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Baykar Defence and Indonesia’s PT Republik Aero Dirgantara (Republikorp) signed a framework agreement at the SAHA 2026 exhibition on 6 May for the export of 12 Bayraktar KIZILELMA jet-powered unmanned combat aircraft (UCAVs) to the Indonesian Armed Forces, with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2028. The deal includes options for four additional squadrons – a further 48 aircraft – that would bring Indonesia’s total KIZILELMA fleet to 60 units. Financial terms were not disclosed. Baykar CEO Haluk Bayraktar confirmed that serial production of the KIZILELMA was completed in 2025, with Turkish Air Force induction targeted for 2026. “We have signed…

Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) has spent years arguing that the country’s junta is a pariah – one that is too unstable to survive and too brutal and illegitimate to engage. Morally, that case remains persuasive. Politically, however, it is colliding with the reality that international patience is finite, and regional diplomacy rewards stability and national interests above all. Given its foundation of “non-interference,” it is no surprise that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is drifting toward re-engagement with the generals. The real question is why the NUG appears insufficiently prepared for this shift when the signs have…

TATA Consulting Engineers (TCE), established in 1962, has long played a pivotal role in India’s civil nuclear program, maintaining a close relationship with the Department of Atomic Energy, reported ET Infra.The company is now focusing on the development of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), with its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Amit Sharma, emphasising that India has a unique opportunity to modularise its proven 220 MW Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) technology into Bharat Small Reactors (BSRs) within just two years.Sharma explained that while Western nations are pursuing fully modular SMRs, which remain largely in the design phase and could…

Marine Corps Compass Points The answer to ‘how many amphibs’ is not simple. There are at least 5 crucial numbers. Source link

A 16-year-old vocational student arrived at a factory in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, for an internship. He worked 11-hour shifts – days and nights, weekdays and weekends – processing car parts. A 17-year-old began an internship at a technology company’s factory in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, logging more than 10 hours a day hauling heavy boxes. Another 17-year-old, assigned to an electronics manufacturing factory in Jiangxi Province, January 2022, worked 12-hour shifts.  Internships are mandatory for graduation from secondary vocational schools across China. But tragically these three young people did not finish their education. Despite expressing severe distress to factory managers and…

According to sources, Lashkar-e-Taiba member Farman Ali Nagra was shot dead by unknown gunmen in the middle of the road in Muridke on the night of 16 May.The incident occurred suddenly and with precision, echoing the pattern of targeted killings that have shaken the group’s leadership in recent months. Witnesses reported that the attackers struck swiftly before fleeing, leaving Nagra fatally wounded on the spot.His funeral prayer was held the same day at Markaz Taiba, the Lashkar-e-Taiba headquarters in Muridke, Pakistan. The gathering at the organisation’s central base highlighted the significance of Nagra within the group’s ranks, as members and…

John Teichert, RealClearDefense America’s most significant strategic rival, China, first exceeded U.S. industrial output in 2009 and is now in a position to

The victory of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recent elections to the West Bengal state assembly has been received with mixed feelings in neighboring Bangladesh. On the one hand, it has raised hopes among some sections in Bangladesh that with the defeat of Mamata Banerjee’s government, an important “obstacle” in the way of an agreement on the sharing of the Teesta River’s waters has been removed. On the other hand, Bangladeshis are anxious that with the BJP now ruling four of the five Indian states that border Bangladesh, India could escalate the “push-back” of alleged undocumented migrants…

Babur cruise missile failed in April 2018 and second consecutive test failed in March 2020China has reportedly refused Pakistan’s plea for assistance in acquiring a sea-based nuclear second-strike capability, citing proliferation concerns and international treaty obligations.The rejection comes after Pakistan’s Babur-3 submarine-launched cruise missile programme failed to deliver a credible deterrent, leaving Islamabad without a survivable retaliatory option against India’s advancing nuclear submarine fleet.Pakistan’s request to Beijing was made during high-level strategic talks, where Islamabad sought guarantees against possible US retaliation and offered concessions such as expanded Chinese access to Gwadar Port. The proposal included military modernisation support and intelligence upgrades…

Tyler Rogoway, WarZone We now know the building goes six floors underground and will have “the greatest drone empire you’ve ever seen that’s going to protect Washington” on its roof. Source link