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The following is an excerpt from “Lethal Autonomy: The Future of Warfare Whether We Like It Or Not,” by former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall. The book, published by Knox Press, is available to preorder here. As a humanitarian and a human rights attorney, I’m all for effective arms control, but effective means meaningful and enforceable. Given that lethal autonomy is essentially with us now, as many examples show, I don’t see how an effective arms control regime is possible.  One has to begin with definitions of the things one wants to ban or constrain. I don’t know how to…

UK MoD ordered six Airbus H145 helicopters in 2024. Credit: Crown. The Royal Air Force (RAF) has taken delivery of two Airbus H145 Jupiter HC Mk2 helicopters in Cyprus, enhancing the capabilities of 84 Squadron. This development is part of a £148m ($194m) Ministry of Defence (MoD) initiative aimed at increasing operational support for RAF personnel on the island. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The aircraft will conduct emergency response, aerial firefighting, troop transport, medical evacuation and intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance tasks,…

External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, presently on a two-day official visit to the Republic of Korea, held a high-level strategic dialogue in Seoul with Wi Sung-lac, Director of the Office of National Security.The meeting was a critical element of Jaishankar’s broader diplomatic outreach, designed to align Indian and South Korean perspectives on the increasingly complex international landscape.In a post on X, Jaishankar confirmed that the dialogue centred on an exchange of strategic assessments regarding global developments and the evolving geopolitical climate in the Indo-Pacific.Both sides emphasised their shared interest in maintaining a stable, rules-based order in the region. The discussions…

Brent Ramsey, The Patriot Post China’s plan to conquer Taiwan is evil and would be destructive to the world economy. Source link

THAAD-BRoll-1. Credit: Lockheed Martin Corporation. The US Government has taken steps to significantly increase its production capacity for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors, awarding Lockheed Martin a contract worth up to $35bn. The move, which will see THAAD output quadruple, is part of a broader effort to strengthen national and allied missile defence capabilities through increased industrial output. Under the seven-year undefinitised contract action announced on 24 June 2026, Lockheed Martin will increase manufacturing through 2030, with the US Department of War (DoW) highlighting the award as a key part of its Acquisition Transformation Strategy. This strategy aims…

The India-United States partnership is entering a new phase of accelerated cooperation, with the US State Department describing India as one of its most important strategic partners.Officials emphasised that collaboration is expanding rapidly across trade, technology, energy and defence.Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Bethany Poulos Morrison stated that the Trump administration is working swiftly to strengthen ties, calling the relationship a key partnership for the future.Speaking at the fourth annual Capitol Hill advocacy event organised by the Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies, she declared, “The US-India relationship is the future,” while outlining areas…

John H. Modinger, Military Review How Hitler’s Chief of Intelligence Betrayed the Nazis Source link

WASHINGTON — An internal Pentagon review published Wednesday warns that decades of underfunding has led to alarming deterioration in facilities doing military research. “RDTE [Research, Development, Test, & Evaluation] infrastructure is deteriorating and weakening its ability to maintain a technically advanced warfighting capability … forcing RDT&E organizations to operate in facilities that pose documented safety risks and technical limitations,” reads the report, entitled “Supporting the Warfighter,” the result of the review led by Assistant Secretary for Science & Technology Joseph Jewell. “Authorized major MILCON [Military Construction] projects for modernization of critical joint-mission RDT&E infrastructure continually slip due to the Services’…

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has supplied 5,700 tons of specialised DMR 249A grade steel for three newly commissioned Indian Navy warships — INS Dunagiri, INS Agray, and INS Sanshodhak — marking a major milestone in India’s defence indigenisation and maritime self-reliance.The steel was produced at Bokaro, Bhilai, and Rourkela plants, reinforcing India’s Atmanirbhar Bharat and Make in India initiatives.SAIL, a Maharatna Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Steel, has once again demonstrated its pivotal role in strengthening India’s naval capabilities.The company supplied the entire requirement of 5,700 tons of defence-grade steel for three advanced naval platforms…

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