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US Dismisses Iran’s Claim MQM-170 Capture as Disputes Over Underwater Drones and Naval Mines Intensify Around Strait of Hormuz

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy has claimed that it captured a US MQM-170 reconnaissance and decoy drone near ...
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US Air Force Considers F-16 Upgrade as Blackbeard Hypersonic Missile Integration Could Extend the Fighting Falcon’s Combat Role

US Air Force’s push to build a fighter fleet dominated by stealth aircraft by 2035 has not ended the prospects of the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Instead, the combat-proven multirole fighter is being consid ...
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Israel Election: Netanyahu and Eisenkot Face Coalition Deadlock, but Strategic Priorities May Remain Unchanged

Israel's October 27, 2026, election has left the country facing a potentially prolonged coalition battle, with Prime Minister ...
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Israel Upgrades TROPHY Defense System with RAFAEL’s New Anti-Drone and Missile Capabilities, Missile Threats

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Nepal Receives Three Bailey Bridges from India and China Following Bhotekoshi Floods

Nepal has received three Bailey bridges from India and China following the devastating floods in the Bhotekoshi River. According to Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lok Bahadur Paudel Chhetri, India has ...
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China’s Autonomous Military Networks Could Turn South China Sea Outposts into Resilient Hubs of Distributed Warfare and Surveillance

China’s reported development of autonomous defensive networks for remote maritime outposts could mark a significant evolution in the country’s approach to securing contested features in the South ...
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Is China’s Hypersonic Air-to-Air Missiles Against US AWACS, Tankers and Command Aircraft Across Indo-Pacific?

China has reportedly developed a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) capable of releasing an air-to-air weapon during flight, a potentially significant development that could allow the People’s Liberation ...
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Bhotekoshi Disaster: Why Nepal’s Hydropower Tunnels Face One of the World’s Most Difficult Rescue Operations

International tunnel and underground infrastructure expert Professor Arnold Dix has described the devastating floods in the Bhotekoshi region and the resulting damage to tunnels and other structures ...
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Ukraine’s Mid-Range Drone Strike Campaign Reshapes Logistics War Deep Behind Russian Lines

A new phase of the war in eastern Europe has begun to take shape far from the trenches and artillery duels that have defined much of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Reports from the ...
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Myanmar Military Airstrike on Rakhine State Kills 49, Injures 58, Arakan Army-Controlled Area Comes Under Attack

At least 49 people were killed and 58 others injured after Myanmar’s military carried out an airstrike on an area controlled by the Arakan Army in western Rakhine State, according to the Arakan Army ...
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Nepal: Earthquake Forces Lo Manthang Residents, Teachers and Students to Spend Nights Under Tents as Aftershocks Continue

Residents, teachers and students in Lo Manthang Rural Municipality of Upper Mustang have been forced to spend their nights under tents following the earthquake that struck on the night of September 8, ...
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China’s Type 004 Aircraft Carrier Takes Shape at Dalian, Signalling New Era of Blue-Water Naval Power

China’s next-generation Type 004 aircraft carrier is rapidly taking shape at the Dalian shipyard, with new satellite imagery showing an approximately 320-metre hull emerging as Beijing accelerates one ...