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India Expands MQ-9B SeaGuardian Fleet as China Contest Intensifies Across Indian…
India is doubling its leased MQ-9B SeaGuardian fleet under a US$203 million agreement, strengthening persistent maritime surveillance as Chinese naval activity and strategic competition…
USS Benfold Goes Dark in South China Sea, Exposing Critical US Navy Vulnerability
USS Benfold’s South China Sea blackout forced the US Navy destroyer out of operations, removed Aegis firepower from its carrier group and exposed critical fleet-readiness and logistics…
Pentagon’s DARPA Mach 5 New Generation Hypersonic Missile Targets China-Russia…
DARPA’s proposed Next Generation Hypersonic Cruise Missile could transform American deep-strike warfare by combining sustained Mach 5-plus flight, unpredictable manoeuvres and lower…
U.S. Pulls Its Last Asia-Based Carrier as Iran War Exposes Pacific Gap
The United States is moving USS George Washington toward the Middle East to relieve USS Abraham Lincoln, opening a temporary western Pacific carrier gap as the Iran war strains American…
Iran Offers $30,000 Bounty for US Troops as Hormuz Crisis Escalates
Iran has announced a $30,000 reward for killing or capturing an “American aggressor,” extending Tehran’s wartime mobilisation campaign and raising new security risks for US forces operating…
Malaysia Accelerates MRCA Plan as South China Sea Airpower Balance Shifts
Malaysia is accelerating its MRCA planning as South China Sea uncertainty and neighbouring acquisitions of F-35s, Rafales, Gripen E/Fs and other advanced fighters transform Southeast Asia’s…
Possible Uzbek J-10CE Image Signals China’s Advance Into Russia’s Central Asian…
A potentially unprecedented image of an Uzbekistan Air Force J-10CE has emerged as Tashkent builds a 24-fighter fleet capable of transforming Central Asian airpower and challenging Russia’s…
Kashmir Air Battle Puts China’s KLJ-7A Radar—and Western Airpower—Under Scrutiny
The disputed Kashmir air battle has emerged as a crucial test of China’s KLJ-7A radar and J-10CE combat ecosystem, potentially challenging long-held assumptions about Western fighter…
U.S. Launches Falcon Strike, Building First Multinational Kamikaze Drone Force…
CENTCOM has created Task Force Falcon Strike, its first multinational, multi-domain attack-drone formation, integrating aerial kamikaze drones, unmanned surface vessels and underwater…
Qatar Captured Three Iranian Su-24 Pilots After Al Udeid Mission, Tehran Claims
Iran claims Qatar holds three Su-24 pilots captured after an Al Udeid mission, escalating tensions over US bases, Gulf airpower and prisoner rights.