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How the Patriot missile system works, and why it's so hard to replace

US President Donald Trump announced a licence for Ukraine to make Patriot systems, capable of shooting down ballistic missiles. (REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. POLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN POLAND./File Photo)
Updated on Jul 12, 2026 06:51 pm IST

Ukraine’s Six-Part Strategy to Survive the Global Run on Patriot Missiles

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Ukraine is working to use its scarce Patriots interceptor missiles as efficiently as possible.
Published on Jul 09, 2026 06:35 pm IST

Why a broken Russia is bad for the world

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There are four scenarios for post-war Russia being discussed in the West. For all their variation in political packaging, each entails the loss or curtailment of sovereignty and thereby destroys the only mechanism through which responsible behaviour is possible at all.
Published on Jul 10, 2026 10:33 am IST

Prepare for a world of ad hoc coalitions

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The answer to shifting orders of geography, trade and commerce—and the anxieties which they understandably cause for citizens—is not to mourn the world that was; it is to build for the world as it is.
Updated on Jul 10, 2026 05:48 am IST

Russia targets Elon Musk's Starlink systems to counter Ukraine's drones

Kyiv's development of "mid-strike" drones that can hit targets dozens of kilometres behind the front lines.
Updated on Jul 08, 2026 05:46 pm IST