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NATO allies plan to buy 10 of Saab’s GlobalEye aircraft as the alliance’s next-generation radar plane, snubbing Boeing and its E-7 Wedgetail offering, officials announced on Tuesday.The alliance would replace its Boeing E-3 Airborne Warning and Control aircraft with the Swedish company’s offering, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said during the alliance’s Defence Industry Forum in Ankara, Turkey. “For decades, NATO has relied on a fleet of E3 Airborne Warning and Control Systems, that have been our ‘eyes in the skies’. They have been deployed from Northern Norway to Southern Türkiye. They have served us well and continue to do so,…

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The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of 1960, which the World Bank brokered between India and Pakistan, was a notable achievement in South Asian diplomacy. The treaty divided the six rivers of the Indus basin between the two countries. The three western rivers, Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab, were allocated to Pakistan, while the three eastern rivers, Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej, went to India. India was also permitted limited non-consumptive use of the western rivers, primarily for hydropower, but the treaty explicitly prohibited any changes to water flows that could undermine Pakistan’s access to its share of water. For decades, this framework…

Travis Pike, Sandboxx News Traditional ammunition is made from brass cases, which tap out at around 60,000 PSI . . . Peak Alloy provides a much stronger, safe case design that allows… Source link

On July 6, China’s navy launched a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from a nuclear-powered submarine into the Pacific Ocean, Chinese state media reported. The test immediately drew pushback from the United States, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Beijing described the launch as routine annual training, “not aimed at any specific country or target.”  According to Japanese media reports, the impact point fell outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). That distinction matters, but only up to a point. The episode deserves attention far beyond the question of where the dummy warhead landed.  The more consequential story is that China is steadily…

Global Defense News Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall have agreed to pursue co-production of the U.S. ATACMS missile in Germany Source link

In the Fijian capital of Suva this week, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Fijian counterpart, Sitiveni Rabuka, signed two new security agreements. The agreements form part of a period of hyperactive diplomacy by Canberra in the Pacific, which has also included a series of new partnerships with Tuvalu, Nauru, Papua New Guinea (PNG), and Vanuatu. The first agreement with Fiji was the Vuvale Union, an expansion of the Vuvale Partnership signed in 2023. This new union moves to a more permanent framework for collaboration, with stronger commitments to economic integration, workforce mobility, education, skills development, and investment. It…

Stassis, Marine Corps Times A granite helipad is being constructed at the White House to accommodate the newer Marine One helicopters Source link

On July 6, the 14th Dalai Lama turned 91. In Dharamshala, the Himalayan town that has served as his home in exile since 1959, the day was marked, as it was last year, with long-life prayers, khata scarves, and delegations of devotees from across Asia and beyond. But the birthday of the Dalai Lama is no longer merely a religious observance. It has become an annual reminder of a clock that is ticking on one of Asia’s most combustible questions: who will choose the 15th Dalai Lama. Behind that question lies a broader contest between India and China over which…

Michael Hochberg, Long Walls The war in Iran, while it has degraded Iranian capabilities considerably, has not achieved regime change, and has not resulted in any softening of Iranian regime… Source link