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In a moment laden with historical irony and strategic significance, Japanese troops fired two Type-88 surface-to-ship missiles from the shores of the Philippines on May 6, 2026, sinking BRP Quezon (PS-70), an 82-year-old decommissioned Philippine Navy corvette that...
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The United States has moved additional F-22 Raptor stealth fighters to Kadena Air Base on the Japanese island of Okinawa, reinforcing America’s most forward-deployed air superiority capability in the Pacific at a moment of heightened tension over Taiwan and the...
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The skies over Ukraine have become the world’s most consequential laboratory for unmanned warfare, and the numbers emerging from both sides of the conflict are staggering. A senior Ukrainian military commander has issued a stark warning: Russia is scaling its...
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In April 2026, Ukraine launched 21 separate strikes against Russian oil refineries and fuel terminals — the highest monthly total since December and a campaign that has slashed Russian crude oil processing capacity to its lowest level in more than 16 years. The...
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The A-10 Thunderbolt II refuses to die. In a decision that reverses years of retirement planning, the United States Air Force has confirmed it will keep three squadrons of A-10 Warthogs operational — two through 2030 and one through 2029, each maintaining 18...
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After more than six decades of continuous service, the venerable B-52 Stratofortress is about to receive the most comprehensive upgrade in its storied history. On May 4, 2026, the Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) passed its Critical Design Review — a...
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In April 2026, Ukraine launched 21 separate strikes against Russian oil refineries and fuel terminals — the highest monthly total since December and a campaign that has slashed Russian crude oil processing capacity to its lowest level in more than 16 years. The...
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Turkish defence giant Baykar has secured the first export contract for its revolutionary Bayraktar Kızılelma unmanned combat aircraft, signing a landmark deal with Indonesia at the SAHA 2026 defence exhibition on May 6, 2026. The agreement covers an initial...
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The Netherlands has become the first European nation to formally invest in the United States Air Force’s revolutionary Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) programme, signing an agreement on April 23, 2026, to fund the production of two CCA prototypes that will...
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Satellite imagery dated April 25, 2026, has revealed the presence of an Iranian Air Force C-130 transport aircraft parked at Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan — a discovery that has sent shockwaves through diplomatic corridors in Washington and raised...
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It lasted seventy-two hours. The May 9–11 ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine — agreed for Moscow’s Victory Day parade and a small prisoner-of-war exchange — expired at midnight on Monday. By Tuesday morning, Volodymyr Zelensky was counting the drones. Two...
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The NTSB has issued its preliminary report on the fatal collision between a CRJ-900 regional jet and an airport fire truck at LaGuardia. The sequence it lays out is blunt: the truck was cleared to cross an active runway while the jet was landing on it, two last-second...
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