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Siegel, Warrior Maven Commanders are streamlining Pacific operations through daily sessions that integrate autonomous agents and precision targeting while maintaining strict human oversight… Source link

ARLINGTON, Va.—From rockets to tanks, the Army wants to expand its current Amazon-esque marketplace where soldiers, allies and partners now buy drones and counter-UAS tech. “The grand strategy of conflict going forward is compatibility,” Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told reporters Tuesday during the Army’s industry day for low-cost interceptors. “The way that small nations like Finland are going to be able to partner with large nations like the United States, and we are going to be able to parachute into a theater where a lot of our stuff doesn’t exist, is that our allies have compatible equipment to us.”To do that,…

The global index provider MSCI has extended its review ‌of Indonesia’s status as an “emerging” market economy until November, in order to allow it to assess a series of reforms that have been announced by President Prabowo Subianto’s administration. MSCI first threatened the downgrade in January due to a number of transparency concerns in its stock market, including the high concentration of ownership in certain companies and the limited “free float” of shares – i.e., those openly available for public trading. Last week, in its annual Global Market Accessibility Review, MSCI also lowered Indonesia’s information flow criterion to negative, reflecting…

Iran’s Petroleum Minister Mohsen Paknejad has arrived in New Delhi to participate in the BRICS Energy Ministers’ Meeting, declaring that Tehran is ready to expand economic relations with India, particularly in the oil and gas sector.His visit comes amid a temporary 60‑day sanctions waiver agreed with the United States, opening the door for renewed energy cooperation and investment opportunities.Mohsen Paknejad, Iran’s Minister of Petroleum, reached Delhi on Wednesday to attend the BRICS Energy Ministers’ Meeting. He emphasised that Iran and India share centuries‑old historical ties and that Tehran is prepared to establish relations in economic fields with India. He noted…

Military.com A major SOCOM study found special operators face an 18% higher cancer risk, with elevated rates of melanoma and testicular cancer Source link

The U.S. government on Tuesday announced a new tranche of sanctions against individuals and entities connected to Cambodia’s Prince Holding Group, which it has previously accused of running a region-spanning “cyberfraud empire.” In a statement, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that it was listing nine people and 26 ‌entities linked to Prince, including “leadership, investors in scam compounds, and front companies.” “Scam centers in Southeast Asia steal billions of dollars from American victims each year,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in the statement. “Treasury will continue using its tools to disrupt the networks…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephonic conversation with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday, congratulating him on his party’s victory in the recently held parliamentary elections in Armenia. Modi expressed his delight at the call and extended warm wishes to Pashinyan and his Civil Contract Party for their success.In his post on X, Modi noted that he had also thanked Pashinyan for facilitating the evacuation of Indian nationals stranded in Iran following the recent developments in West Asia. He reaffirmed India’s commitment to strengthening its multifaceted partnership with Armenia across trade, defence, technology and people-to-people ties, emphasising that…

Scott N. Romaniuk, RealClearDefense The Transformation of Two Post-War Powers Source link

A Javelin Anti-Tank Guided Weapon is shown being fired from the back of a Pinzgauer vehicle on Salisbury Plain Training Area. Credit: UK MoD/Crown copyright New MoD maintenance contract could keep Pinzgauer supported to May 2031, beyond its 2030 OSD Babcock (for MoD) awards Mitchell Powersystems a £2.9m engine/assemblies deal starting May 2026, with option years Pinzgauer is slated for replacement under Land Mobility; widely used as a tractor for the L118 105mm gun A UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract award for maintenance provision for the British Army’s Pinzgauer logistics and mobility vehicles includes the potential to retain the…

Tribalism and war often go hand-in-hand, and last year’s border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand was no exception. Nationalistic rhetoric was amplified on both sides of the frontier and too often rendered any meaningful discourse as heresy. Those who dared to offer an opinion were and still are getting whacked by the law. On that score, Cambodia’s ruling “elites” have much to answer for, after losing control of strategically important border territory to Thailand. Licadho, a local human rights group that monitors Cambodia’s courts, has issued dispatches covering at least 20 people who have been detained, charged, and imprisoned after…