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The Indian Ocean is an increasingly contested strategic theater, and as competition intensifies, its nature is evolving as well. Maritime power is no longer confined to fleet size, overseas bases, and control over choke points. The effectiveness of modern navies increasingly depends on maritime domain awareness, real-time threat detection, and the ability to project power across vast oceanic spaces.  As they enable better navigation, communications, and surveillance, space-based assets are becoming critical to ensuring maritime security and projecting power. Recognizing this shift, India has begun integrating space capabilities into its maritime framework. China, too, is expanding its orbital presence over…

Lauren C. Williams, Defense One The Navy plans to launch the next phase of its marketplace for high-capacity, medium-sized drone boats Source link

Despite the May meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump in Beijing, where the United States and China agreed to pursue a “constructive relationship of strategic stability,” strategic competition between the two countries continues to deepen beneath the surface. The expansion of national security-related measures targeting Chinese firms remains a central feature of this competition. On June 8, the U.S. Department of Defense expanded its Chinese Military Companies (CMC) List to 188 entities, adding 64 Chinese companies identified under Section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. The update drew widespread attention…

D. Malyasov, DefBlog The Large Vertical Array, commonly shortened to LVA, is a hull-mounted acoustic sensor built to give a submarine sharper, longer-range detection of other vessels moving… Source link

The most immediate threat to Nepal’s ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) comes not from outside but from within the outfit. Ever since Balendra Shah, the erstwhile popular mayor of the national capital, Kathmandu, joined the party at the end of 2025, there have been speculations over Shah’s ability to work with RSP founding chairperson Rabi Lamichhane. In the March 2026 elections, the RSP romped home to victory by riding the wave of antipathy against the old political parties, winning nearly a two-thirds majority in the federal lower house. Both during the elections and in their aftermath, the two leaders continued…

Joseph Trevithick, The WarZone Most sixth-gen fighter concepts have been tailless deltas, and China is pursuing that planform, but Boeing’s F-47 went a very different direction Source link

Amid the global shift to renewable energy, China leads the world in manufacturing and processing capacity. It is building major green infrastructure in Tibet, including large solar projects and the planned Metok (Motuo) mega-dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo. Many batteries used in clean technologies also depend on materials produced in the region. Tibet therefore stands at the forefront of China’s green energy development across wind, solar, and hydropower. Recently, a newly identified chromite deposit was discovered in the Dongqiao region near Amdo Town in Amdo County, Nagchu Prefecture, adding over 1.1 million tons of associated chromite ore resources. The Luobusha…

CDR Sal. …imagine not being able to change your own tire… Source link

As has become the norm in countries with large Indian diasporas, this week’s visit to Australia by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was more a festival than a diplomatic exchange. Alongside meetings with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and business leaders, there was an event at Melbourne’s Docklands Stadium, which attracted 35,000 people, and included music and dancing alongside speeches by Modi, Albanese, and Victoria’s premier, Jacinta Allan.  Such events are part of India’s soft power projection, and a way for Modi’s party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), to cultivate links within (and attract donations from) diaspora communities. But these…

K. Osborn, Warrior M. Reaching speeds over 300 mph, the Cheyenne tiltrotor doubles the Black Hawk’s range, enabling the Screaming Eagles to project self-sustaining force across vast,… Source link