Weapons technology
Record numbers expected as Europe’s biggest arms fair opens in London
Egypt, Vietnam and Indonesia among countries sending delegations to four-day DSEI at ExCeL
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor
12, Sep, 2023 @5:29 PM
BAE agrees to buy space technology firm Ball Aerospace for $5.6bn
Weapon maker’s takeover of US firm comes amid global surge in spending on military and spying technology
Jasper Jolly
17, Aug, 2023 @7:56 AM
Saudis ask to join UK, Italy and Japan’s joint air combat programme
UK-backed move could help spread cost of developing fighter jet and drones, but may prove controversial
Jasper Jolly
11, Aug, 2023 @4:13 PM
‘Make mud, not war’: how US used weather warfare in Vietnam
Top-secret project Commando Lava caused disruption along strategically vital Ho Chi Minh trail
David Hambling
10, Aug, 2023 @5:00 AM
Germany arranges supply of 30 Leopard 1 tanks for Ukraine
Arms firm Rheinmetall to refurbish vehicles following military aid package announced at Nato summit
Philip Oltermann in Berlin and Pjotr Sauer
09, Aug, 2023 @3:53 PM
‘It’s simple and cheap’: the volunteers making Ukraine’s Trembita bomb
Known as the ‘people’s missile’, the bomb costs about £2,300 to build and can be transported in a car boot
Luke Harding in Kyiv
09, Jul, 2023 @10:58 AM
Joe Biden defends ‘difficult decision’ to send cluster munitions to Ukraine
Rights groups condemn supply of widely banned weapons and fellow Democrat calls it a ‘terrible mistake’
David Smith Washington bureau chief and Luke Harding in Kyiv
08, Jul, 2023 @10:14 AM
What are cluster bombs and why are they controversial?
Biden administration confirms it has approved providing Ukraine with weapons opposed by human rights groups
Léonie Chao-Fong in Washington
07, Jul, 2023 @7:09 PM
Russian forces face shortage of tanks as counteroffensive creeps forward
Ukraine forces slowly pushing back Putin’s troops, claims Kyiv, aided by western hardware
Daniel Boffey in Kyiv
17, Jun, 2023 @10:44 AM
US ‘ready to fight in space if we have to’, says military official
Threat posed by ‘provocative’ Russia and China has left US no choice but to prepare for orbital skirmishes
Ian Sample Science editor
28, May, 2023 @12:52 PM
Russian weapons manufacturers hosted at Saudi trade event
Companies with direct links to Russian military set to attend, which is likely to heighten tensions with US
David Pegg, Manisha Ganguly and Stephanie Kirchgaessner
26, May, 2023 @11:00 AM
US imposes sanctions on leader of Wagner group in Mali
Private army led by Ivan Aleksandrovich Maslov accused of acquiring weaponry for use in Ukraine
Staff and agencies in Washington
25, May, 2023 @9:01 PM
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