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Dan Driscoll, whom President Donald Trump in 2024 hailed as “a disruptor and change agent,” has resigned as secretary of the Army.The move was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. A source directly familiar with the matter confirmed the news and said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s purging of generals who were tied to Driscoll’s innovation and transformation efforts was a primary cause for the resignation.“Driscoll brought up concerns with the administration surrounding Army transformation and readiness, and Hegseth’s blocking those efforts, specifically by firing the generals who were responsible,” the source said.A former Army Ranger who led a platoon…

India has been struggling with a multi-faceted employment problem, which is triggering deep frustration among its youth, especially those who are educated. This frustration was on display recently, when tens of thousands of young women and men protested at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. While the immediate trigger for the protests was leaked question papers for medical entrance examinations, the underlying cause is frustration with an education system that doesn’t lead to meaningful employment. The Indian economy is among the world’s fastest-growing large economies. Yet, it is producing an ever-increasing number of…

Home › Central Asia › Uzbekistan › Uzbekistan Shows Its J-10CE Fighters for the First Time Uzbekistan Uzbek state television and the presidential office released the first official footage of the country’s Chengdu J-10CE fighters in late August 2026, showing at least six airframes. The contract size, value and basing remain unpublished, and the aircraft appear to lack an in-flight refuelling probe. By Quwa Team · August 31, 2026 · 2 min read Uzbekistan publicly showed its Chengdu J-10CE multirole fighters for the first time in a state television feature aired on O’zbekiston 24 around 28 August 2026. The presidential…

When part of a glacier collapsed above the Lhende Khola on August 26, the debris flow it triggered was initially mistaken by the U.S. Geological Survey’s automated network for a magnitude-4.4 earthquake. By August 30, the combined toll in Nepal and China’s Tibet had reached around 750 dead, with more than 3,000 missing, including nearly 900 hydropower workers feared trapped. Nepal’s finance minister estimates rebuilding will cost $4-5 billion, nearly a tenth of the Nepali economy. The collapse occurred on the Nepali side, on Langtang Lirung, which lies wholly within Nepal, but the debris fell into the Lhende Khola-Donglin Tsangpo…

Home › North America › The US Navy Is Building a Seabed Torpedo Launcher Sized for Orca North America Liberator, a classified US Navy seabed launcher for Mk 48 heavyweight torpedoes, is sized to fit the Boeing Orca XLUUV’s payload module. Production decisions are expected in FY2027, with an at-sea demonstration planned for late that year. By Quwa Team · August 31, 2026 · 3 min read Details of a classified United States Navy seabed warfare program called Liberator have been reconstructed from the service’s FY2025 to FY2027 research and development budget documents, describing a stationary containerized launcher emplaced on…

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet has approved a bill to replace the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) of 1979. The official Cabinet decision calls the replacement the “Safeguarding the State from Terrorism” Bill, while the government’s December 2025 consultation draft uses the term “Protection of the State from Terrorism.” The National People’s Power (NPP) government has not given any reason yet for the change of name of the proposed legislation. It will be published in the Gazette and then presented to Parliament. The Cabinet-approved text has not yet been made public. The only version that can presently be examined is the 2025…

Home › Ukraine › Ukrainian Defence News › Russia’s Jet Loitering Munition Output Has Overtaken Its Piston Inventory Ukrainian Defence News Jet-powered Geran production overtook piston output in August 2026, with launches roughly quintupling from June to July and Ukrainian interception rates slipping from about 92% to 87%. Ukraine has responded with turbojet interceptors and helicopter-borne counter-drone fits. By Quwa Team · August 31, 2026 · 3 min read Russian production of jet-powered Geran one-way attack (OWA) munitions overtook output of the piston-engined variants during August 2026, according to Ukrainian tracking of launch volumes and factory activity. Piston Geran launches…

Javelin is developed by the Javelin Joint Venture between Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. Credit: Cristi Dangeorge/Shutterstock.com. Tata Advanced Systems (TASL) and the Javelin Joint Venture (JJV) have agreed to collaborate on the in-country co-production of the Javelin All Up Round (AUR) anti-tank missile system in India. The JJV, responsible for developing and producing the Javelin system, is a partnership between Raytheon, an RTX business, and Lockheed Martin. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Under a newly signed memorandum of understanding (MoU), Tata Advanced…

One of the first points of action when Kazakhstan’s new unicameral parliament met for the first time on August 28 was the election of its speaker from among the 145 elected parliamentarians. The choice almost unanimously fell on the leader of the Adilet party, Aibek Dadebay, who had already been nominated for the position in advance by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.  Adilet won more than 70 percent of the vote during the election, making it by far the largest party in the Kurultai with 110 seats.  The new speaker has worked as an academic and diplomat over the past 25 years,…

On 29 August, the Pakistan Army Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Field Marshal Asim Munir, visited Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF). While reviewing POF’s projects – e.g., from a new gas-operated assault rifle to new quadcopter-compatible drop munitions – the CDF was also briefed on a tailless delta loitering munition similar in concept to Iran’s Shahed-136. This would be at least the second munition of this type under development in Pakistan, with the other being the Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) D-248, which has a stated range of 2,200-3,000 km. The actual ranges of these new…