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Two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are home after nearly a year deployed, underscoring how sustained combat and Strait of Hormuz escort duties can stretch the U.S. Navy’s ability to rotate ships between the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific.

India could take delivery of its first Tejas Mk1A fighters in January 2027, nearly three years behind schedule, as it weighs a radar software concession and faces a shortfall of roughly 12 to 13 fighter squadrons.

Pakistan’s Arrow-1 has progressed from display models to apparent factory assembly at NASTP, where the ground-launched one-way attack drone could add a new category to the Pakistan Air Force’s strike inventory if it reaches operational service.

China’s COMAC CE-25A completed its first crewed flight in Binzhou, advancing a 19-seat electric aircraft programme whose global significance hinges on whether China can turn its battery expertise into a certified alternative to regional turboprops.

A Chinese military aircraft reportedly entered Indian airspace near Sikkim on 12 November, drawing repeated Indian Air Force radio warnings and putting eastern-sector air defence and the Siliguri Corridor in focus.