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Vietnam’s interest in acquiring India’s BrahMos supersonic cruise missile has elevated what might otherwise have been a routine arms transaction into a procurement with far-reaching strategic consequences across the Indo-Pacific, reported Asia Times.The deal, reported by multiple outlets this month, comes as tensions rise in the South China Sea and as regional states seek to counterbalance China’s expanding naval presence.The momentum behind the negotiations accelerated during Vietnamese President To Lam’s visit to India, where he held discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.Officials from both sides confirmed that talks on the Indo-Russian-developed missile system were underway,…

Joseph Trevithick, The WarZone Nothing in the USAF’s inventory can do what a C-5 can, but even after costly upgrades, they remain extremely temperamental. Source link

WASHINGTON — Anduril announced today that the Army has awarded the company a contract to develop a Battle Manager prototype, which the company describes as an “integrated command-and-control platform” aimed at defending against various air and missile threats across the Indo-Pacific theater.  The “integrated” portion of the system comes from Anduril’s Lattice software, which would allow the Army to collect and combine information from separate, existing missile-defense systems and transform that data into a comprehensive picture. As the Army operates now, commanders often have to collect information from different systems when creating a comprehensive threat picture, which the service has…

In a sudden about-face, Pentagon leaders are asking the White House to restore funding for the E-7 Wedgetail, even after the Air Force sought to spend the money on satellites instead of the next-generation radar plane.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told House appropriators on Tuesday that the Pentagon has sent a budget amendment to the White House after funding for the E-7 was zeroed out of the 2027 budget request. Hegseth, in response to a question from Rep. Tom Cole, said the early warning aircraft will be crucial for future conflicts.“I know our department had taken the position that it was…

Today on The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) and Katie Putz (@LadyPutz) are joined by Editor-in-Chief Shannon Tiezzi to preview U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to China, where he’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. There’s a bevvy of possible agenda items, but Taiwan, trade and Iran are the most likely — and most important — matters to track. You can subscribe to The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify; and watch the episode on YouTube. Source link

Pakistan has officially confirmed that Iranian military aircraft are stationed at its Nur Khan Airbase, despite attempting to deny allegations of collusion.This revelation has triggered distrust in Washington, with US officials and lawmakers questioning Islamabad’s credibility as a mediator in the US–Iran conflict.Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on Tuesday rejecting reports by CBS News that exposed the presence of Iranian aircraft at Nur Khan Airbase near Rawalpindi. Yet, in attempting to dismiss the allegations, the statement inadvertently confirmed that Iranian planes are indeed parked on Pakistani soil.The ministry claimed that these aircraft arrived during the ceasefire period…

Rempfer, Task & Purpose The Coast Guard plans to grow its fleet of interdiction teams who hop onto… Source link

The Pentagon recently released a batch of previously classified imagery categorized as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. Breaking Defense Editor-in-Chief Aaron Mehta and Air Warfare Reporter Michael Marrow unpack what’s new, what’s old, and what’s notably odd about this newly released collection, which includes some material dating back to the 1940s. Then Breaking Defense Europe’s Tim Martin speaks with correspondent Jonas Olsson, who just returned from a visit to BAE’s Hägglunds facility in northern Sweden, where he experienced what it’s like to drive the tracked CV90 armored combat vehicle. Source link

One of Pakistan’s currently in development air-launched cruise missiles (ALCMs), the Rasoob 250, could open the way for changes in how the Pakistan Navy (PN), to an extent, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), and the Pakistan Army (PA) arm their platforms. The basic point is that munitions like the Rasoob 250 – and its sibling munition AZB-81LR – trade warhead mass for a more compact size. This allows the end-user to either deploy long-range strike capabilities from lightweight platforms or deploy more munitions from larger ones. To offset the reduced warhead mass, these new designs leverage more precise targeting –…

On May 10 this year, Pakistan’s Army Chief and Field Marshal Asim Munir addressed a high-profile ceremony at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi to mark the first anniversary of Pakistan’s Marka-e-Haq, its response to India’s Operation Sindoor in May 2025. In a speech that combined his reflection on the conflict, doctrinal changes on the future of warfare, and the country’s ambitions, Munir offered one of the most comprehensive official assessments yet of what Pakistan believes it achieved in last year’s confrontation with India and how it sees the future of warfare in the region. Following a terrorist attack in…