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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

The demand for improved sensing for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) is expanding across the Indo-Pacific and other contested maritime environments. Breaking Defense talked about how sonobuoys are pacing the threat with Donnelly Bohan, president and CEO of Sparton and senior vice president of Maritime Systems at Elbit America. Breaking Defense: What’s the threat environment driving the need for sonobuoys today? Donnelly Bohan, president and CEO of Sparton and senior vice president of Maritime Systems at Elbit America. Bohan: When the Navy believes there may be a submarine nearby, they deploy sonobuoys. A sonobuoy may look like a simple tube when it’s…

From the archives of insurgent outfits in India’s northeastern region has emerged an autobiography of Zoramthanga, which provides fascinating insights into how erstwhile Mizo separatist rebels hoodwinked Indian and Pakistani intelligence agencies on many occasions and under different circumstances. The rebels belonged to the Mizo National Front (MNF), which had launched an armed rebellion demanding Mizoram’s independence from India in 1966. Mizoram was then a district of Assam, similar to the other hill states in the region. Zoramthanga, who was second-in-command to Laldenga, the legendary chief of the secessionist Mizo National Front, subsequently became president of the MNF party, and…

India has launched an unprecedented expansion of border infrastructure in Ladakh, unveiling 125 projects including strategic roads, tunnels, bridges, and logistics hubs to ensure all-weather troop mobility and faster deployment near the Line of Actual Control with China.The centrepiece is the Shyok Tunnel, a 920-metre engineering feat that guarantees year-round access to forward positions in one of the world’s harshest terrains.The Border Roads Organisation has completed 28 roads, 93 bridges, and four miscellaneous projects across Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, and seven other states, at a cost of approximately ₹5,000 crore.This marks the largest simultaneous inauguration of border infrastructure in India’s…

The Aviationist Following the May 12, 2026, mishap, the U.S. Air Force has announced an operational pause for the entire T-38 Talon fleet, while a T-6A Texan II conducted a belly landing at… Source link

WASHINGTON ― The United States should begin preparing now to put boots on the moon in order to beat China to domination of outer space, argues a provocative new policy paper by the Mitchell Institute. The paper thus advocates for the US to overturn nearly 70 years of a consistent national space policy that separates NASA’s civil from military space activities under Title 10, as well as Washington’s almost 60-year stance as a champion of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty (OST) that prohibits territorial claims and military occupation of the moon and other celestial bodies. Entitled “Military Human Spaceflight: A…