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The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Dr. Paul H. B. Chang – associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California at Riverside and author of “The Spiritual Person: An Intellectual Biography of Watchman Nee” (Oxford 2026) – is the 519th in “The Trans-Pacific View Insight Series.” Identify the top three trends of Christianity in China. I would say that probably the top three trends are the continued growth and vibrancy of Christianity in…

A new tech-sharing agreement allowing Ukrainians to make a British-designed radar jammer called Stone Cloak may soon help Ukraine accelerate drone strikes on Russian targets. Ukraine has been using British-built versions of the digital jammer—about the size of a computer tablet—on long-range strike drones already this year. But the agreement allows the country to mass-produce it themselves so it can be more rapidly scaled across their drone forces.The British government announced the existence of Stone Cloak for the first time on Saturday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the new prime minister at a naval base in Portsmouth. The occasion…

On 17 July 2026, Margalla Heavy Industries Limited (MHIL), an emerging commercial wing of Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT), unveiled its new ‘Liger’ armoured security vehicle (ASV). The MHIL Liger is a 4×4 platform with a total weight of 7,600 kg and a payload of 2,000 kg. It can carry up to 10 personnel (i.e., 4 crew and 6 passengers). In addition to a remote weapon station (RWS) armed with a 12.7 mm gun, the Liger also has eight firing ports. It has a ballistic protection rating of B-6 and relies on a 320 hp engine, providing a top speed of…

Military.com The Marine Corps selected Allen Control Systems’ Bullfrog for L-MADIS, adding autonomous firepower and cheap kinetic kills against drones Source link

A slew of major technology companies announced Monday that they have joined together to advocate for the continued development and availability of open-source artificial intelligence models.The Open Secure AI Alliance, spearheaded by NVIDIA, consists of 37 hardware and software companies supporting the continued need for and access to open source AI models. The alliance’s primary argument is that open source AI benefits cybersecurity, enables users to customize model controls and comes with no vulnerable single point of failure.“Just as open source created a shared foundation for software, the United States and its partners now face a choice in AI security:…

N. Walter, IntEng Anduril’s first Ohio-built Fury fighter rolls off the production line 557 days after the company announced its Arsenal-1 factory. Source link

The Senate on Tuesday night confirmed Jay Clayton to serve as President Donald Trump’s second permanent national intelligence director, replacing an acting chief whose leadership alarmed Democrats and disrupted efforts to renew a major foreign surveillance program.Clayton was confirmed in a 51-47 vote. He will oversee the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which coordinates the work of the nation’s 18 intelligence agencies and serves as the president’s principal intelligence adviser.His confirmation ends Bill Pulte’s roughly six-week tenure as acting director, during which the Trump loyalist presided over repeated personnel cuts and faced accusations that he was politicizing the intelligence…

Sharon Terlep, WSJ Defense officials have asked U.S. automakers to help boost weapons and equipment production Source link

The National Institute of Standards and Technology launched a new program on Monday granting researchers access to an isolated testbed environment to safely evaluate artificial intelligence models against various commands. The AI Technology Evaluation, or AITE, is a voluntary testing vehicle focused on AI model safety analysis. It provides blind data for models to process when completing tasks to gain objective insights and conduct evaluations of model capabilities. Notably, the evaluation data is not intended to serve as training data for the models.Initially, AITE will focus on conducting image analysis tasks using large vision language models across three domains: quantum science,…

M. Eaglen & N. Carl, NatInt The revival of hostilities with Iran has put America’s diminished and aging fleet into the spotlight. Source link