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The Batch 2 River-class OPV are forward deployed to key regions in the world. Credit: UK MoD/Crown copyright The UK Royal Navy is teetering on the brink of unviability, with ageing frigates and fleet now cut to the marrow The UK Government is considering swapping out Royal Navy Type 26 frigate slots to Norway One solution to get more hulls in the water is through a third batch of River-class OPVs, with the Batch 2 vessels a proven design The UK Royal Navy, despite what one might read in press releases and government statements, is in the depths of the…

Since 2023, the senior leadership of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been decimated. The most recent casualty is Zhang Youxia, one of the two vice chairmen of the PLA’s Central Military Commission (CMC), and therefore one of the two most senior uniformed members of the Chinese security establishment.  Zhang’s removal follows the relief of Gen. Li Yuchao of the PLA Rocket Force in 2023, defense minister (Li Shangfu) in 2024, the other vice chairman (He Weidong) and the head of the Political Work Department (Miao Hua) in 2025, and the head of the Joint Staff Department (Liu Zhenli)…

The first rule of AI-generated job loss is you don’t talk about AI-generated job loss … if you’re the company that caused it. Higgsfield.ai, a startup offering AI video creation tools, recently generated outrage when it claimed it had caused artists to hit the unemployment line. Earlier this week, the company bragged on X that its AI motion design tool put an end to more than 20 creative jobs. The artists using its services – well aware of AI’s impact on the creative market and perhaps discomfitted by their complicity for using these tools – were not amused and the…

Justin Gaethje is grateful for his insane knockout loss against Max Holloway. In perhaps the most viral MMA moment of 2024, Holloway delivered a buzzer-beating KO against Gaethje at UFC 300, effectively turning ‘The Highlight’ into just that. In the time since, Gaethje has bounced back with two big wins, including a solid victory over Rafael Fiziev and a five-round beatdown of Paddy Pimblett at UFC 324 to once again become interim lightweight champion. Next up for Gaethje, in all likelihood, is a showdown with reigning 155-pound king Ilia Topuria. Should Gaethje do the unthinkable and finally claim undisputed gold…

If you want bigger, stronger arms, most people will tell you to curl heavier, push harder, or add more volume. All of that matters—but it misses one of the most powerful, and still underused, drivers of strength and hypertrophy: eccentric training. Eccentric muscle actions happen when a muscle lengthens under load. For the arms, that means lowering a dumbbell in a curl, controlling the descent of a skull crusher, or resisting elbow extension in a pull-up. Eccentric actions are not just a passive part of lifting. They produce higher forces, require less metabolic cost, and trigger unique adaptations that concentric…

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India – Press Information Bureau Department of Atomic Energy Posted On: 04 FEB 2026 5:48PM by PIB Delhi A comprehensive Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) of setting up nuclear power plants at Gorakhpur in Haryana (Gorakhpur Anu Vidyut Pariyojana – GHAVP) including the impact on local water supply was carried out as a part of obtaining environmental clearance for the project from the MoEF&CC. The EIA study was carried out in line with the Terms of Reference (ToR) approved by MoEF&CC by M/s MECON (A Government of India Enterprise), an accredited agency for the purpose. No adverse impact on the water…

BLACKTALON Ecosystem By Graeme Forsyth, Counter-UAS Product Manager, Enterprise Control Systems. The threat posed by unmanned air systems (UAS) is rapidly growing across civilian and critical infrastructure environments, with drones increasingly used for sabotage, espionage, and disruption. From interference with air traffic to the hostile surveillance of key infrastructure like military bases and refineries, the Middle East’s high-value hubs are being targeted by drones in ever more audacious ways. As threats escalate, much of the region remains forced to watch drones transit overhead with limited ability to respond. The need for reliable and effective counter-UAS solutions has never been greater.…

India – Press Information Bureau Department of Atomic Energy Posted On: 04 FEB 2026 5:51PM by PIB Delhi Presently, there are 24 nuclear power plants (excluding RAPS-1, which is under extended shutdown) in commercial operation in the country with a total capacity of 8,780 MW. At present, the Government has no proposal to augment nuclear power capacity as a substitute for thermal power. However, the Government has constituted a Sub-Committee of the Standing Site Selection Committee, comprising officers from CEA, NPCIL, and AERB, to examine the suitability of existing thermal power plant sites (which are proposed to be retired) for…

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. President Donald Trump ordered his administration to establish a process for imposing possible tariffs on countries that purchase or import goods from Iran. In a Feb. 6 executive order, Trump said he will authorize the Secretary of State, the Commerce Secretary and the U.S. Trade Representative to issue rules and guidance for implementing the tariffs.  The order, effective Feb. 7, does not impose a specific tariff rate. Instead, it says “an additional ad valorem rate of duty — for example, 25 percent…