Defensa closes the paper edition of its magazine after 37 years

1. Defense Publications: an editorial universe
2. What is the Spanish Defense Magazine
3. This is how paper and digital publishing coexisted
4. The main reason: reading habits are already digital
5. Latest issues: reduced circulation for subscribers

Defense Publications: an editorial universe

The entire structure of the armed forces modify a wide range of magazines (monthly, quarterly), monographic documents, books… Ministry of Defensewhat we call central organhas the Spanish Defense Magazine.

What is the Spanish Defense Magazine

According to the Defense publications portalthis magazine “is a current publication of the Ministry of Defense and the Armiesboth on the ground national as in the world. The unit responsible for its content is the General Directorate of Defense Communication“.

It also states that “the first number was published in May 1988 and since then he has maintained a monthly frequency“.

The publication of Spanish Defense Magazine is finished… on paper.

The editorial of number 433corresponding to December 2025announces that “times are changingand with them also the way we communicate. Thus, from the next issue, our publication will be distributed exclusively in digital edition“.

This is how paper and digital publishing coexisted

THE Spanish Defense Magazine has been spreading for years in the two formats. It was published on paper the magazine, which was sent to numerous recipients inside and outside the ministerial structure (official bodies, military units, libraries, subscribers), and the digital edition in the ministry website.

In theory, it costs 2 euros each number, and a annual subscription came out for 18 euros in Spain, 25 euros in another country European Union And 30 for him rest of the world.

On land, sea and in the air, your every action makes the world a safer place.

To the men and women of our Armed Forces, who work for peace and watch over us; to their families, their great strength; and all citizens, always at their side.

✨Merry Christmas! pic.twitter.com/YzhyGk4fW0

– Ministry of Defense (@Defensagob) December 22, 2025

The main reason: reading habits are already digital

“THE reading habits “they have evolved”, he justifies Defenseand “more and more readers are accessing information from their mobileher compressed or his computerat any time and from any location.

Those responsible for the magazine specify that they will now offer “the same rigor“, but ” with greater agilitymore capacity update and a wider distribution“. THE digital edition will remain completely free.

Latest issues: reduced circulation for subscribers

There will be a reduced traffic a few more months for subscribersuntil exhaustion times that they already had paid.

The decision of Spanish Defense Magazine to put an end to paper edition After 37 years old “responds to the conviction that betting on what digital it’s betting on him futurefor the sustainability and for more communication accessible to all», Explains the official publication of the ministry.