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Global Times By Hu Yuwei and Fan Wei Published: Jun 30, 2026 01:20 PM China’s Ministry of Natural Resources released the “Assessment Report on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea – Achievements, Positioning, and Challenges” on Tuesday. The report conducts a comprehensive evaluation of the Convention’s historical achievements, legal nature, roles and functions, as well as its problems and challenges. It was launched amid the Philippines’ continued abuse of the Convention to promote its illegal so-called South China Sea arbitration case. The report notes that 2026 marks the 30th anniversary of China becoming a State Party…

This report presents findings from three table-top exercises (TTXs) run with senior government policymakers in Germany, the Netherlands, and France. Developed through a collaborative programme between RAND Europe, the UK AI Security Institute, and Mila – Quebec AI Institute, and grounded in the 2026 International AI Safety Report, the exercises were designed to help senior officials engage practically with challenges posed by emerging artificial intelligence (AI) risks. Using RAND’s ‘Day After’ methodology, each session placed fifteen to twenty senior officials in the role of Cabinet members confronting a simulated AI-enabled cybersecurity crisis across two turns. The scenario centred on FlowGPT,…

The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) at the Directorate of Defense Research & Development (DDR&D) within the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD), together with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, successfully concluded a comprehensive test series of the Iron Dome aerial defense system against a wide range of advanced threats, incorporating operational lessons learned during the war. The test series examined several upgrades integrated into the system to further enhance its performance against scenarios simulating existing and future threats, including rockets, cruise missiles, and UAVs, as well as technological enhancements that improve the system’s ability to contend with high rates and volumes…

Credit: SaabDefense Feeds, Warsaw. The Poland Saab A26 submarines acquisition marks a major milestone in the country’s effort to restore its undersea warfare capability after years of operating an aging submarine fleet.Poland has selected Sweden’s Saab to deliver three A26 submarines under the long-awaited Orka modernization program, providing the Polish Navy with a new generation of stealthy underwater platforms optimized for intelligence gathering, anti-ship warfare and maritime deterrence in the Baltic Sea.The agreement reflects Warsaw’s continued investment in strengthening naval capabilities as regional security concerns drive NATO members to modernize forces operating along the alliance’s eastern flank. Poland Saab A26…

UFC star Ian Machado Garry is eager to bring the promotion back to Ireland as he prepares for his main event title fight at UFC 330. In the main event of UFC 330, Ian Machado Garry will get the chance of a lifetime. He will challenge Islam Makhachev for the UFC welterweight championship and if he wins, he will become just the second Irishman after Conor McGregor to hold gold in the UFC. RELATED: Ian Machado Garry explains why he doesn’t want early KO against Islam Makhachev: “My ideal scenario” Of course, beating Makhachev is going to be easier said…

Frank Welch, who served as Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard during the service’s post-9/11 transformation, died June 25 at his home in Spotsylvania, Virginia. He was 65.Welch was the Coast Guard’s ninth top enlisted chief, serving as MCPOCG from October 2002 to June 2006, a period when the Coast Guard joined the Department of Homeland Security, established specialized units to engage in high threat operations, deployed to support Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, responded to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and reorganized into sectors.He served as senior enlisted adviser to then Commandant Adm. Thomas Collins, providing…

Across Europe, border environments are becoming increasingly dynamic and complex. Activity can shift within hours—vehicles reposition, staging areas disperse, small watercraft alter routes, and nodes of activity appear and disappear with little warning. For national security organizations, ministries of interior, and supporting non-governmental partners, the challenge in border monitoring is no longer access to information alone. It is tempo. The ability to observe, understand, and respond before conditions change is a defining advantage. Commercial space-based intelligence providers, including BlackSky, are reshaping how governments monitor border environments by delivering high-frequency imagery combined with AI-enabled analytics. The value is not simply observing…

Why do some hostile relationships between states last for generations while others eventually give way to cooperation? International politics offers many examples of both outcomes. France and Germany moved from repeated wars to partnership, while the rivalry between India and Pakistan continues despite decades of conflict management efforts. Explaining why some enduring rivalries survive while others transform remains one of the central questions in the study of international conflict (Goertz and Diehl 1993; Diehl and Goertz 2000). Rivalries are among the most enduring features of international politics. They structure how states perceive threats, allocate military resources, form alliances, and pursue…

The land equipment benchmark exhibition, Eurosatory is further widening its scope as many defence manufacturers showcased naval uncrewed systems at the Paris event. One of them was Arquimea of Spain, which unveiled the Kronos Mini naval loitering munition, which joins the S-Wise UUV unveiled at DSEI 2025 The S-Wise is mostly a UUV, which can also sail on the surface, while the Kronos Mini is the opposite, a USV capable to sail underwater for limited periods. A single planning hull produced using additive manufacturing and acoustic transparent plastics, it is 2,043 mm long, has a 450 mm beam and a…

From Sensor Directly to the Digital Situation Map – M830rc X LRF 1535nm Gains A.T.A.K. integration At Eurosatory 2026 in Paris, Steiner-Optik is unveiling the M830rc X LRF 1535nm — a laser rangefinder binocular now featuring seamless connectivity to the A.T.A.K. (Android Tactical Assault Kit) Battle Management System. Through a newly developed interface, targets lased with the M830rc X LRF are instantly transferred into the A.T.A.K. Battle Management System and displayed on a shared, real-time digital map — immediately visible to all users across the network. The integration is activated through a straightforward software update to the binocular’s Bluetooth module,…