putin’s May visit to China largely focused on exports of obscure tubers and beef cartilage to Beijing.
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A documentary reveals Belarusian companies involved in supplying the Russian military
Belarus’ exiled political opposition has welcomed revelations from former security officers who defected, and have now presented evidence of Belarusian firms supplying Russia with military components critical to its war against Ukraine.
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The robots are coming: How Ukraine became the testing ground for AI-powered combat
As autonomous drones soar toward the frontline, bigger countries like China and the U.S. are watching.
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Russia warns Britain it could strike back after Cameron remark on Ukraine
Russia warned Britain on Monday that if British weapons were used by Ukraine to strike Russian territory then Moscow could hit back at British military installations and equipment both inside Ukraine and elsewhere.
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North Korean weapons are killing Ukrainians
On 2 January, a young Ukrainian weapons inspector, Krystyna Kimachuk, got word that an unusual-looking missile had crashed into a building in the city of Kharkiv.
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Ukraine eliminates 100 Russian troops with missile secretly supplied by US
Ukraine killed more than 100 of Putin’s troops in a ballistic missile strike in what could be the largest loss of Russian troops in months.
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Worth their weight in tantalum: indispensable capacitors for missiles and drones make their way into Russia via Lithuania and China
Tantalum capacitors are irreplaceable electronic elements that can be found in all sorts of devices — including the Korsar and Shahed drones Russia uses against Ukraine.
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Sanctions haven’t stopped notorious Serbian arms merchant Slobodan Tešić
Despite repeated rounds of sanctions, the notorious arms dealer Slobodan Tešić remains a dominant player in Serbia’s weapons trade.