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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…

When China’s leader Xi Jinping welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump to Beijing on May 13, he framed the agreement to build “a constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability” as the opening of a possible “new paradigm” in bilateral relations. Chinese commentators have embraced that framing with an enthusiasm that goes well beyond ritual endorsement of Xi Jinping Thought. A survey of 50 Chinese-language commentaries published around the summit shows the trip being described variously as a possible “turning point in the current phase,” an “important conceptual innovation and policy breakthrough,” an event of “milestone historical significance,” and a “rewriting of…

India’s pursuit of technical sovereignty in defence production is increasingly colliding with the limits of Transfer of Technology agreements, as supplier nations remain reluctant to share sensitive data. The most recent flashpoint has emerged in negotiations with France over the Rafale fighter aircraft.Despite India’s plans to acquire 114 multirole fighters for the Air Force and 26 Rafale Marine jets for the Navy, France has refused to provide access to the critical Interface Control Document, citing security concerns.This refusal has escalated tensions to the point where India has threatened to walk away from the $43 billion deal.The Interface Control Document (ICD)…

Sandy Clark, RCDefense In the Navy’s force of helicopters and tiltrotor aircraft, we live and die by the “3-for-2” rule. To keep two CMV-22B Osprey aircraft mission-ready on the flight deck,… Source link

TAMPA, Fla. — The heads of US Special Operations Command and US Southern Command this week hit on a common need that each said they need to be ready for modern combat threats: more leeway to use test ranges that simulate contested environments. “We have to develop ranges and places where we can test and evaluate, rehearse those highly choreographed maneuvers and projections in these new, contested environments. That’s not easy to do,” SOCOM Commander Adm. Frank Bradley told an audience of special operators and industry at SOF Week here on Tuesday. “We’ve got all kinds of regulations here in…