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M107 155mm shells. Credit: Gal_Rotem/Shutterstock.com. Canada’s defence minister, David J. McGuinty, announced a commitment to spend CAD$1.4bn ($1bn) to expand the nation’s ammunition production capacity. This investment is possible due to the launch of the Canadian Defence Industry Resilience (CDIR), a central component of the country’s inaugural Defence Industrial Strategy, published on 17 February 2026. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The programme is intended to increase defence industrial production capacity, build sovereign defence capabilities, and address critical supply chain vulnerabilities. The strategic…

Complaints about Microsoft’s startup credits and Azure AI Foundry keep mounting, with users reporting surprise credit card charges and invoices they never saw coming. The culprit is the use of third-party models: Accessing Anthropic’s Claude via Azure AI Foundry incurs charges that startup credits don’t cover, something a Microsoft support forum moderator initially insisted wasn’t the case. To make matters worse, the system provides few to no notifications warning users when startup credits are converted into real credit card charges. The Register spoke to Riyaj Shaikh, who was billed for several thousand dollars after he mistakenly assumed startup credits covered…

Most weapons are built to destroy what you can see. The GBU-72, though? It’s built for everything you can’t.Picture a reinforced underground bunker, layers of concrete, steel, maybe buried deep enough to shrug off conventional airstrikes. For decades, militaries treated these as near-invulnerable safe zones. That assumption doesn’t hold up anymore.The GBU-72 Advanced 5K Penetrator, often simply called the GBU-72 bunker buster, exists for one reason: to punch through those defenses and detonate where it hurts most.At roughly 5,000 pounds, it sits in an interesting middle ground, not as massive as the legendary “mother of all bunker busters,” but far…

Charai for The National Interest: Why Iran Was Always a Threat to the US – Atlantic Council In the News March 18, 2026 • 5:08pm ET By Atlantic Council Print this page Share this page ERROR MESSAGE HEADING ERROR MESSAGE SUBHEADING ERROR MESSAGE CONTENT ERROR MESSAGE INFO Oops… It looks like we’re having a technical issue. If refreshing the page doesn’t resolve the issue you could try clearing the sites browser cache. Pro Tip: If you’re on a laptop or desktop you can flush everything the browser currently has cached for the site by simply holding down the…

Rheinmetall and AID are set to make an important contribution to modernize the anti-tank capabilities of the Italian Army. Rheinmetall’s Italian subsidiary RWM Italia S.p.A. and Agenzia Industrie Difesa (AID), a company belonging to the Italian Ministry of Defence, have signed on the 25th of February a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to upgrade and extend the service life of the anti-tank mines MATS already in the inventory of the Italian Army since many years. The MATS is one of the best examples of Italian technology in the field: simple, reliable, affordable and durable.  Nevertheless, today an upgrade is required in…

Before sending care packages to service members involved in Operation Epic Fury, check the U.S. Postal Service list of military post offices where mailing services have been temporarily suspended. With the U.S. and Israel attacks against Iran in their third week, Americans’ thoughts and actions have been turning toward sending care packages with various hygiene products, snacks and a host of other items.But according to the U.S. Postal Service, there are currently 28 ZIP codes where mail services have been temporarily suspended, all of which appear to be Army or Air Force post offices. No ships are currently listed, although…

This report, prepared by RAND Europe for Mission Early, summarises findings from a global Expert Consensus study that aimed to define the essential elements of an effective policy framework for early cancer care. Early cancer care encompasses measures across the entire cancer pathway — including education, prevention, screening, timely diagnosis and treatment — to ensure cancers are found and addressed at their most treatable stages. The study focused on identifying policy components that promote accessibility, equity and sustainability in early cancer care across different health systems. Cancer remains a major global health challenge, responsible for around 10 million deaths annually.…

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org U.S. Space Command will host the first in a series of “commercial wargames” on March 23, inviting industry participants to engage with “hard problems in orbit” at a classified level, according to SPACECOM’s director for joint force development. There are 25 companies signed up for the inaugural event, which will be held in Colorado Springs, Colo., and follow-on exercises are slated for June, September, and December. Speaking March 18 at AFA’s…

Following the first combat launch of its long-range Precision Strike Missile, or PrSM, Lockheed Martin successfully tested an upgraded version of the weapon that is designed to hit moving vessels at sea.While the PrSM Increment 2 is part of the U.S. Army’s long-range fire program, it is designed for sea denial. It features a seeker within its navigation system that provides targeting guidance and homes in on fast-moving threats, including ships. Its new capabilities will allow the Army to “strike relocating or fleeting targets in both land and maritime environments,” according to a statement released by Lockheed. The company said…

Movsar Evloev has a difficult time getting to England for his UFC London main event on Saturday. Evloev is set to headline the Fight Night card against Lerone Murphy in a title eliminator bout at featherweight. However, leading up to the fight, there were rumors that Evloev might be out due to visa issues. Yet, he ended up getting to England later on in the week, but he isn’t going to use the hectic travel as an excuse. “I wasn’t worried about getting here because trust me, I tried to get here probably more than anybody else in the history…