Steven Gaskell: The Drone War No One Can Afford to Ignore

Shahed 136 drones streaking across the sky may look primitive compared to ballistic missiles, but they are quietly reshaping modern warfare.

Originally supplied by Iran to Russia and now mass-produced in Russia under the name Geran-2 for use in Ukraine, the Shahed-136 represents a brutal shift in battlefield economics. It is cheap, expendable, and designed not necessarily to win spectacular victories but to exhaust an opponent.

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Why doesn't Luxon want to take a position on the Iran strikes?

All right, we need to talk about Chris Luxon and that performance yesterday.

“Oh, I mean… we obviously understand… we’re not saying that… what we’re saying is… we… we… we understand this… I don’t know how to be any clearer, guys…”

You know what’s going wrong here, eh? The Prime Minister doesn’t want to say what he actually thinks. He doesn’t want to take a position on the air strikes on Iran.

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Should we really be condemning the strikes on Iran?

Okay, let's talk about the debate Helen Clark has sparked on whether New Zealand should be condemning the US air strikes on Iran.

As you’ll have noticed, New Zealand hasn’t condemned the strikes. In fact, in a radio interview this morning, the Prime Minister said that our position aligns with Australia’s - and Australia has openly supported the strikes.