Turkish Navy Confirms Plans to Own Nuclear Submarines
Admiral Ercüment Tatlıoğlu declared that Turkiye aims to develop nuclear submarines as part of its MILDEN project, aiming for a globally powerful naval force.
SLBM News
Navy / Maritime
Engine and Transmission
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
Russia Unveils First Submarine built for Zircon Missiles
Marking a change in Russian naval doctrine, the nuclear-powered Perm is the first Yasen-M class submarine purpose-built to fire Zircon hypersonic missiles.
Navy / Maritime
Engine and Transmission
North Korea Shows Its Nuclear-Powered Submarine
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un was briefed on the construction of a nuclear-propelled submarine that can be armed with “strategic” missiles.
Navy / Maritime
ROK's Second KSS-III Batch-II Submarine Laid Down
ROK's DAPA has announced the keel laying ceremony for the second KSS-III Batch-II SLBM-capable submarine.
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
France has Test-fired M51.3 SLBM
France tested the new version of its SLBM, the M51.3. The submarine-launched missile is known for its thermonuclear warhead capacity.
Navy / Maritime
North Korea Launches New Tactical Nuclear Attack Submarine
North Korea christened a new tactical nuclear attack submarine on Sept. 6 that has been under development for years at the Pongdae Submarine Factory.
Weapon / Missile
ROK Fires Underwater Launched Missile
ROK announced that it conducted its first underwater-launched missile test hours after North Korea launched two ballistic missiles toward the sea.
Air
Weapon / Missile
Minuteman III Test Launch Aborts Prior to Launch
Air Force Global Strike Command announced that an unarmed Minuteman III test launch experienced a ground abort prior to launch.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 12:00 Italy gives conditional approval to Leonardo-Baykar drone venture - Reuters reported that Italy has conditionally approved the Leonardo–Baykar joint venture to produce...
- 12:00 USNI looks at Türkiye’s defence-industrial rise through EFES 2026 - USNI News used the EFES 2026 exercise to examine how Türkiye is linking operational military activit...
- 12:00 Reuters tracks Ankara’s goal of doubling defence exports - Reuters reported that Turkish officials want to double defence exports within two years after export...
- 12:00 Breaking Defense highlights Turkish one-way attack systems at SAHA 2026 - Breaking Defense reported that Turkish companies used SAHA 2026 to unveil multiple one-way attack sy...
- 12:00 Defense News spotlights ASELSAN’s autonomous warfare concept - Defense News reported that ASELSAN used SAHA 2026 to present a future warfare concept centred on aut...
- 12:00 Le Monde examines Türkiye’s expanding defence footprint in Mali - Le Monde reported that Türkiye has become an increasingly important security partner for Mali throug...
- 12:00 French strategic study identifies Türkiye as a rising European supplier - The Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique assessed Türkiye as one of the most notable new entrants...
- 12:00 Middle East Forum analyses Baykar’s expansion into Europe - A Middle East Forum analysis argued that Baykar’s growing presence in Europe shows how production ca...
- 12:00 Jerusalem Post highlights Baykar’s export-heavy revenue model - The Jerusalem Post reported that Baykar generated roughly $1.8 billion in drone exports in 2024 and...
- 12:00 Foreign defence reporting keeps focus on KAAN’s next prototype phase - International defence coverage continued to highlight Turkish Aerospace’s target for the first ‘true...
- 09:00 NATO pushes allies to fill US air and naval capability gaps - Washington is pressing European allies and Canada to provide more manned and unmanned aircraft plus...
- 09:00 AI-driven drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could reshape warfare within five years, pus...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European companies and air...
- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
