#Satellite reconnaissance

Despite possessing the world’s most advanced military and missile defense network, the United States could face unexpected challenges defending its own territory against an Iranian drone attack. Analysts say the issue stems from the structure of US homeland air defense systems, which were designed for very different threats.

A Russian naval reconnaissance vessel launched a drone toward the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle during an incident near Sweden in late February 2026, an episode that analysts say highlights evolving Russian tactics for intelligence gathering and provocation in European waters.

Russia appears to be entering a new—and revealing—phase of its tank war: pulling what one OSINT researcher calls its last meaningful reserve of stored main battle tanks, the older T-72 “Ural” and T-72A, and funneling them toward overhaul lines that were built for a very different era of combat, according to OSINT researcher Jompy on February 26.