Global for Thursday, December 18, 2025

• Winning the long game: Sustaining sea power as our enduring advantage
• Turkish defense ministry describes tricky shoot-down of wayward drone
• How a US-led peace plan in Ukraine is reshaping global alliances
• Denmark buys Kongsberg missile systems to defend strategic coastlines
• US preps massive weapons package for Taiwan valued at over $10 billion
• EU flagship defense R&D in 2026 covers hypersonic defense, future tank
• Germany to spend almost $60 billion in latest military funding package