Poland to Allow Faster Decisions on Shooting Down Suspicious Air Targets

The Polish Ministry of Defense announced that in the coming days it will change the rules of engagement for fighter jets and helicopters against objects entering Polish airspace…

The Polish Ministry of Defense announced that in the coming days it will change the rules of engagement for fighter jets and helicopters against objects entering Polish airspace from the direction of Russia. Deputy Minister of Defense Cezary Tomczyk made the announcement on September 28, 2026, in Dęblin and elaborated on it on X. The core of the change is the transition from visual identification to so-called positive identification. Until now, under peacetime conditions, a pilot had to fly close enough to a target to confirm it visually. Under the new rules, a combination of radar data, IFF data, direction of approach, speed, altitude, and…

Europe Opens the Door to Space, Yet Remains a Space Dwarf

The German company Isar Aerospace has reached a historic milestone. Its Spectrum rocket successfully launched five CubeSats and one technology experiment into orbit. The “Onward and Upward”…

Denmark Launches 11-Month Military Service. Conscripts Are Also Heading to Greenland

Denmark is among a small group of European countries that have never completely abolished or suspended compulsory military service. In 2005, however, it reduced the…

NATO Should Measure Russia’s Ability to Reproduce Military Capabilities, Not Just Adapt

Russia’s war against Ukraine has given Moscow something no peacetime exercise could provide: a vast body of real combat experience. Russian forces have tested new tactics, absorbed…

Freedom of Russia Legion Claims Over 10,000 Tons of Russian Oil Destroyed in “Barrel” Operation

The Freedom of Russia Legion’s resistance network says it has carried out a major sabotage operation targeting Russia’s crude oil logistics, destroying more than 10,000 tons…

France Fields the Jaguar R3: The SCORPION Family’s Combat Scout Comes of Age

The French Army has begun receiving the Jaguar in its R3 configuration, the first standard that the Direction générale de l’armement and the land forces have certified…

Four Families, One Front: Poland Is Rebuilding Its Main Battle Tank Fleet

Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced the latest delivery of 35 M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tanks. It brings deliveries under the 2022 contract for two hundred and fifty new…

U.S. F-16s Deploy from Alaska Toward Greenland in Arctic Readiness Operation

The U.S. Air Force has moved F-16 fighter aircraft from Alaska to eastern Canada as part of a wider Arctic defense operation that will extend into Greenland, underscoring NORAD’s…

Czech Republic Becomes NATO’s First Operator of Israel’s SPYDER Air Defense System

The Czech Republic has taken a major step in modernizing its national air defense by becoming the first NATO member state to operate the Israeli-made SPYDER surface-to-air missile…

Poland First, Finland Next, Germany on the Line: Europe’s F-35 Year

September 2026 will be remembered as the month when two more European air forces crossed from paper contracts into metal on the ramp. Finland’s first two F-35As landed…

Personal Experience Serving with the Czech Contingent at EUNAVFOR MED IRINI Operational Headquarters in Rome in the First Half of 2026

The Mediterranean is often viewed as a vacation destination, a place of historical landmarks, and a hub of intense trade. At the same time, however…

People Thought It Was a Missile - It Was Actually a Russian Rocket

A strange glowing formation seen over parts of northern Europe this week was not a missile attack, but the visible exhaust plume of a Russian space launch, according to Russia’s…