Image: Lockheed Martin. By Victoria Samson and Krystal Azelton, Published by Military Times, 10 February 2026 President Donald Trump’s stated reasons for why he wants the United States to take possession of Greenland have varied over the past year, but one is increasingly gaining traction in political discourse: The U.S.
RAF Oakhanger in Hampshire is one site in the UK where the US owns property (Photo: Alamy via Declassified) By Mark Curtis, Published by Declassified, 3 February 2026 America’s War Department owns more military and intelligence sites in Britain than the government has told parliament The US military owns 22
Image source: Missile Defense Agency Published by Clash Report, 29 January 2026 Germany is preparing to become the first European country to develop its own space-based missile detection system, as concerns grow in Berlin and across Europe about reliance on U.S. early-warning capabilities. Germany is planning to develop the core
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks about the Golden Dome initiative in the Oval Office on May 20, 2025. | Alex Brandon/AP By Audrey Decker, Published by Politico, 14 January 2026 Much of the president’s signature defense shield isn’t even supposed to be based on land. President Donald Trump has linked
Photo: German Ministry of Defence. By Ivan Khomenko, Published by United24 Media, 12 January 2026 Germany’s newly deployed Arrow-3 missile defense system is currently unable to intercept Russia’s latest intermediate-range ballistic missile, known as “Oreshnik,” due to its limited operational readiness and the extreme speed of the target, Die Welt reported on January 11, citing NATO
An illustration of the Golden Dome. Credit: Arcfield By Ingolf Kiesaw, Published by Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien, 22 December 2025 SIPRI's 2024 yearbook is titled “Role of nuclear weapons grows as geopolitical relations deteriorate.” The content of that statement has grown in importance in 2025. Golden Dome On January 27, 2025, just
By Jason Rainbow, Published by Space News, 10 December 2025 TAMPA, Fla. — NATO has picked 150 companies from 24 of its member countries to join its Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) next year, including more than two dozen with ties to the space sector. Each company
An artist's rendering of the Timely Warning and Interception with Space-based TheatER surveillance project. Image: MBDA By Inder Singh Bisht, Published by The Defense Post, 28 October 2025 France and Germany have signed an agreement to jointly develop a European missile early warning system, combining space- and ground-based sensors to
