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Iran Press TV Tuesday, 10 February 2026 9:51 PM Iran’s top security official has hailed that the Islamic Republic’s missile capability has checked the Israeli regime’s regional ambitions, underlining the country’s deterrence power and ruling out inclusion of its defensive might in indirect talks with the United States. Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani made the remarks during his visit to the Omani capital Muscat on Tuesday. “The Zionist regime sought to dominate the region, but Iranian missiles put this regime in its place,” he said. The official was referring to several rounds of decisive and successful…

ROME — Italian shipyard Fincantieri will boost revenue by 40%, hit profits of €500 million ($593 million) and double its defense production in Italy by 2030 as global defense spending booms, the firm has said.In a new business plan covering 2026-2030, the Italian state-controlled yard said it expected annual revenue to rise from €9 billion in 2025 to €12.5 billion in 2030, while it will book €50 billion worth of orders over the period, adding to a current €60 billion order backlog.By 2035, revenue will double, reaching €18 billion, the firm said.Fincantieri has long split its focus between navy ships,…

FORT BENNING, Ga. – The U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCoE) at Fort Benning launched the first pilot of the Robotic Autonomous Systems Leader Tactics Course (RASLT) yesterday as part of Army-wide Transforming in Contact (TiC) initiatives. The course will prepare Army leaders for future conflicts where autonomous and robotic systems will play a more prominent role. The course is slated for three pilots in Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. Each pilot will be three weeks long and run five days a week. Lt. Col. Alan Hastings, commander of the 3rd Squadron, 16th Cavalry Regiment, the unit overseeing RASLT, said…

Bottom lines up front ASTANA and BISHKEK—Earlier this month, while Washington, DC, was enduring its most frigid two weeks in decades, I traveled to Astana, Kazakhstan, where bone-chilling temperatures are the norm this time of year. This was my first stop on the way to the B5+1 Forum in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, the business counterpart to the C5+1 diplomatic platform that most recently convened leaders from the five Central Asian states in Washington in November. Increasing contact between Central Asian citizens, governments, and businesses in the past couple of years has resulted in dynamism unprecedented in the five countries’ modern histories.…

Michael Page is far from satisfied with the UFC’s approach to his recent matchmaking. Page finally made his long-awaited Octagon debut at UFC 299 in March 2024, earning a dominant unanimous decision victory over promotional mainstay Kevin Holland. “Venom” returned to action later that year at UFC 303 in June but came up short against Ian Machado Garry. The former Bellator standout bounced back impressively in 2025, first handing Shara Magomedov his first career loss at UFC Saudi Arabia before securing a decision victory over former title challenger Jared Cannonier at UFC 319 in August. With that momentum, many expected…

NASA completed the first flight test of a scale-model wing designed to improve laminar flow, reducing drag and lowering fuel costs for future commercial aircraft.  The flight took place Jan. 29 at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, using one of the agency’s F-15B research jets. The NASA-designed, 40-inch Crossflow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF) wing model was attached to the aircraft’s underside vertically, like a fin.  The flight lasted about 75 minutes, during which the team ensured the aircraft could maneuver safely in flight with the additional wing model.  “It was incredible to see CATNLF fly after…

SAN DIEGO — The fiscal 2027 defense budget could double the number of ships the Navy is set to procure under the fiscal 2026 defense budget, Navy Secretary John Phelan said during a keynote address at the WEST Conference in San Diego, California, on Thursday.While the 2026 budget allotted $27.2 billion dollars for the Navy to build 17 ships, Phelan said President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal 2027 defense budget of $1.5 trillion could bump that number up to at least 34, with a large contingent of auxiliary and support ships.“It is an area that we are in grave need of…

In late 2022, the release of ChatGPT set off a global scramble to govern artificial intelligence. The Biden administration set up the U.S. AI Safety Institute, an office tasked with developing protocols to identify risks posed by AI. Canada, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the European Union created similar oversight bodies. Global leaders gathered to discuss AI in Bletchley Park, the English country estate where Allied code breakers worked in secret during World War II. The next 15 months brought follow-on conferences in Seoul and Paris. In the face of a technology promising to disrupt work, warfare,…

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych, a likely medal contender at the Milan Cortina Games, was barred from racing Thursday after refusing a last-minute plea from the International Olympic Committee to not use a helmet that honors more than 20 athletes and coaches killed since Russia invaded his country four years ago.The decision came roughly 45 minutes before the start of the competition and ended a three-day saga where Heraskevych knew he was risking being pulled from the Games by wearing the helmet, one that the IOC says breaks rules against making statements on the field of…

The Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) commissioned KRI Canopus (936) during a ceremony held on February 12 at the Abeking & Rasmussen shipyard facility in Lemwerder, Germany. The event also combined the ship’s delivery and naming ceremony. Officially entering active service, the 105-metre ship has now become TNI AL’s largest survey vessel, replacing KRI Dewa Kembar (932), a former Royal Navy vessel HMS Hydra (A144) which took part in the Falklands War as a hospital ship. KRI Canopus is put under the command of the Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Centre (Pushidrosal), headquartered in Jakarta. According to the centre, the vessel will…