In this special episode, Michael and two guests gain rare access inside one of Europe’s most secretive tank factories to examine the new generation of armoured vehicles entering production. From armour and doctrine to output, timelines, and deterrence on NATO’s eastern flank, they ask whether Europe’s defence industry can truly deliver what the strategic moment now demands under pressure in full.

Through one of our contacts in Russia, we have managed to acquire a packet of Russian Ministry of Defence documents smuggled out of Moscow.

A crisis is brewing within Europe, as two of the most powerful militaries on the Italian peninsula prepare for a war centuries in the making