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Unveiled to an international audience at the Defence Services Asia (DSA) exhibition in Malaysia, China’s Feilong‑60A (FL‑60A) loitering munition marks a decisive evolution in how rocket artillery can sense, decide, and strike, turning a traditional multiple rocket launcher into a networked, semi‑autonomous precision‑fires system. Developed by Norinco and paired with the SR‑5 multiple launch rocket system, the Feilong‑60A is designed to bridge the gap between classic tube or rocket artillery and high‑end unmanned combat air systems, by embedding reconnaissance, target discrimination and terminal attack into a single missile‑like air vehicle. For experts following the global diffusion of loitering munitions, it…

As private-sector investment in defense-technology research rises, the Navy’s chief science office is refocusing its efforts on areas that companies are ignoring, but that will be relevant 15 years into the future, the head of the Office of Naval Research says.“It’s our goal to actually help folks see not just what the Navy needs now, but what the Navy will need in the next three” future years defense program, or FYDP, cycles, Rachel Riley, who heads the office, told the audience at the Sea-Air-Space symposium Tuesday. “What we’re trying to identify is: what are the things that industry cannot or…

The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed an Army soldier’s right to sue a military contractor whose employee detonated a suicide bomb on Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, in 2016. In a 6-3 decision, the justices overturned a circuit court ruling that said veteran Army Spec. Winston Hencely could not cite state law to hold Fluor Corp. liable for an employee’s actions. Hencely had sued the company for negligence in state court in South Carolina, where two Fluor subsidiaries were headquartered. The bombing killed five service members and civilians and injured 17, including Hencely, who suffered a traumatic brain injury and lost…

Wolfgang Krauser is set to take the stage once again in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves very shortly, and he’ll be bringing some nice gifts for those who’ve awaited his return. SNK revealed the details of the incoming major update for City of the Wolves tonight in their Fatal Fury first anniversary stream. One of the first things revealed was a new costume for Kain to give him a…

ABSTRACT China’s growing role in Latin America is framed as more than routine geopolitical competition, instead resembling a form of “unrestricted warfare” that uses economic, technological, legal, and informational tools to reshape the regional strategic environment below the level of armed conflict. The article argues that while Latin American states retain agency, the United States’ main challenge is to provide credible alternatives to China’s deepening, structurally influential presence. There has been an increased focus by the United States on the Western Hemisphere in the latest National Security Strategy, but strategic competition in the region did not begin with Washington’s rediscovery…

PARIS — Russia could be ready to start a regional conflict with NATO within a year after the end of hostilities in Ukraine, with the aim of creating political division in the alliance, according to Dutch military intelligence service MIVD.Under the most favorable conditions for Russia, it could build up enough combat power for a regional challenge to NATO within a year after fighting stops in Ukraine, the MIVD wrote in its annual report. Russia’s goal would not be to defeat the alliance militarily, but to divide it through limited territorial gains, if necessary under threat of nuclear weapons use,…

Iran Press TV Wednesday, 22 April 2026 6:32 AM The US military has dangerously depleted its arsenal of critical missiles following its seven-week campaign of aggression against Iran, creating a “near-term risk” of ammunition shortages in any future major conflict, defense experts and sources familiar with internal Pentagon assessments say. The staggering depletion comes as part of the US-Israeli war of terrorism on Iran, which has seen Washington unleash relentless airstrikes and missile barrages on civilian infrastructure such as bridges, hospitals, energy and steel plants and other installations across the Islamic Republic. A new analysis by the Center for Strategic…

Bottom lines up front TIRANA—The global attention to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s electoral defeat on April 12 demonstrated his outsized role on the global stage. During the sixteen years he held the premiership, the ideological crusader against Western liberalism was able to capitalize on his country’s veto powers in the European Union (EU) to effectively extort most of Europe through his strategic partnerships with Russia and China. More recently, Orbán gained prominence for his alignment with a US administration sympathetic to Hungary’s domestic conservative agenda and sovereigntist antipathy toward Brussels. Describing the outsized international prominence of Orbán’s ideological project,…

Exploiting enemy communications has never been more important for New Zealand Army Electronic Warfare Operators. As warfare continues to evolve technologically, maintaining their technical abilities, tactical mindset and overall fitness is imperative. 21 APRIL, 2026 As enemy troops advance up the southern coast of the fictional island of Panay, an Anzac Battle Group has mobilised in response. As the two forces prepare to stand-off along the main road artery north, a smaller team of NZ Army specialist Electronic Warfare Operators skirt around the Western flank. Working alongside an infantry company their mission is to destroy enemy reconnaissance assets and deny…