The war Rheinmetall thinks it’s fighting is not the one Ukraine is winning
This week, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger made news with a blunt interview in The Atlantic about the changing face of defense manufacturing. The article, titled Building Tanks While the Ukrainians Master Drones, is worth reading. It presents Papperger, who has led Rheinmetall since 2013, as a critic of modern warfare,...
China’s long shot in satellite tech
Starlink – estimated as the largest low Earth orbit (LEO) communications constellation by a long shot – has been invaluable...
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Nowhere to hide
"All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our...
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The UK is on the precipice of geopolitical and military irrelevance
Imagine the headline next week: “Trump seizes Cyprus, Chagos and Gibraltar from the UK.” Such is the ambiguity of Britain’s...
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Is defence tech a ‘proper’ VC-backable vertical?
Several months ago, on a famous VC podcast, I heard an idea that I consider heresy: defence tech is not...
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The dangerous economics of drone warfare
Modern air defence is entering a dangerous economic inversion: in many cases, it now costs far more to destroy a...
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Munich Security Conference got the urgency right. The hard part comes next
A few weeks on from the Munich Security Conference, something many of the Resilience Media community no doubt attended, I...
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