The Israel-Iran Conflict and the Oil Market: Strategic Consequences

Energy efficiency and electrification remain the most effective means in the short term of reducing exposure to geopolitical risk to oil prices emanating from the Middle East and Russia.

Israel's targeting of Iran's main enrichment facility and a number of senior Iranian scientists suggests an intent to inflict serious damage on the programme

For Tehran, this is not only a tactical loss but a profound strategic humiliation.

India is developing an indigenous Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft, but Walter Ladwig, associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London, said it remained “in prototype stage, with first flights not expected before 2026 at the earliest, and most likely 2028”.

One [Mop] probably wouldn’t do it — you want several — and to launch them in one go,” he said on the fringes of the RUSI Land Warfare conference in Whitehall.

The Iranians have a track record of claiming that they are using new and novel missiles which they call hypersonics. I don’t think there is any evidence they have.”