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US President Donald Trump spoke with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday evening, marking their first phone call since the outbreak of the US–Israel war on Iran, as reported by NDTV.According to US Ambassador Sergio Gor, the two leaders discussed the ongoing situation in the Middle East, emphasising the importance of keeping the Strait of Hormuz open.Following the conversation, Prime Minister Modi stated that India supports de-escalation and the restoration of peace at the earliest opportunity.He underlined that ensuring the Strait of Hormuz remains open, secure, and accessible is essential for global stability. Both leaders agreed to remain in contact…

E.R. Miller, Defence Blog Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force are accelerating development of the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile Source link

Deterrence today is enabled by advanced capabilities, operational reach, and the capacity to adapt faster than adversaries. Rolls-Royce enables this objective through its work on the MV-75 Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program, among many others.  The MV-75 will provide groundbreaking maneuver capability for the U.S. Army that will transform the geometry of the battlefield, a strategic imperative for modern conflict particularly in geographically expansive theaters such as the Indo-Pacific.  Rolls-Royce is proud to be a member of team FLRAA, with AE 1107 engines powering the MV-75, providing the Army with twice the speed and range of the current fleet. This capability…

India possesses world-class quantum talent, yet the country’s quantum future is being slowed by structural and cultural barriers. In a recent episode of Front Page of AIM Network (a specialised publication that covers artificial intelligence, technology, and analytics, focusing on innovations, research, and data science in India), Aditya Singh, Founding Member and Head of Business Development at BOSONQ PSI (BQP), argued that the real race in quantum computing is not about hardware, but mathematics.Singh introduced BOSONQ PSI and its flagship BQ5 simulation platform, which already delivers tenfold speed improvements over classical systems.With the maturation of quantum hardware, the company projects…

Stefano D’urso, The Aviationist The 357th Fighter Squadron graduated its last A-10C Thunderbolt II student pilots at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, marking the end of an era for the sole… Source link

The following is an excerpt from Katrina Manson’s PROJECT MAVEN: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare. The books is available at all major retailers. When I first meet Drew Cukor he has little in the way of easy smiles. It is mid-2024, and I have already spent almost a year trying to convince him to speak with me. I wait for him after work in the lobby of the towering New York office of J.P. Morgan, the bank where the retired Marine Corps colonel is now leading the transformation of artificial intelligence for chief executive Jamie…

Thirty-eight years ago today, an Iranian mine tore a hole in the hull of the USS Samuel B. Roberts, a guided missile frigate that had been helping to escort reflagged Kuwaiti tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. The blast broke the frigate’s keel, flooded its engineroom, and lit fires on several decks. Only its well-trained crew saved the Roberts from sinking.The story has become a touchstone of Navy schoolhouses, where instructors exhort officers and enlisted sailors alike to take seriously the grueling business of damage control. But a strangely amnesiac effect seems to surround the threat of mines.The attack on…

China on Tuesday reiterated that its policy to improve relations with India remains unchanged, even as it defended its decision to publish new names for various regions in Arunachal Pradesh.India had categorically rejected Beijing’s move on Sunday, describing the attempt to assign “fictitious names” to Indian territory as a bid to create “baseless narratives.” New Delhi stressed that such actions cannot alter the “undeniable reality” and warned they could derail efforts to normalise bilateral ties.The sharp response from India followed China’s announcement of a third new administrative county in Aksai Chin, a region India maintains as part of its sovereign…

RN Prasher, Asia Times Trump’s reciprocal Hormuz blockade promises to keep oil prices higher for longer while tanking the global econom Source link

BEIRUT and WASHINGTON — In the weeks since the US and Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran, the Middle Eastern battlefield has seen the combat debut of several weapons, many of them missiles that had never been fired in anger before. Beyond its already well-known Shahed-family one-way attack drones, Iran has reportedly launched a handful of new munitions at targets throughout the Gulf and as far away as Diego Garcia. The US, meanwhile, has embraced Iranian-inspired drone designs and fired off a few new missiles of its own. Some notable examples: Iran Launches New Or Upgraded Missiles Sejjil Missile:…