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R. Burgess, National Review The data reflect a troubling trend: The families of America’s service members are exhausted Source link

WASHINGTON — US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth today announced a sixth-month review of America’s force posture and basing in Europe, a move likely to make allies nervous about the future of American military support for the alliance. “This review will be conducted with the benefit of input from the United States military, European command, it will involve consultations with the US Congress and with our allies,” Hegseth said at a meeting of the NATO defense ministers in Brussels. “But make no mistake about it, this will be a real review.” Hegseth said the review will be “designed to ensure…

On 10 June 2026, a Pakistan Army Aviation Corps (PAA) Mi-17 helicopter crashed near Muzaffarabad in Azad Kashmir during take-off. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Pakistan Army’s (PA) press wing, stated that the crash was caused by a “technical fault.” All onboard personnel died. There is no point in speculating about the cause of this specific crash, especially since the details are not available and were not disclosed. The more useful question is broader: what, exactly, has General Headquarters (GHQ) planned for the PAA? In contrast to Aviation, the Army’s other arms – from artillery to armour to drones to…

The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was met with sweeping sanctions from the G7 and the EU. Those sanctions have been in place for nearly four years already, with surprisingly little impact on Russian seaborne crude exports. New buyers from China and Africa have largely absorbed rerouted exports. Initially, oil revenues to Moscow declined after the implementation of the embargo. Exports to Price Cap Coalition countries, the group of countries that aligned to restrict Russian oil on global markets, dropped by 59.5 million tons. Yet, despite this, exports to non-Price Cap Coalition countries rose by an astounding 65 million tons. The outcome…

India’s defence exports have reached an unprecedented milestone of ₹38,424 crore in FY 2025‑26, marking a sharp 62.66 per cent increase from the previous year’s figure of ₹23,622 crore.This rise of ₹14,802 crore is the largest annual jump ever recorded and reflects the growing global demand for Indian‑made military equipment and technologies.The achievement coincides with record domestic defence production of ₹1.78 lakh crore in FY 2025‑26, underscoring the rapid expansion of India’s indigenous defence ecosystem. Together, these figures highlight the country’s emergence as a significant player in the global defence market.According to the Ministry of Defence, Defence Public Sector Undertakings…

DefPost The U.S. Navy has completed the first phase of the F-35C Long-Range Anti-Ship… Source link

WASHINGTON — German defense behemoth Rheinmetall and US imagery provider Vantor announced today that they have inked an agreement on a joint venture to provide “spatial intelligence” to the German military. The new entity will support Germany’s “sovereign defence requirements” from offices within the country, “as well as existing and emerging European intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) programs,” the press release said. The plan is to “integrate Vantor’s spatial intelligence platform into Rheinmetall command-and-control systems.” The new system will fuze satellite synthetic aperture radar, electro-optical and infrared imagery from a variety of government and commercial satellites, as well as airborne…

On 14 May 2026, the Ministry of Defence Production (MoDP) held a session on drone technology with several of Pakistan’s private-sector unmanned aerial systems (UAS) developers, chaired by the Secretary Defence Production, Lt Gen (Retd) Muhammad Chiragh Haider, at the ministry’s Directorate General Research and Development Establishment in Rawalpindi. The official account describes the session’s purpose as strengthening coordination between the public and private sectors on drone warfare and surveillance, with the participating firms presenting their operational challenges and recommendations directly to the ministry. The MoDP committed to providing the regulatory procedures, testing infrastructure, procurement mechanisms, and research support that…

Following the Taliban’s return to power in 2021, the Central Asian states carefully recalibrated their approaches toward Afghanistan. While cooperation initially remained largely confined to bilateral economic and security issues, it has now entered a new stage of development.  In August 2025, Tashkent hosted a meeting of the Central Asian states’ special representatives on Afghanistan. This year, on April 5, the first Afghanistan-Central Asia Consultative Dialogue was held in Kabul. This initiative emerged as a new regional format aimed at institutionalizing interaction between Afghanistan and the Central Asian states. The platform effectively creates a new political and diplomatic space that…

India and the United States reviewed the progress of negotiations towards the interim bilateral trade agreement during the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in France.The Ministry of External Affairs confirmed that US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will visit India next week to advance discussions.The leaders expressed satisfaction with the significant progress achieved so far and directed officials to work towards a balanced, mutually beneficial, and commercially meaningful agreement at the earliest opportunity. The Ministry of External Affairs stated that Greer’s visit is directly linked to this effort.President Trump…