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Iran Press TV Tuesday, 28 April 2026 2:10 AM Iran has categorically stated that any disruption or obstruction in maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and surrounding waters is the direct responsibility of the United States and its allies, whose reckless and illegal actions have turned a vital international waterway into a zone of heightened tension and danger. Speaking at a United Nations Security Council high-level open debate on the safety and protection of waterways in the maritime domain on Monday, Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN, Amir Saeed Iravani, blamed Washington and its allies for escalating…

MASCOUTAH, Ill., April 22, 2026 — The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® MDCX™ command and control (C2) platform controlled the first flight of the U.S. Navy’s MQ‑25A StingrayTM. The historic flight, conducted from MidAmerica St. Louis Airport, was controlled by the MDCX software platform, which is the backbone of the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control System (UMCS) MD-5 Ground Control Station (GCS). MDCX was selected as the ground control component for Boeing’s MQ-25A in 2020. Why it matters The successful first flight underscores UMCS’s ability to command and control the MQ‑25A for the USN and positions MDCX as the foundational C2 platform for the Navy’s Air…

Jorge Masvidal does not like the fact that the UFC is keeping top lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan on the sidelines. Ahalkalakets” last fought in 2025 at UFC Qatar, where he submitted Dan Hooker in Round 2 and called out champion Ilia Topuria. However, the promotion had other plans and denied Tsarukyan a title shot for his antics inside and outside the octagon. Dana White has stated that Tsarukyan’s relationship with the promotion is not affected despite the UFC 311 pullout, among other reasons. However, so far, there has been no news about when the Armenian will fight next. Arman Tsarukyan…

The Space Force general overseeing the White House’s ambitious $185 billion national missile shield initiative redoubled on promises to deliver an operational capability by mid-2028, even if it means changing plans and incorporating different technologies to do so.Gen. Michael Guetlein, the appointed czar for the United States’ “Golden Dome” initiative, appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee Monday, telling lawmakers that plans to build the shield were proceeding apace, despite concerns in Congress about its funding and a dearth of regular updates.In January, Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colo., the co-chair of the House Golden Dome Caucus, told Military Times that he…

Building impressive legs is more than just crushing your quads and raising those calf muscles. To sculpt some seriously impressive pins, you’ll also need to dial into the details in order to create legendary legs. Fortunately, bodybuilders like two-time Olympia Figure champion, Erin Stern know that photoshoot-worthy legs are the result of quality workouts that are completed away from the flashbulbs. Here’s how to replicate her reps. Short on time? This is the type of session that will get you in shape for the summer and can be done at the gym or at home. “Three exercises for inner thighs…

Textron debuted the RIPSAW M1 demonstrator on the floor of the Modern Day Marine conference Tuesday, hoping to catch the service’s eye as it expands its unmanned vehicle portfolio.“It’s really an early investment in what we believe the Marines will need in the future,” Sara Willett, Textron’s vice president of programs, told Defense One. “It’s not replacing something, but augmenting the capability that they have, keeping those Marines out of harm’s way and really providing additional effective range of both manned and unmanned platforms, is where we see it going.”The M1 is part of Textron’s Modular Open Systems Approach for…

Global Times By Li Yawei and Chen Qingqing Published: Apr 28, 2026 12:35 AM The Japanese government held the first meeting of its panel of experts at the Prime Minister’s Official Residence on Monday as part of efforts to push for revising the three [national security] documents during which Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi claimed that Japan must secure sustainable combat capabilities and prepare for protracted warfare, according to Japanese media reports. Some Chinese experts said that the Takaichi administration, by hyping so-called concern about neighboring countries and turmoil in the international situation, is in fact seeking a pretext to…

Bottom lines up front LONDON—King Charles’s arrival in the United States today for his first US state visit comes at an especially sensitive time for the special relationship between Washington and the United Kingdom. Relations between the two old allies are at their lowest point in decades, particularly after British Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to allow US military aircraft to use UK bases for offensive missions against Iran in late February. It was a rare snub by the United Kingdom to its crucial security partner, and US President Donald Trump’s response was withering. “This is not Winston Churchill we’re…

Large language models (LLMs) — with their ability to process, organize, and summarize large volumes of information — are increasingly being evaluated as tools to support policy research and analysis. For instance, frameworks, such as retrieval-augmented generation and GraphRAG, enable LLMs to connect to non-public corpora or policy-specific document repositories to support such tasks as retrieving contextually relevant information, providing factually grounded answers, synthesizing findings across reports, identifying evidence gaps, and facilitating systematic reviews. As these potential use cases and tools are explored, it is important to assess how well LLMs perform and how reliably they operate in policy-relevant settings.…

Two months after US President Donald Trump initiated the US-Israeli war against Iran on February 28, the costs of the war are mounting, particularly due to the closure of the Straits of Hormuz. Before the war started, the Strait of Hormuz handled about 20 per cent of worldwide oil transportation and a large share of natural gas shipments. The disruptions to these energy supplies are leading to increased fuel prices, higher electricity costs, rising transportation expenses across the world – and even endanger semiconductor production due to disruptions in the supply of helium following damage to key facilities in Qatar. The…