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Business News > Mint Authors > Alistair Macdonald

Alistair Macdonald

ARTICLES BY ALISTAIR MACDONALD

Ukraine's Azov Brigade creates and fixes gear for electronic warfare at this workshop near the eastern front, pictured in February.

The silent electronic battleground shaping the future of warfare

8 min read . 07 Oct 2026

The U.S. strikes on Iranian launch sites reflect a commitment to controlling the Strait of Hormuz amidst rising tensions. (AFP)

Mine warfare with Iran hampers US efforts to win control of Hormuz

5 min read . 01 Sept 2026

U.S. Army soldiers taking part in the Combined Resolve exercises in Hohenfels, Germany, this spring.

US and Ukrainian forces went head-to-head in an exercise. Ukraine’s drones won.

5 min read . 13 Aug 2026

Ukrainian soldiers on the front line fire an L119 howitzer toward Russian troops.

If Ukraine Can Make This Big Gun, Patriot Missiles May Be Next

3 min read . 21 Jul 2026

'Bid To Trigger Anxiety Will Fail': Zelensky Stunned As Putin Moves To Stabilize Russia Fuel Supply?

Ukraine’s six-part strategy to survive the global run on patriot missiles

6 min read . 09 Jul 2026

Zelensky Blames US & Europe Stockpiles for Dead Ukrainians? 'Allies' Warehouses Fuel Russian Attacks

Ukraine’s Shortage of Patriot Missiles Leaves Kyiv Undefended

2 min read . 06 Jul 2026

Snipers typically work in teams of at least two and have to move large quantities of equipment, including large-caliber guns, surveillance drones, cameras and even small generators.

Military snipers are being put out of a job by drones

5 min read . 14 May 2026

The Pentagon is considering sending another 10,000 ground troops to the Middle East, even as Trump weighs peace talks with Tehran. (AFP)

What an influx of 17,000 US troops could mean for the Iran war

5 min read . 28 Mar 2026

Rocket trails are seen amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks in the sky above the Israeli center coastal city of Netanya, on March 15, 2026. (AFP)

The Middle East needs to learn how Ukraine stops cheap drones

5 min read . 16 Mar 2026

The Danish flag fying on the HDMS Knud Rasmussen, a Royal Danish Navy offshore patrol vessel, as it is moored in Nuuk harbour, Greenland. (File Photo: AFP)

Europe’s $1 trillion race to build back its defense industry

6 min read . 25 Jan 2026

Demand for copper is projected to outstrip supply. Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg News

Copper is the prize in mining megadeals

4 min read . 10 Jan 2026

A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft.

The ‘growler’ signal-jamming jet that helped capture Nicolás Maduro

4 min read . 07 Jan 2026

Dmytro Chubenko (back), spokesperson of the Kharkiv prosecutor, and his assistant cover a Russian Shahed drone shot down by Ukraine's air defence forces in a field used for the storage of Russian missiles in Kharkiv. (AFP)

Every nation wants to copy Iran’s deadly Shahed drone

4 min read . 25 Sept 2025

For years, Beijing focused on building a fleet of diesel-electric submarines that were sufficient for patrolling its backyard in the Western Pacific. (via REUTERS)

US-China rivalry sparks a submarine arms race

6 min read . 09 Sept 2025

Swarmer drone technology is tested in Ukraine.

AI-powered drone swarms have now entered the battlefield

5 min read . 02 Sept 2025

Ukrainian soldiers fire a self-propelled howitzer toward Russian positions. Photo: Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters

Old-school artillery still has a place in the drone age

5 min read . 28 Aug 2025

Photograph by Justyna Mielnikiewicz for WSJ

Why everyone grew to love a jellyfish museum in Ukraine

4 min read . 26 Aug 2025

U.S. Navy Ships Are Languishing In Repair Yards

US Navy ships are languishing in repair yards

6 min read . 04 Aug 2025

Some companies now warn of looming production cuts if more minerals aren’t forthcoming. (Reuters)

China is choking supply of critical minerals to Western defence companies

7 min read . 04 Aug 2025

Billions in orders is at stake as Europe’s Samp/T, displayed at the Paris Air Show, competes with the U.S.’s Patriot.

This new missile-defense system is challenging the Patriot

5 min read . 17 Jul 2025