Europe
Zelensky's 'Freya' missile defense scheme could backfire. Here's why.
Aside from being no panacea for Ukraine's war woes, it is a clear play to build Kyiv directly into Europe’s security architecture.
July 27, 2026
Aside from being no panacea for Ukraine's war woes, it is a clear play to build Kyiv directly into Europe’s security architecture.
Neither Kyiv nor Washington would benefit if Trump agrees to hand over the intellectual property for the state-of-the-art interceptors
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill who are being cajoled into spending billions more on the military budget need to read this first
The new estimate dwarfs Trump’s initial assessment and would be close to the entirety of today’s defense budget
This might be an answer to the biggest question today: why does the airspace suddenly seems penetrable, even against a wounded Tehran military?
Washington burned through $5.6 billion in munitions in first two days of war, according to the Pentagon’s own estimates
