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US banks on bunker-busting Tomahawks to crack China’s missile wall

The US Navy’s bunker-busting Tomahawk push reflects growing recognition from the Iran war that striking deeply buried mi...

Russian ambassador rejects Japan’s complaints over Chinese delegation’s visit to Iturup

Nikolay Nozdrev noted that practical cooperation and interregional exchanges within the framework of the comprehensive p...

Robots first, soldiers follow: A glimpse of battlefield tactics in 2040

YANGPYEONG, Gyeonggi Province — South Korea's Army envisions a battlefield where drones and robots find threats, breach ...

The Race to Defend Kyiv Against Terrifying New Jet-Powered Drones

Ukrainian engineers are rushing to perfect A.I.-guided, jet-driven interceptors. Their goal: to stop a fast Russian thre...

CIS Defense Ministers Council meeting centers on organizing troop combat training

According to Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, the meeting included discussions on how to plan combat training a...

Adding fuel to the fire: Trump’s diesel deal stokes European concerns

The U.S.-Russia agreement is leading to deepening worries for Europe about the long-term future of its partnership with ...

The Next War of Attrition is in Yemen

Battlefield dynamics in Yemen shift quickly, but Houthi aims do not. A movement organized around radical ideology and pe...

Oil refinery catches fire in Ryazan Region as Russia downs 166 Ukrainian drones overnight

More than 20 drones were destroyed over four municipalities in south Russia’s Rostov Region last night, Governor Yury Sl...

Ukrainian Drones Spark Fire at Ryazan Refinery as Zelensky Vows to Resume Attacks

“The block [on attacking refineries] is out. We’re done,” Zelensky told FT, accusing Russia of refusing to follow the Tr...

Ukraine destroys six Russian Sukhoi jets in missile strike on airfield

Eight crew missing after two tankers catch fire in Black Sea near Romania

Turkish Navy Deploys MALAMAN Smart Bottom Mine at Nusret 2026 Exercise

The Turkish Navy has deployed its homegrown MALAMAN smart mine during the multinational Nusret 2026 exercise in the Gulf...

China and North Korea open New Yalu River Bridge after 12-year delay

China and North Korea opened a new four-lane road bridge on Thursday, 15 October, ending a 12-year delay and creating a ...

North Korea, China open border bridge after 12-year delay

Twelve years after it was constructed, the New Yalu River Bridge between China and North Korea is finally operational. I...

Containers and debris captured floating around the Strait of Hormuz

Video shows containers and debris scattered around the Strait of Hormuz due to the recent attacks on vessels.

Trump might opt for an all-out war with Iran: Trita Parsi

Trita Parsi, speaking on The Hindu’s The View from India podcast, analyses U.S. President Donald Trump’s possible all-ou...

Golden Dome Is Technologically and Financially Infeasible

For as long as nuclear-armed, intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles have existed...

Why have Saudi air defences failed to intercept Houthi missiles?

Why have Saudi air defences failed to intercept Houthi missiles? Submitted by Paul Iddon on Wed, 10/14/2026 - 21:30 Geog...

Uncertainty is the point: The growing drone campaign stalking NATO’s skies

Hundreds of ambiguous drones have been increasingly spotted over sensitive sites in NATO countries. It has the hallmarks...

US condones Japan's pursuit of nuclear weapons — North Korean news agency

The US is supporting Tokyo’s intention to acquire nuclear-powered submarines, international security analyst Pak Ju Won ...

Ukraine to resume strikes on Russian refineries, shattering hopes of an 'energy ceasefire'

Ukraine will now resume attacks on Russian energy targets after Moscow hasn't held up its end of the proposed deal broke...

Zelensky lifts pause on Ukraine's strikes against Russian oil refineries

Ukraine had refrained from strikes on Russia's refineries for three days, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, while Russi...

Russian nuclear-powered submarine fires missiles during Pacific drills

Russia's Pacific Fleet has test-fired cruise missiles from a nuclear-powered submarine, striking a target 1,200km away.

Novosibirsk nuclear-powered submarine fires Oniks, Kalibr missiles during exercises

A second missile, Kalibr, successfully hit its designated target at the Kura testing ground on the Kamchatka Peninsula, ...

How Sudan Became a Laboratory for Drone Warfare, Thanks to Abu Dhabi

In June 2026, I visited Khartoum, my hometown, for the first time since the war broke out in Sudan in April 2023. I left...

Second Ship Ablaze Off Romanian Coast as Drone Strikes Mount

Romania reported that a second commercial vessel caught fire near its territorial waters in the space of 12 hours, amid ...

China’s Military Expansion in Southeast Asia Masks a More Complicated Reality

The Chinese Ministry of Defense’s announcement of a “joint support and training center” at an airport in Ban Keun, Laos,...

ADF member ‘person of interest’ after video recorder found in HMAS Leeuwin women’s showers

Vice Admiral Buckley calls incident an ‘act of sexual violence’ and a ‘despicable betrayal of trust’The defence departme...

ADF member ‘person of interest’ after video recorder found in HMAS Leeuwin women’s showers

Vice Admiral Buckley calls incident an ‘act of sexual violence’ and a ‘despicable betrayal of trust’The defence departme...

‘Moving goalposts’ could make OPCON transfer impossible, Seoul official warns

A South Korean defense official warned that repeatedly changing the conditions for the transfer of wartime operational c...

F-35C Begins Operational Testing Aboard Ford-Class Carrier John F. Kennedy

The US Navy has begun F-35C flight testing aboard the PCU John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), marking a major milestone for Ford-c...

US may use the ultra-powerful 'mother of all bombs' against Iran — broadcaster

According to the broadcaster, the Iranian energy infrastructure and nuclear facilities could be targeted if US President...

Turkey is hailing an 'Islamic Nato' it can neither afford nor deliver

Turkey is hailing an 'Islamic Nato' it can neither afford nor deliver Submitted by Osman Sert on Tue, 10/13/2026 - 07:16...

Musk wants peace — Russian presidential envoy

Kirill Dmitriev commented on Musk’s post saying that it is high time for Vladimir Zelensky to step down

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,559,230 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

The number includes 1,880 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Israeli military shells several southern Lebanon areas overnight

Israeli military shells several southern Lebanon areas overnight Israeli military has shelled the municipalities of al-M...

China’s CXMT gets pledge of support as provincial party chief vows chip-industry expansion

Three weeks into his tenure as the Communist Party secretary of Anhui province, Li Lecheng carried out an on-site inspec...

Special Forces in China’s Nuclear and Missile Operations

Abstract Little is known about the role special forces have in managing nuclear operations, especially in foreign countr...

Romania probes possible drone attack on tanker in its Black Sea territorial waters

The incidents have renewed scrutiny of Europe's ability to protect shipping and critical infrastructure in the Black Sea...

S. Korea reaffirms agreed conditions for OPCON transfer, USFK chief suggests otherwise

The transfer of wartime operational control from the US to South Korea is in the spotlight once again after a top USFK c...