Wires Brief: Australia will buy secondhand subs under AUKUS now; US-Iran continue to exchange fire
1 June 2026 US-Iran Over the weekend, American warplanes attacked Iranian radar sites and drone command-and-control facilities on Qeshm Island and Gorik in Iran’s Hormozgan province. The strikes came after…
Wires Brief: Russian drone hits Romanian apartment; Russia-Taliban sign military cooperation agreement
29 May 2026 Iran Ceasefire After both the US and Iran accused each other of violating the ceasefire, US and Iranian negotiators came up with a deal to extend the…
Wires Brief: Carney announces at CANSEC that Canada will procure Saab AWACS aircraft; US-Iran trade fresh strikes
28 May 2026 Canada Prime Minister Carney opened CANSEC yesterday with a breakfast announcement that Canada will negotiate with Saab for its GlobalEye airborne early warning aircraft. The GlobalEye is…
Wires Brief: Canada’s largest annual defence expo starts today; US military training and other expenditures being cut due to cost of Iran war
27 May 2026 Iran Iran restored internet to its people, but continues to block social media sites. Iran imposed 88 days of near-total internet isolation on its people to curb…
LaFlesche: From Oka’s Shadow to Canada’s Defence Supply Chain
26 May 2026 *Article submitted ahead of CANSEC 2026 by LaFlesche Thirty-six years after Canadian troops deployed on Mohawk territory, a precision manufacturer from Kahnawàːke is supplying components to General…
Wires Brief: US attacked Iranian positions in self-defence; Ebola treatment centres under attack
26 May 2026 Iran-US On Monday, the US sank two IRGC boats which were laying mines. In retaliation, Iran began firing surface-to-air missiles at American planes, which in turn resulted…
Wires Brief: UN Peacekeeping numbers plummeting; Iran disputes that US-Iran deal is close
25 May 2026 Iran Ceasefire Much pomp and circumstance has been made by the Trump administration that a US-Iran deal is close. There is a hint that the deal between…
TKMS: Canadian Patrol Submarine Project Bid
22 May 2026 Sponsored Article The closing for the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP) is coming to an end. The two main competitors – TKMS and Hanwha Ocean have revised…
Wires Brief: US-Taiwan arms sale on pause due to Iran War; JNIM tightens blockade of Bamako
22 May 2026 Austria An ex-intelligence officer has been found guilty of spying for Russia. Egisto Ott was sentenced to four years in prison, and he still denies the charges.…
Wires Brief: Collins-class submarine upgrade scaled back; Merz proposes “associate EU membership” for Ukraine
21 May 2026 US-Quantum Technology The US Government is awarding $2 billion in grants to nine quantum-computing companies, with half of that going to industry leader IBM. In exchange, the…
