Russia is still assessing the damage from an overnight drone attack on Wednesday, Sept. 18, that targeted a large military depot. The site is northwest of Moscow and hundreds of miles away from the Ukrainian border. Ukraine’s military took credit for the attack. The country’s security service and special operations forces targeted a Russian Defense…

The proliferation of hypersonic missiles and the Unites States’ position in the world relative to its near-peer adversaries presents an ongoing discussion over what weapons to prioritize and what gaps to close. Lockheed Martin’s director of Air Dominance and Strike Weapons Advanced Programs, Scott “Fish” Fisher, recently visited with Ryan Robertson to discuss Lockheed’s latest…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to expand the size of the country’s armed forces by 180,000 troops, increasing the total military personnel to nearly 2.4 million. The decision comes as Moscow continues its protracted military campaign in Ukraine, which began in February 2022. The new decree will increase the number of combat…

In what Ukraine’s foreign minister called “a brazen attack on freedom of navigation and global food security” on Thursday, Sept. 12, Kyiv accused Moscow of striking a civilian grain vessel in the Black Sea with cruise missiles near Romania. It is reportedly the first time that a missile hit a civilian vessel transporting grains at…

Vladimir Putin says Russia would be “at war” with the United States and its allies if they allow Ukraine to use long-range Western missiles to strike deep inside Russia. Putin described such a move as “an act of war.” This warning comes just hours before a crucial meeting in Washington between British Prime Minister Keir…

New satellite imagery revealed on Wednesday, Sept. 11, shows what appears to be the Russian cargo ship that brought ballistic missiles to Russia from Iran. The vessel known as the Olya-3, was spotted in the Caspian Sea off of the coast of southwest Russia. The pictures are reportedly seen as further evidence to back up…

Russian forces initiated a significant counteroffensive in the Kursk region, targeting Ukrainian troops, marking the Kremlin’s first substantial military action in over five weeks. This operation, which began on Sept. 10, aims to dislodge Ukrainian forces from the area, with ongoing engagements reported into the following day. The dynamics of the conflict are still unclear,…

A little more than a month ago, the Ukrainian military showed that it was not afraid to take the fight to Russia on Russian soil. The offensive push into Kursk Oblast caught Vladimir Putin and the rest of the world by surprise, and Russia is still trying to muster forces to mount a viable defense…

This week on Weapons and Warfare, the team takes a look at Ukraine’s switch from defense to offense with their incursion into the Kursk region of Russia. Host Ryan Robertson visited with some senior fellows from the Center for European Policy Analysis to get their assessment of what Ukraine’s offensive means for the next phase…

The United States and Britain accused Iran of supplying Russia with short-range ballistic missiles on Tuesday, Sept. 10, and warned that Moscow plans to use the weapons soon. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the comments alongside British Foreign Secretary David Lammy during a joint press conference. “Russia has now received shipments of these…