Analysis · StrikeOrbit | 2026 Modern warfare is not decided by the weapon that fires the shot. It is decided by the network that identifies the target, calculates the solution, and transmits the order faster than the adversary can respond.…
Analysis · StrikeOrbit | 2026 Satellite constellations have become the backbone of modern military communication, transforming how information moves across the battlefield and how forces coordinate across domains. Where Cold War-era space systems relied on a small number of large,…
Analysis · StrikeOrbit | 2026 Space is no longer a passive domain supporting military operations on Earth. It has become an active arena of strategic competition where the ability to secure, deny, and exploit orbital systems directly shapes outcomes on…
Analysis · StrikeOrbit | 2026 Space has become the nervous system of modern military power. The satellites that enable precision navigation, real-time intelligence, command communications, and missile early warning are not peripheral support systems. They are the infrastructure through which…
Analysis · StrikeOrbit | 2026 Military power now depends on assets that do not operate on land, at sea, or in the air. The systems that guide precision weapons, enable command communications, provide continuous surveillance, and deliver early warning of…
Analysis · StrikeOrbit | 2026 In September 2025, at a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan, China displayed its YJ-17 and YJ-19 hypersonic missiles in Tiananmen Square. Foreign Policy characterised the display as an implicit signal…
Analysis · StrikeOrbit | 2026 On June 1, 2025, Ukraine’s Security Service executed Operation Spiderweb — smuggling first-person-view attack drones deep into Russian territory concealed inside modified truck containers, then launching them simultaneously against multiple strategic bomber bases thousands of…
Analysis · StrikeOrbit | 2026 On the night of June 21, 2025, seven B-2 Spirit bombers released fourteen GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators on Iran’s Fordow and Natanz nuclear facilities, while a U.S. submarine fired more than two dozen Tomahawk cruise…
Analysis · StrikeOrbit | 2026 Military power in the 21st century is no longer primarily a question of stockpile size. It is a question of integration — how effectively a state connects its sensors, weapons, and decision-makers into a system…
Analysis · StrikeOrbit | 2026 Strategic and geopolitical intelligence represents the systematic analysis of how nations pursue power, security, and influence in the international system. It examines military capabilities, political intentions, economic leverage, and technological advantages that shape state behavior.…