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Russian strikes on Ukraine 🇺🇦 are much larger and much more impactful than they were in 2023 and 2024, because
1. Putin understands that every promise and statement Trump has made on Ukraine is never followed up with any serious action
2. Ukraine is no longer pledged AMRAAM and
What are the main challenges facing the RAF's return to the High North?
Read as FASI's @ArunPDawson reflects on the UK’s contribution to the defence of Europe’s northern flank.
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https://ow.ly/j5WO50Y7Aac
Join us for an online panel discussion to explore the contemporary challenges & operational growth within the Military Aviation Authority. Highlighting the successes & lessons learnt with the evolving use of drones in warfare
📅13 Feb
🕰️10am
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https://ow.ly/OYwC50Y49tN
2026 has certainly started with a bang. Here we try and unravel the implications of Venezuela, Greenland, Russia & Iran for NATO and Europe. “Interesting Times” doesn’t seem to cut it anymore. I’ve seen more strategic and less clumsy games of Risk! Kamchatka or Iceland next?
Tune in to our latest podcast where @gregbagwell and @BellusUK observe US President Trump’s attempts to secure his Hemisphere, which uncannily mirror the geography of the Risk board game and ask what are the implications for Europe and NATO?
https://airspacepower.com/the-high-ground-an-aspa-podcast/
Join @airpowerassn for the inaugural Battlespace Advantage Symposium
Led by the Integrated Warfare Centre (IWC), part of @CSOC_MOD, the symposium will explore how the UK achieves advantage across all domains.
📅 25-26 Mar 2026
📍IET, Savoy Place
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https://airspacepower.com/conference/battlespace-advantage-symposium-2026/
Nobody can doubt the criticality of this geography, especially for America’s defence. But there are long-standing agreements for a US presence on Greenland that provide all the permissions necessary. The US is being clumsy at best here, but that’s being generous.
The Macron/Starmer agreement has plenty to pick holes in, but it’s both a brave and necessary step to going some way to provide reassurance and guarantees to Ukraine, and a warning to Russia. But we should not under estimate the level of effort required for this to be credible.
In our latest High Ground podcast @gregbagwell and @BellusUK take a look at the advantages Western air power can bestow, and why it could now be Ukraine's trump card in what has largely been a static attritional defence against Russia's invasion. Tune in! https://bit.ly/3H3rcw4
Is Russia a threat? Tune in to our latest podcast with @gregbagwell and @BellusUK as they discuss recent warnings about UK defence, progress on delivering the SDR, and what must be done for Ukraine.
Live on Spotify: https://bit.ly/4qhGe2n
YouTube: https://youtu.be/8e27zii0GHU
A very useful and stark summary of the state of UK Defence by the NAO: https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/mod-2024-25.pdf. Many of the shortfalls have been previously reported, but the Risk summary caught my eye👇. Is it just me or is there one missing? 🧵1/2
“The risks and some of the costs are clear to our leaders” says Air Chief Marshal Rich Knighton, Chief of Defence Staff, at the RUSI think tank, praising the government for spending more 1/
The @ChiefofAirStaff Global Air & Space Chiefs’ Conference is now less than two months away! In this video, RAF Deputy Commander Operations, Air Marshal @HarvSmyth, tells us more about the topics we can expect to hear about.
Find out more: http://ow.ly/MkS050Oznu5
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