US soldiers in Afghanistan get some new threads for autumn/winter, Indonesia plans to enter the submarine market and why Russian tanks are performing a U-turn.

The Indian Navy celebrates the launch of its first domestically developed nuclear submarine but damning criticism of a major procurement programme rains on its parade. Meanwhile, the arms race in the Korean peninsula hots…

How Hungarian troops are adapting to Afghanistan and who is buying which weapons from whom.

An interview with the rear admiral in charge of an anti-piracy operation in the Horn of Africa, plus a round-up of the latest arms deals and military news around the world.

Marines are told to get some real muscle, shark-skin technology for subs, China joins the international effort to tackle piracy, and new RPG protection for vehicles.

NATO notices the Cold War is over and devises a new navy strategy. The US Army eyes the phone app market and in Ukraine, Russia is allowed to train its jet pilots.

Monocle reports from the IDEX arms fair in Abu Dhabi, and why the US should support struggling nations against insurgents.

The world goes to cyber-war, Brazil prepares a new rang of submarines and we meet Washington's man in Yangon.

The latest military shenanigans, including China's reassurances to the US and a Korean-led jet project.

Chine beefs up its air force again, and India builds a strike force to ready itself for Himalayan border disputes.

Saudi's Arabia's big weapons spend and a personnel shortage in the Polish Army.

Burmese insurgent armies, Iraq reinforcements and extremism in the Philippines.

The french army's new laser dubbed "the finger of death" and Spain's flight school for Afghan pilots.

US budget cuts and Russian naval ambition.

News from the military world, including the new "smart" bullets and ingenious bomb detection technology.

The one part of Yemen that's still paradise, plus the US creates a new naval base in Singapore.

Algeria's plans to fence off the Sahara, Poland's new arms contract and other military news.

Why modesty replaced lavishness on the stalls at Europe's largest arms fair held in London, and Russia turns to the French and Dutch in search of four new warships after admitting its own shipyards aren't up to the task.

The conventional wisdom is that under the Obama administration, the transatlantic relationship will flourish anew, along with a substantial improvement of French-US relations. On 3 April, the 60th Anniversary Summit of Nato…

MONOCLE interviews the commander of the Norwegian Coast Guard and reports on military deals in Afganistan and Australia.