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Pakistan publicly unveiled the Fatah-3 supersonic cruise missile, a road-mobile precision strike weapon that pushes the country’s Fatah missile family into a new performance tier and positions Islamabad with a direct regional counter to India’s BrahMos, according to reporting by Clash Report. The Fatah-3 has been identified as a localized derivative of China’s HD-1 missile […]

The Aurora Liberty Lifter concept. (Aurora) Both the US and China seek new airlifters capable of reaching remote, far-flung bases in the Pacific theatre, and among the options they are considering are wing-in-ground-effect (WIG) craft. Ground effect occurs when flying just a few metres above the ocean or ground, and drag is reduced by the proximity to the water, preventing the formation of wingtip vortices and thus increasing the wing’s efficiency. Famously, the Soviets built a range of very large ekranoplans, of which only the Lun-class entered service. Dubbed the ‘Caspian Monster,’ they were treated as ships within the Soviet…

The federal government would employ less staff to respond to disasters and offer fewer opportunities for assistance to those impacted by them under a new set of recommendations put forward on Thursday by a panel created by President Trump, which said state and local governments must assume a larger share of responsibilities after major storms and other emergencies. The much anticipated review of the Federal Emergency Management Agency called for a smaller footprint of the organization after a staffing assessment and a multi-year effort to shrink the workforce. FEMA’s workload has ballooned well beyond its initial mission, the panel said, which…

The new HEAT 758 munition is intended to defeat Russian reactive armour. Credit: Saab Saab launched HEAT 758, a tandem-charge Carl-Gustaf round to defeat ERA and heavy armour (up to 700mm) Firebolt integration with the weapon and FCD 558 improves aiming and first-shot hit odds An undisclosed customer has ordered it; production is underway amid rising ERA use (notably Russian tanks) Saab has unveiled a new munition for the Carl-Gustaf 84mm recoilless rifle, intended to defeat heavily armoured vehicles equipped with explosive reactive armour (ERA), which have become increasingly common on the battlefield. The new round, designated HEAT 758, features…

Saab has launched the new Bolide 2 missile for the RBS 70 short-range air defence missile system. Bolide 2 brings a larger warhead and better terminal flight performance for superior capability, and an improved modular design to allow for future updates. Bolide 2 retains the unjammable guidance method used by RBS 70 with its previous missile generations. Deliveries are starting in 2027 and this new missile will become the standard ammunition for RBS 70 NG. “With Bolide 2 we are ready to provide our customers with an even more capable missile, ready to be adapted for any new threats in…

People’s Daily Online (Xinhua) 08:12, May 07, 2026 BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) — The Chinese mainland will not allow die-hard “Taiwan independence” secessionists or their relatives to invest in or profit from business activities on the mainland, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the remarks in response to a media query regarding a company linked to Yen Wen-chun, nephew of die-hard secessionist Liu Shih-fang. The company issued a statement a day earlier to announce the removal of Yen from all positions in both its Taiwan headquarters and mainland branches.…

Forecasting is an analytic tool used to mitigate the risk of surprise because of an uncertain future by collecting quantitative probabilities about a specific future event. In this report, the authors compare two forecasting methodologies—the Delphi method and crowdsourced forecasting—using the context of techno-economic competition and the People’s Republic of China’s efforts to indigenize lithography production capabilities. Lithography is a crucial process in semiconductor manufacturing that uses light to print intricate patterns on silicon wafers and make computer chips powering modern electronic devices, including those that run artificial intelligence technologies. In fall 2024, the authors posed two questions to (1)…

Over the past five months, Northrop Grumman put its engineering excellence on display, executing on three company‑funded static tests, proving high‑performance, affordable motors can be conceived, built and validated in under a year. Driving Innovation at the Edge of Physics Solid rocket propulsion operates at the edge of physics and turns extreme technical complexity into dependable performance, from deep‑space to national defense missions. The motors used in all three events, in under one year, demonstrate the company’s ability to push the boundaries of power, affordability, and innovation. The most recent static test used a Northrop Grumman large solid rocket motor…

There’s a certain sound that can stop veterans mid-sentence.Not a song. Not thunder. A helicopter rotor.That deep whop-whop-whop echo belongs to the Huey family, an aircraft line so recognizable that even people who know almost nothing about military aviation can identify it instantly.And sitting in the middle of that legacy is the UH-1N Twin Huey, a machine that rarely gets the spotlight its older Vietnam-era cousin receives, yet quietly became one of the most dependable helicopters the military ever fielded.The funny thing? The UH-1N wasn’t built to be glamorous. It was built because pilots needed something safer.Early Huey variants relied…

At the UFC 328 weigh-ins, all 26 fighters on Saturday’s UFC fight card step on the scale Friday morning in Newark, N.J. Watch a live stream above courtesy of MMA Fighting.In the main event, the undefeated Khamzat Chimaev defends his middleweight title against former champion Sean Strickland. Both fighters need to weigh in at 185 pounds or less.Joshua Van and Tatsuro Taira have to weigh no more than 125 pounds for the flyweight title bout in the co-main event. This marks Van’s first defense after winning the belt in just 26 seconds at UFC 323 when long-reigning champion Alexandre Pantoja…