Cold War

A Swedish startup is taking defence tech back to basics — by building the country’s first TNT factory since the Cold War. Stockholm-based Swebal has secured a €3mn investment for the plant, slated to enter full operation in late 2027. Located in Nora, a town about three hours from the…

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FOLLOWING a perceived frosty relationship between President Bola Tinubu and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, the president, yesterday, declared that his relationship with Sanwo-Olu remains cordial, adding that “it’s all over now. All is forgiven,” Recall there have been reports of a cold war between Tinubu and Sanwo-Olu which have…

Everett F. Drumright, the American consul-general in Hong Kong, believed that the United States was confronting a grave threat to its national security. It was 1955, and the consular officers were being besieged by Chinese people seeking to flee the mainland and immigrate to the U.S., claiming that they were…

The 1939 Hatch Act prohibits government employees from using their position to engage in partisan activity, and prohibits their membership in any organization that advocates the overthrow of the United States. At the dawn of the Cold War, President Harry Truman used the latter provision to authorize investigations of government…

In a major strategic decision to bolster country's deterrence power, the United Kingdom has announced the most comprehensive military reform since the Cold War, investing over £15 billion ($19 billion) into nuclear defence, cyber security, and advanced military technology. The newly launched Strategic Defence Review 2025 urges immediate action keeping…

Britain’s new military tech strategy will fail unless startups are given clear pathways to adoption, experts have warned. Their concerns follow the government’s announcement that defence spending will increase to its highest level since the Cold War. Prime Minister Keir Starmer set out the aims in the new Strategic Defence…

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BEIJING (AP) — China on Sunday denounced U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for calling the Asian country a threat, accusing him of touting a Cold War mentality as tensions between Washington and Beijing further escalate. The foreign ministry said Hegseth vilified Beijing with defamatory allegations the previous day at the…