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The joint anti-terror operation codenamed Sheruwali has now entered its twelfth day in the Manjakote sector of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.The operation is being conducted by the Indian Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Central Reserve Police Force in the dense forest areas of Gambhir Mughlan and Dorimal.Security forces continue their efforts to track down suspected terrorists believed to be hiding in the region, maintaining a strong cordon and surveillance to prevent any escape.Personnel have been seen checking the identification cards of travellers and locals while conducting intensive search operations across the area. The operation was launched…

A&SF M. The Air Force’s primary fighter fleet dipped below the minimum allowable size under law earlier this year—and that fact should rally a “call to action” for the nation to reinvest… Source link

WASHINGTON — Anduril has joined the Elbit America team to provide the Sigma mobile tactical cannon for the Army’s self-propelled howitzer modernization program, the companies announced in a joint statement.   “We’re proud to team with Anduril to reduce network integration risk and accelerate fielding,” Luke Savoie, president and CEO of Elbit America, said in the Tuesday release. “Built in the U.S. with a fully domestic supply chain, SIGMA is a combat-proven system that provides the modernization and reliability the Army needs now.” Anduril joins the US subsidiary of Israeli company Elbit along with OshKosh Defense for the team’s offering for…

When Chinese authorities replaced Mongolian with Mandarin as the language of instruction for core school subjects in 2020, the move triggered the largest public protests Inner Mongolia had seen in decades. Six years on, the classroom fight is effectively over, and the campaign has followed Mongolian speakers into the one space they had left: the internet. A report released in January 2026 by PEN America and the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center documented the systematic removal of Mongolian-language content from Chinese online platforms – social media groups shut down, accounts deleted, and informal digital communities dismantled.  The findings are…

An Indian national lost his life in a violent attack at Kuwait International Airport on Wednesday, while several others sustained injuries.The Embassy of India in Kuwait expressed profound grief over the incident and confirmed that emergency diplomatic protocols have been activated to support the bereaved family and manage the crisis.In a statement posted on X, the mission conveyed its deepest condolences and assured that it is in close touch with the family of the deceased as well as Kuwaiti authorities to provide all possible assistance.The attack comes amid a deteriorating security environment in West Asia. The Kuwaiti Army has accused…

I.E. Researchers confirmed the submarine wreck off Japan matches USS Herring’s wartime records Source link

In this final edition of our series looking at the past, present and future of manned-unmanned teaming, we review how American defense firms and military trainers are evolving their methods and procedures to accommodate a world where drones are increasingly incorporated into multi-domain operations. Caitlin Lee of the RAND Corporation and JJ Gertler of the Teal Group join Breaking Defense Editor-in-Chief Aaron Mehta and Air Warfare Reporter Michael Marrow for a roundtable discussion on the recent history and possible future of closely partnering with drones in combat. To learn more, check out the first, second, and third videos in our…

The military could stand up a separate service branch to handle cyber operations by 2028— should Congress or the White House decide to do so this year, according to a new Center for Strategic and International Studies report released Wednesday. “Regardless of institutional alignment, reaching initial operating capacity (IOC) would take between 12 and 18 months and proceed through several sequential phases: setting conditions; fielding the IOC; iterative growth over several years; and institutional refinement,” CSIS’s commission on Cyber Force Generation wrote. “Following a presidential decision or legislative action to establish a new Title 10 service, this force generation model would…

May 30, 2026, marked the first anniversary of the inauguration of the Hong Kong-based International Organization for Mediation (IOMed). The anniversary may appear modest compared to the decades-long histories of institutions such as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) or the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). Yet the significance of IOMed lies not in its age, but in its ambition: it is the world’s first intergovernmental organization dedicated to mediation as the primary means of settling international disputes. As of June 1, the IOMed Convention has attracted 43 signatories and 13 state parties. While the number of signatories is still…

India’s successful 2 June 2026 flight test of its indigenous RudraM-II anti-radiation missile marks a fundamental transformation in the Indo-Pacific air-power dynamic.By validating this long-range capability, the Indian Air Force has successfully established a sovereign mechanism for the Suppression of Enemy Air Defences, a critical battlefield role that previously relied heavily upon foreign-sourced weapon systems.The evaluation was executed from a Su-30MKI fighter aircraft operating off the coast of Odisha at the Integrated Test Range. The trial effectively proved that the precision-guided weapon could be reliably released under extreme operational conditions, successfully striking designated targets simulating hostile radar and air-defence networks…