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Much has been made of the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement (MJDA) – a collective security agreement signed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye in early August – in news and analysis recently. Some have likened this to the Russia-dominated Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). Others have called this a signal of the end of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the birth of a new regional order. Though, perhaps reports of NATO’s death are greatly exaggerated.  And with the benefit of a longer historical lens, we can see how prognostications that MJDA will remake the region’s  security are fairly…

Space has become a top-of-mind concern for both offensive and defensive operations and will play a critical role in the Golden Dome initiative. Breaking Defense spoke with Matt Magaña, president, Space, Defense and National Security at Voyager Technologies, about production and manufacturing challenges for critical elements of space infrastructure, new propulsion capabilities and adapting commercial technologies for use in military applications in space. Breaking Defense: What’s the threat scenario that’s making space the next warfighting domain? Magaña: Space is the ultimate high ground. It used to be air, but today our adversaries increasingly have the ability to operate in space…

Kremlin-backed actors used Anthropic’s Claude AI to program autonomous lethal drones, improve hacking and influence operations, and avoid detection, the company said Thursday.The report from the U.S.-based AI company is only the latest warning from firms, think tanks, and others that Russia, China, Iran and others are using made-in-America tools to attack targets around the world.Anthropic reports that a Russian “freelance” group known as GTG-27005 used Claude to build an AI model small enough to work on single-board computers but powerful enough to enable a drone to “select targets (including a ‘person’ target class) and issue detonation commands without a…

India faces one of the most challenging security environments in the world, confronting not one but two adversarial neighbors: Pakistan and China. While New Delhi retains the conventional military upper hand over Islamabad, in Beijing it confronts a militarily and economically superior power that has repeatedly used force to alter the status quo along their disputed border. Since the 1962 border war, India and China have faced a series of military confrontations, including the 2017 Doklam standoff and the deadly Galwan Valley clashes in 2020. More recently, Beijing reportedly provided Islamabad with critical intelligence support during the 2025 India-Pakistan conflict,…

Air-and-missile-defense (AMD) systems have performed well in recent conflicts, defending against waves of cruise missiles and drone swarms with a high success rate. But interceptors are being burned through at an alarming rate, and that along with the loss of THAAD/TPY-2 radars have forced the US to scramble to ensure assets in the Middle East are protected. Refilling current stockpiles is a challenge, and preparing for future needs is an even bigger challenge. Meeting both current and future needs means being able to quickly adapt to changing tactics by adversaries, said Rob Mitrevski, president, Golden Dome strategy and integration, L3Harris.…

With his surprise decision to scale back the recent Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercise on the Korean Peninsula, U.S. President Donald Trump clearly signaled his intent to rekindle dialogue with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. However, rather than receiving praise for the goodwill measure, the effort drew rebuke from the North Korean government, which reiterated its position that it has no interest in renewing engagement as long as the United States holds onto denuclearization as a policy objective. This exchange has renewed debates over long-standing denuclearization policies, particularly as Trump continues his overtures toward the Kim regime in hopes…

KIELCE, Poland — The head of a high-profile Ukrainian defense company says that while the international Freyja anti-ballistic missile project may not have made “flashy” strides in the weeks since its July inception, there has been a wave of important “technology integration,” with more on the way. Without falling to vendor lock, “our task is to choose the best players in the market, integrate the whole architecture together [and] tailor each system to the purpose of being able to intercept ballistic targets,” Fire Point CEO Iryna Terekh, told Breaking Defense on the sidelines of the MSPO defense exhibition here. Firepoint’s…

As China’s President Xi Jinping prepares to travel to Washington, D.C. on September 24, his approach will reflect not only the specific items on his agenda, but also broader geopolitical transformations currently underway. These revolutions-in-progress create both enormous opportunities for China and hazards for it, and the international community, to navigate. Reinforcing advances currently underway in “big data,” artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous systems, and robotics are rapidly transforming both economic and military dynamics, with radical implications for political systems and the global balance of power. Latin America and the rest of the developing world will be a battleground, a beneficiary,…

Growing requirements are putting new pressure on the companies behind major weapons systems. Breaking Defense spoke briefly with Jason Weiss of Moog, known for its precision controls, about the scale, flexibility, and technical breadth it brings to the mission. Source link

The Defense Logistics Agency is piloting AI agents that work autonomously—bots that its CIO calls “digital employees.”“This is a new frontier for everyone,” DLA chief information officer Adarryl Roberts told reporters at DLA’s Industry Collider Day on Sept. 9 in Alexandria, Va.The move builds on DLA’s increasing use of robotic process automation, or RPA, and the generative AI tools available to its 25,000 or so military and civilian personnel. In 2025, bots saved DLA an estimated 300,000 hours of work—some working around the clock to help the combat support agency get everything from food and fuel to medical supplies and clothing where…