Could a Superpower Clash in the Arctic Trigger a Global Security Crisis "Shoot First, Ask Questions Later"?
DefenseNews: Has the fragile peace between NATO allies suddenly veered toward outright confrontation in one of the planet’s most strategic regions? This chilling question now haunts defence forums and strategic thinkers worldwide after Denmark issued a stark warning to the United States: any invasion of Greenland would be met with immediate force, “shoot first and ask questions later.” The statement, rooted in a Cold War directive, signals a dramatic escalation in one of the most geopolitically sensitive theatres on Earth and raises urgent qu…
Europe’s New Anti-Tank Missile Warning: Denmark’s Spike LR2 Test Sparks Strategic Alarm
DefenseNews: On 6 November 2025, at the Danish Army’s Oksbøl training range, the Spike LR2 was fired from an Eagle V protected wheeled vehicle using a fully stabilized remote weapon station, achieving direct hits on designated targets and demonstrating not just technical integration but real battlefield potential. Have global ground forces just crossed a threshold in anti-armor warfare that could upend battlefield lethality? When Denmark recently achieved its first integrated live firing of the Spike LR2 anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) from …
3 Killed, 3 Critically Injured In Copenhagen Mall Shooting; Terror Angle Not Ruled Out
Copenhagen: A 22-year-old gunman killed three people and injured a similar number of people in a shooting incident at a shopping mall in Denmark's capital, Copenhagen. Later, they were hospitalised. The killer was arrested after the shooting, Copenhagen police inspector Soren Thomassen told reporters, adding that they have not ruled out the possibility that the incident is terror-related. Copenhagen police inspector also said that they still investing in the case, CNN reported. On Sunday, the shooting took place at multiple locations ins…
When Power Decides Borders: Greenland Today, Who Tomorrow? What US Power Politics Mean for Global Security
DefenseNews: What happens when the world’s most powerful military begins to openly signal that borders, treaties, and alliances are negotiable if strategic interests demand it? This unsettling question is no longer theoretical. From the Arctic to the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific, a growing perception is taking hold among global defence analysts that the United States is increasingly prepared to use coercive power, economic pressure, and military dominance to shape outcomes even at the cost of long-standing norms. The warning issued by Den…
Defexpo to showcase India's defence capabilities
Country's capabilities in land, naval and security systems and its emergence as an "attractive destination" for investment in the defence sector will be showcased at the Defexpo India starting Fe b 6. A total of 624 companies from 30 countries will take part in the four-day event. Considered one of Asia's biggest land and maritime shows, the Defexpo is taking place at a time when the government has revised defence procurement procedure to make "buy Indian" and "buy and make Indian" preferred categ…
Boeing Unveils New Maritime Surveillance Aircraft
Boeing let everybody in on one of its worst-kept secrets at the Dubai Airshow on Monday, naming the Bombardier Challenger 605 business jet as the platform for a new maritime surveillance aircraft program With maritime surveillance requirements in the Arabian Gulf region on the rise, Boeing Defense, Space & A Challenger jet — which Boeing says would be a third of the cost of a P-8 — is being modified with mission systems by Field and is scheduled to make its first flight next year ahead of trials and demonstration flights for pote…
Indigenous grenades may soon replace Army's vintage ones
Finally the Indian Army may be able to replace the World War II vintage HE36 hand grenades with new ones developed indigenously. After a joint research with Chandigarh-based Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), has closed in on the final product. Though some fine tuning remains. After successful laboratory production, an order has been placed with the Ordnance Factory Khamaria to make 10,000 pieces of the multi-modal grenade (MMG), claimed to be better than the HE36. The HE36 takes four seconds…
UK to deliver rocket launchers to Ukraine soon: defence secretary
DefenseNews : Britain will soon deliver multiple-launch rocket systems to Ukraine in response to its request for heavy arms to repel the Russian invasion, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Wednesday. Following in the footsteps of the United States , London had announced on June 6 that it would send Ukraine its Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, which has better range and precision than Russia’s artillery. “I think it’s imminent, their delivery, and the munition has to go alongside”, Wallace told reporters in Oslo on the sidelines of a …
Russia's increased military air activity in Baltic region poses risk to aviation
TALLINN, Estonia -- NATO's chief says Russia's increased military activity in the skies above the Baltic region is "unjustified" and poses a risk to civil aviation because aircraft regularly fail to file flight plans or communicate with air controllers. Jens Stoltenberg says alliance fighters have intercepted planes more than 100 times in the region so far this year, a threefold increase on 2013. During a visit to an air base in NATO-member Estonia on Thursday, Stoltenberg said the alliance "…
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