Category: Defense One
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Hormuz Is On Edge
The Strait of Hormuz may not be fully mined yet, but the mere possibility has been enough to choke ship traffic and put the U.S. Navy’s mine-clearing readiness under the spotlight.
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The Middle East Is Gearing Up for Drone Wars
The Middle East’s drone war is triggering a defence-tech surge, with governments rushing to buy smarter, faster counter-drone systems.
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The $71M AI Bet To Fix America’s Warships
The US Navy is betting on AI and drones to fix one of its biggest weaknesses: too many ships stuck in repair for too long.
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The Cost of War Just Got Global
Military blows may be weakening Iran, but they are not delivering a clean strategic win. The real pressure point now is the Strait of Hormuz, where oil disruption, market stress, and rising costs are turning battlefield gains into a far messier global problem.
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$30K Drones vs $1M Missiles—Who’s Winning?
Iran’s cheap Shahed drones are forcing the U.S. and its allies into a brutal mismatch: high-end fighter jets, costly missiles, and dangerous air battles against low-cost threats.
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America Just Realised It Depends on China
America’s defence establishment is sounding the alarm: China’s dominance in manufacturing, shipbuilding and rare-earth processing has become a full-blown national security threat.
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The Military’s New Weapon: 3D Printers
The next military edge may not come from buying more drones, but from being able to build and repair them wherever the fight moves.
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How Wearables Are Saving Soldiers from Heat Stroke
The U.S. Army is rethinking old-school toughness as wearable biometrics and heat science reveal how quickly soldiers can spiral into dangerous overheating.
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Why the Military Is Building Its Own AI
The Pentagon’s clash with Anthropic has exposed a core problem in military AI: the best-known models were built for broad consumer use, not battlefield decisions.
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The Internet Is the Next Battlefield of Iran
Tehran-linked hackers are ramping up recon and loud “hacktivist” claims after the US–Israel strikes, raising fears of follow-on cyberattacks that could turn disruptive fast.