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Abu Dhabi’s exit from OPEC and OPEC+ on May 1 was framed in restrained language: a review of production policy, current and future capacity, and national interest. The reasoning Vienna received was procedural, but the vision behind the move is monumental – and so are the ramifications for Asia. Three variables had been compounding for years. The fourth, the Iran war, was by no means a trigger as this move was likely inevitable. The first variable is capacity. The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has spent a decade building toward 5 million barrels per day, a target now pulled…

India has solemnly commemorated the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor, reaffirming its uncompromising stance against terrorism. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh led tributes to the armed forces, while the Army and Air Force released powerful videos showcasing the precision strikes that dismantled terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.India on Thursday marked one year since Operation Sindoor, the decisive military mission launched in response to the brutal Pahalgam terror attack of 22 April 2025, which claimed twenty-six innocent lives. The operation, carried out between 7 and 10 May 2025, targeted terror camps across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir,…

Global Defense U.S. Army soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division used M119A3 105mm howitzers during a counter-landing live-fire drill Source link

WASHINGTON — Amidst anxiety about Anthropic’s as yet unreleased Mythos model, whose much-hyped hacking ability has raised fears of a looming “bugmageddon,” two top Pentagon tech leaders said this morning they were optimistic that Mythos — and future models like it — could help cyber defenders even more. “I hear a lot of people talking about challenges and threats when they talk about Mythos,” said Katherine Sutton, Assistant Secretary for Cyber Policy, told the SCSP AI+Expo this morning. “[But] there’s huge opportunity in these models. One of the foundational things that they’re going to enable is the development of secure…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida—The guardians manning screens in the mission-ops center here oversaw the launch of five types of rockets in April, a new record that involved NASA’s Artemis II, the first reused New Glenn booster, and a Falcon 9 lofting the final GPS III satellite. But tomorrow’s Space Force may have no time to mark even epochal missions. Within a decade, service leaders say, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station will be launching hundreds of rockets a year.To facilitate the Pentagon’s fast-growing demand for orbital capability, the Space Force is looking for more launch sites, more money, more troops, and more…

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After almost two years of speculation, changes to North Korea’s constitution have been made public. Of great interest was the country’s definition of its territory, which is a key indicator of its policy toward South Korea.  The amendment reads that North Korea’s territory borders “China and Russia to the north and the Republic of Korea to the south, as well as territorial waters and airspace established on that basis.” This is the first time North Korea dropped its territorial claims against the South.  Pyongyang also scrapped references to “peaceful unification” and “imperialist aggressors” in the document. Neither does it identify…

HAL has yet to deliver a single TEJAS MK-1A to the Indian Air Force as of 7 May 2026, despite having six GE F404 engines and more than twenty airframes in inventory.This situation highlights mounting concerns over production bottlenecks, certification delays, and inventory holding costs, with the IAF’s squadron strength continuing to dwindle.The Light Combat Aircraft MK-1A program was originally scheduled to begin deliveries in February 2024, but repeated delays in engine supply, software integration, and weapons testing have pushed the timeline back.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flagged off the first TEJAS MK-1A at Nashik in October 2025, yet the promised…

Aviationist Designed by Northrop Grumman and subsidiary Scaled Composites, the unmanned XRQ-73 features an ultra-quiet propulsion system powered by electricity from a gas turbine Source link

MILAN — Saab is rapidly exploring ways to expand its Gripen production rates, with a major deal for up to 150 aircraft with Ukraine potentially being finalized this year, according to company head Micael Johansson — though Sweden’s top defense official said challenges remain. In an interview with Swedish public broadcaster SVT last week, Johansson stated that while an agreement to deliver a significant number of Gripen fighter jets to Kyiv typically takes a few months, he hopes it will be completed this year. In October, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the Saab hub in Linköping, Sweden. During his trip,…