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National Security News

Month: June 2025

AI

China set to become global leader in AI, report warns

By Sean Rayment China is attempting to become the global leader in artificial intelligence by building hundreds of highly specialised data centres, experts have warned. A new report titled China’s AI Infrastructure Surge, by the Special Competitive Studies Project and the…

Strategic Defence Review to put Britain on a “war footing”

By Sean Rayment Britain faces a “new era of threat”, including dangers posed by novel weapons of mass destruction, and must rebuild its military to prepare for war, a major defence review has warned. The UK’s strategic defence review warns…

Zelensky hails ‘historic’ strike on Russian airbases as 41 warplanes destroyed

By Isabella Egerton Up to 41 Russian strategic bombers have been destroyed in a long-range Ukrainian drone attack – in what Kyiv has described as its most successful attack in the war so far. The operation, codenamed Pavutyna, or Spider’s Web, was…