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WASHINGTON — As the Space Force nears launch of the final satellite in the current GPS III configuration for its venerable Global Positioning System constellation, congressional budgetmeisters are pushing the service to speed up improvements and launch new satellites that can better withstand growing adversary jamming and spoofing threats. After two days of weather-related delays, the ninth, and penultimate, GPS III bird launched Tuesday night at 11:53 pm EST on a SpaceX Falcon 9. GPS III SV09 was originally slated to go up on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket in December 2025, but due to delays in the…

Norwegian parliament Stortinget in Oslo. Credit: DiscoverOslo/Shutterstock.com. The Norwegian parliament has reportedly approved a procurement plan valued at $2bn for long-range artillery systems. The plan aims to strengthen national defence and reinforce NATO deterrence capabilities in the Arctic region, where Norway and Russia share a border, according to Reuters. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The move comes as several European countries increase defence spending in response to security concerns following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The approval follows a recent report by Norwegian…

A Trident II D5 missile breaking the surface, having been fired from HMS Vanguard in 2006. Credit: UK MoD/Crown copyright A US company has won a deal to provide “unique system engineering support” to the UK’s Trident nuclear deterrent The UK and US share a pool of US-manufactured Trident II D5 ballistic missiles, for which the UK pays a fee The future of the UK’s nuclear deterrent is uncertain, with the past two test fires resulting in embarrassing failure A US-based company has been contracted to provide UK-specific support to the Royal Navy’s strategic nuclear deterrent programme, known colloquially as…

The most worrisome flash point in South Asia today lies not between the nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan but to the west, along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. A simmering conflict between these two neighbors now threatens to explode—with damaging consequences for the wider region.For nearly 20 years, Pakistan has suffered numerous attacks from terrorists belonging to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, a militant group that aims to overthrow Pakistan’s government and turn the country into an Islamist emirate. Islamabad blames the Taliban regime in Afghanistan for harboring TTP militants and allowing them to launch attacks on Pakistan from Afghan territory.…

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Alex Perez is still a UFC fighter.Just days removed from his first-round knockout win over Charles Johnson at UFC 324, which served as the final fight on his contract with the promotion, the one-time flyweight title challenger was officially offered a new contract. Given his stunning performance and tenure with the company, it seemed unlikely that Perez wouldn’t be retained but after missing weight on Friday, he honestly wasn’t sure what the UFC might decide for him.“You never know,” Perez told MMA Fighting. “I’m a business owner so I know sometimes you’ve got to make decisions, hard decisions. I’ve been…

Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Governor of St Petersburg Alexander Beglov at the State Hermitage Museum. January 26, 2026 17:35 St Petersburg In his remarks, Alexander Beglov pointed out that 2025 marked the 60th anniversary of the decision to bestow the Hero City title on St Petersburg. The Governor went on to say that as of January 1, there were 37,159 Leningrad Siege survivors living in the city. The Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops lasted for 872 days, from September 8, 1941, until January 27, 1944. Recognising the siege as a war crime was a major milestone,…

Ministry of Defence of Ukraine 26 January, 2026, 9:07 PM EET In 2025, approximately 820,000 russian targets were hit. This figure includes 240,000 instances of enemy personnel killed or critically wounded. These results were announced by Ukraine’s Minister of Defence, Mykhailo Fedorov, during the “Army of Drones — 2025” event, which was attended by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In particular, 819,737 video-confirmed strikes were recorded in 2025, with the highest number targeting enemy personnel—nearly 240,000. The data also show 62,000 hits against light vehicles, 29,000 against heavy vehicles, and 32,000 against strike and reconnaissance UAVs. “Currently, over 80% of…

A subsidiary of the Turkish Nurol group, NMS UK was funded in 2023 to strengthen the Nurol footprint in the United Kingdom, looking at fully entering the UK market, the company planning to start production in 2026 According to information gathered at the 2026 edition of the International Armoured Vehicles conference 2026, organised by Defence IQ, which took place at the Farnborough International Exhibition Centre, 2026 should mark the start of armoured vehicles production at the Nurol UK production facility in Leamington, in the West Midlands. The company counts a workforce of over 20 people, which should increase considerably during…

President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to American cities cost taxpayers about $496 million in 2025, according to new estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The agency said Wednesday that maintaining current troop levels could add $93 million per month to the total, with each additional activation of 1,000 service members costing between $18 million and $21 million. It cautioned, however, that the precise price tag is hard to foresee. “The costs of those or other deployments in the future are highly uncertain, mainly because the scale, length, and location of such deployments are difficult to predict…