Barbarians at the Gates of Europe: Nights in Lviv, Ukraine
The first siren typically sounds at about 2:00 a.m. It’s just a general alert, the Russian MiG-31Ks have taken off, and their hypersonic missiles could strike the whole country, but…
Coghlan’s Folding Saw
I am particularly pleased with being able to feature a piece of made in Canada kit with this one. I picked up Coghlan’s Folding Saw (Item no.: 8901). This will…
Coleman Folding Saw
28 June 2025 I decided to roll the dice and buy a cheap Coleman Folding Saw on Amazon.ca for $14.50 CAD. This is essentially a cheap Coleman answer to the…
Iran Will Look Toward Africa to Rebuild Post-Ceasefire
26 June 2025 It has been a wild few days in the Middle East. As soon as a ceasefire was announced, Israel and Iran traded missiles, and the re-announced ceasefire…
The Quiet Axis & Iran threatens to close off the Strait of Hormuz
Axios reports the U.S. and Israel cooperated in the bunker-buster airstrikes against the Fordow nuclear site. At request of Trump, the Israeli Air Force took out multiple Iranian air-defense systems…
Trump mulls intervention – but it is Israel-Iran capacity game until then
As Donald Trump mulls over the US striking Iran, the question is whether the conflict can continue for another two weeks. To dismantle Iran’s nuclear development, three nuclear facilities need…
The Great Diplomat Donald Trump Will Solve Ukraine, Kashmir and the Middle East
“I will be your arbitrator. I will be your arbitrator. I can solve anything.” – Trump on India-Pakistan Echoing what his State Department said the previous day, President Donald Trump…
Goal posts moving: Carney & NATO’s 2%
The Canadian government, under Prime Minister Mark Carney, unveiled a defence policy bombshell. It has been pledged that the Canadian government will reach its 2% commitment of GDP to defence…
From CANSEC 2025 with Love
Written by Chris Murray & Stewart Webb The DefenceReport team was in full force at this year’s CANSEC, which was widely agreed to be the biggest and most successful thus…
UK-EU Deal: Is the UK back at the heart of EU defence?
23 May 2025 Much has been made of the UK-EU deal announced this week. Depending on where you sit on the still very active Brexit spectrum of political discourse, this…
