Sunday 29 August
Starved of modern equipment, and with a small ageing fleet barely capable of defending the country’s huge airspace, Indonesia’s decision to buy 10 new Sukhoi fighter jets – the last three of which are due to touch down from…
Modern warfare is not simply divided between conventional and nuclear, guerrilla or acts of terrorism. It’s a complicated mix of all these and more. But what to buy to defend yourself? Every two years, defence firms gather…
Vietnam orders $1,8bn worth of submarines to keep up with the neighbours, Peru gets kitted out to deal with a guerilla resurgence and Russian upgrades its stealth bombers.
‘Magic walls’ and ‘QVR’ are in the lexicon this year for TV anchors covering the US election. Monocle looks at the networks’ top 10 secret weapons in the battle to report the winners and losers of the big day.
Wednesday 17 August
Any day now, China will launch the first aircraft carrier in its Navy’s history.
Sunday 27 September
Have the latest revelations about a secret uranium-enrichment plant made an Israeli attack in Iran more probable, imminent even?
Saturday 13 March
The American flag used for ceremonial receptions at the Ben Gurion airport must be worn out already, as a slew of Obama administration officials and US military top brass are visiting Israel almost on a daily basis.
Thursday 18 February
The Mossad or not the Mossad – that is the question on everyone’s lips here, following the identification by the police in Dubai of at least seven Israeli citizens who also hold European passports as suspects in the killing…
Sunday 28 February
Besieged in a tiny corner of one of the world’s most dangerous capital cities, peppered with sniper and rocket fire, a few thousand Burundian and Ugandan troops are protecting a rickety transitional government against…
Style leader Raúl Castro, South American coffee consumption and London-based US politicians.
Thanks to substantial foreign investment and its status as the home of the African Union, the Ethiopian capital is positioning itself as Africa’s diplomatic hub. As the AU divides over how to expand its mandate, Addis is…
The Uzbek social princess-cum-diplomat who is also a style Leader, clean living in Sweden, Why the Swiss love their guns and Moscow eyes the Vegas lifestyle.
Every two years, the Singapore Air Show draws air force commanders from around the world keen to check out the latest hardware. But as weaponry technology moves ever faster, what to order
Saudi's Arabia's big weapons spend and a personnel shortage in the Polish Army.
New weightlifting champion: Airbus A400 M Atlas Tucked away in the British countryside, the Farnborough International Air Show is an unassuming backdrop for deals deciding the future of air defence. This trillion euro…
Michelin judges Tokyo a gourmet's delight, Taiwan's weapons programme, and the beautification of Seoul.
News from the military world, including the new "smart" bullets and ingenious bomb detection technology.
How Hungarian troops are adapting to Afghanistan and who is buying which weapons from whom.
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