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USS George H.W. Bush Anchors Off Phuket After 187 Days Without a Port Call
USS George H.W. Bush anchored off Phuket on October 4, 2026, its first port visit after six months supporting Operation Epic Fury and the…
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Russia Fields 500 km/h Dan-T Loitering Munition in Strikes on Ukraine
Russia is using the Dan-T, a jet-powered loitering munition unveiled for export in Egypt in September 2026, against Ukraine. It pairs a 130 kg…
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Japan’s Type 25 Missile Goes Public With a Reported 1,000 km Range
Japan’s first domestically produced stand-off missile went on public display at Camp Kengun after a quake-delayed, tightly controlled event. The Type 25, an upgraded…
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M1E3 Abrams and XM30 Fire Live Rounds as Army CTO Says Mass Still Matters
Footage posted by Alexander Miller, chief technology officer to the Army chief of staff, shows M1E3 Abrams and XM30 prototypes firing live rounds as…
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Ireland Military Radar Deal Brings Four 515 km Thales GM400 Alpha Units
Ireland has ordered four Thales GM400 Alpha long-range radars and one GM200 MM/A through France’s DGA to build its first military primary radar capability.…
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China’s PLA Fields Type 99A Tanks in Russia’s Tsentr-2026 Exercise
Chinese PLA units with Type 99A tanks held the left flank of a Russian-led coalition at Chebarkul during the Tsentr-2026 exercise, a drill that…
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Northrop Grumman’s YFQ-48A Talon Blue First Flight Was Fully Autonomous
Northrop Grumman’s company-funded YFQ-48A Talon Blue has flown for the first time, fully autonomously from taxi to landing at Mojave, California. With rivals already…
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Ukrainian Mirage 2000-5F Reportedly Guns Down Russian Banderol Cruise Missile
A Ukrainian Mirage 2000-5F reportedly destroyed a Russian S8000 Banderol cruise missile with its 30mm cannons, according to an unconfirmed open-source report. The claim…
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North Korea IRBM Test: Kim Yo Jong Claims AI Missile Beat Allied Radars
North Korea says an intermediate-range strategic missile fired from Wonsan used AI-assisted maneuvers that allied radars could not track. Seoul and Tokyo tracked roughly…
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Shield AI Sets X-BAT Production in Washington, Test and MRO in Kansas
Shield AI will build its X-BAT AI-piloted VTOL fighter at X-Forge 3 in Des Moines, Washington, and test and sustain the entire fleet in…
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Ukraine Weapons Codification: 9 in 10 New Models Are Now Ukrainian-Made
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense codified 1,678 weapon models through September 25, 2026, and 91.2% were Ukrainian-made. Drones and ammunition dominate the mix, while foreign-made…
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US Navy Commissions USS Ted Stevens, Flight III Destroyer With SPY-6
The Navy commissions Flight III destroyer USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128) in Whittier, Alaska, on October 3, 2026, before it sails to Norfolk, extending…
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Russia Displays Pantsir on Belarusian MZKT-7930 Chassis at Tsentr-2026
Russia has displayed a Pantsir air defense system on a Belarusian MZKT-7930-312 chassis at Tsentr-2026, confirming a configuration known only from leaked 2024 procurement…
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USS Theodore Roosevelt Heads to Mideast as Third Carrier in Theater
The Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group and 13th MEU are heading for the Middle East as President Trump floats stepping up bombing of Iran…
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Epirus Leonidas Microwave Weapon Joins US Army C2 in Operation Jailbreak
The Epirus Leonidas high-power microwave is wired into a US Army C2 network under Operation Jailbreak, the company says, though results are undisclosed. Two…
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HMS Agamemnon Reaches Faslane as Royal Navy Struggles to Keep SSNs at Sea
HMS Agamemnon, the sixth of seven Astute-class attack submarines, reached Faslane on October 2, 2026, facing months of sea trials and work-up while maintenance…
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Russia Fires Izdeliye 347, a 20 km Ground-Launched LMUR Missile System
Russia has fired Izdeliye 347, a truck-mounted launcher for the LMUR missile its attack helicopters have used in Ukraine since 2022, at mock artillery…
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Hegseth Counter-UAS Memo Puts 30-Day Clock on Drone Defense Approvals
A new Department of War counter-UAS memo targets four approval barriers delaying drone defenses for US forces and installations, routing denials to JIATF-401 and…
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Russia’s Shturm Robotic Tanks Debut at Tsentr-2026, Backing Assault Troops
Russia’s Shturm robotic tanks, uncrewed T-72B3M conversions, gave assault units fire support at Tsentr-2026 in their first major exercise appearance. Operators still sit in…
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Leonardo’s Hystrix 40 ADS Counter-Drone Gun Seen in Testing for First Time
The first photograph of Leonardo’s Hystrix 40 ADS shows the counter-drone gun in testing. Built on the Marlin 40 naval turret, it fires programmable…