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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…

WSJ Officials say software restrictions on weapons and radar systems slowed down efforts to detect incoming drones and missiles Source link

WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps’ AV-8B Harrier II completed its final flight today at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina as part of a sundown ceremony for the ground attack jet — concluding more than 40 years in service for the aircraft.  The Harrier’s retirement marks a significant milestone as the Marine Corps moves through its Tactical Aircraft Transition Plan, and fully adopts fifth-generation aircraft across the entire fleet.  Today’s ceremony included a flyover featuring five Harriers. The ground attack jet has short takeoff and vertical landing capability. Despite the scheduled retirement, the aircraft have remained active…

Some 8,000 career federal workers were stripped of civil-service protections on Wednesday by President Trump, who ordered their positions to be converted into at-will employment.The edict marks the culmination of a years-long push to make it easier to fire federal employees in “policy-related” jobs by removing them from the federal government’s competitive service and placing them in a new job category, initially called Schedule F and now referred to as Schedule Policy/Career. Such employees lose their right to challenge adverse personnel actions before the Merit Systems Protection Board, while their whistleblower complaints will be investigated by their own agency, rather than the…

On May 24, ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn inaugurated the new ASEAN-China Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation Center in Beijing. Billed as a flagship project under the 2026–2030 China-ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, the Center is designed to facilitate joint research, industrial deployment, standards-setting and capacity building. The timing is striking. Autonomous “agentic” AI systems are emerging risks globally, and the Indo-Pacific is no exception. Unlike traditional generative AI that simply creates content on command, agentic AI systems can plan multi-step actions, coordinate with other agents, and execute tasks with minimal human oversight. Southeast Asia’s extreme linguistic fragmentation, social media penetration, and…