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The other ANZUS at 75: Australia-NZ alliance is too important to overlook

Let’s not overlook the Kiwis as we mark 75 years since the signing of the security treaty between Australia, New Zealand...

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
In Russia-occupied Crimea, Ukrainian attacks land differently for divided residents

Crimea has been targeted this summer by a Ukrainian drone and missile offensive meant to isolate the Russian-occupied pe...

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug. 31, 2026

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throug...

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
Sweden signs French warship order to boost defense

Sweden signed an order for four Naval Group frigates during a ceremony in Stockholm attended by French President Emmanue...

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
Israel signs $3.5 billion air defense deal with Greece

Israel and Greece signed a €3 billion ($3.5 billion) defense deal on Monday under which Israel will build a multi-layere...

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
Japan’s First Tomahawk Cruise Missile Destroyer Back from U.S.

Japanese destroyer JS Chokai (DDG-176) returned on Sunday to its homeport of Sasebo, Japan, after one year in the U.S. b...

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
USS New Orleans Fire Response Hindered by Initial Confusion, Investigation Shows

A single cigarette or vape may have started a fire in a storeroom onboard amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans (LPD...

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
European Forces Intercept Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker in Mediterranean

Foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said EU defense ministers plan to discuss “actions against the shadow fleet” at a meeti...

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
USS Abraham Lincoln’s visit to Thailand lifts hope and sex-tourism risk

The USS Abraham Lincoln will visit Thailand this week. Thai officials are anticipating an economic boost but warning of ...

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
Hitting a High Point: The Australia-Indonesia 2+2

The significance of the 2+2 is the growing web of cooperation between Canberra and Jakarta.

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
What Zheng He’s Changing Role Reveals About China’s Maritime Strategy

The historical figure has been invoked to advance different symbolic ends as Beijing’s goals and capabilities change.

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
New Zealand ground forces drill to dock onto larger armies

Kiwi ground forces train to integrate their units with larger armies, Australia's especially, for maximum effect in batt...

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
Speed to Field Starts Below the Prime

I have spent much of my career looking at the defense industrial base from different vantage points: as a warfighter, in...

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
The US military gets its own ChatGPT today

After months of security testing, Pentagon adds an OpenAI product to the list of AI tools approved for unclassified work...

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
US and Iran exchange fire for the first time in over a month

The US hit two rocket launchers, saying they were about to deploy mines into the Strait of Hormuz.

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
Japan’s Record 2027 Defense Budget Request Is Only the Opening Bid

Tokyo is building a force around AI, unmanned systems, a high-low weapons mix, and greater staying power.

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
‘Every step towards disarmament matters,’ nuclear testing survivors warn

He was born without arms, a legacy of four decades of nuclear explosions at the Semipalatinsk test site in his native Ka...

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
Drone Hits High-Rise Apartment Building in Yekaterinburg as Ukraine Targets Wildberries Hub

Local authorities said at least four people were injured during the drone barrage while several residential buildings we...

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
ROK taps veteran general for defense minister as North also names new top brass

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung nominated retired four-star Gen. Kang Shin-chul as defense minister, putting a form...

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
The Quantum Stack and the Countdown to Q-Day

Quantum’s hype obscures a reality with real geopolitical stakes: the technology works and is advancing every day. Camero...

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
Stop Using AI. Start Commanding It

Walk into the Pentagon, climb the escalator, and an Uncle Sam-style poster points at you: “I want YOU to use AI.” It wor...

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
India, UK Fire Up Defense Cooperation With Joint Development

An inter-governmental agreement to develop and incorporate integrated full electric propulsion for the Indian Navy’s fou...

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
Taiwan’s parliament finally passes drone bill to back hedgehog strategy

Belated parliamentary funding for Taiwan’s drone program isn’t likely to satisfy President Lai Ching-te. Nonetheless, pr...

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
After Iran, US signals major security shift in the Middle East

When President Donald Trump congratulated Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan for signing the Mecca Pact, describing it a...

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
What do current US military ops in Latin America actually look like?

On Thursday, U.S. SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan met with the Colombian and Ecuadorian defense ministers in ...

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
Vietnam Demands ‘Immediate Cessation’ to Construction Activities in Paracel Islands

The request follows reports of extensive Chinese construction activities on Antelope Reef and a nearby islet.

No location · Aug 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
USS Abraham Lincoln Passes Through Singapore Strait En route to Thailand

Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) passed through the Singapore Strait on Saturday en route to a planned port visit in...

No location · Aug 30, 2026 · Wedgetail
Russia warns of ‘massive strikes’ on Ukrainian energy

Russia threatened Ukraine’s infrastructure on Sunday after weeks of Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil facilities, as both...

No location · Aug 30, 2026 · Wedgetail
New US strikes on Iran may restart war Trump wants to freeze

Despite the excitement around Donald Trump’s new sanctions and even the US strikes against the Iranian island of Larak j...

No location · Aug 30, 2026 · Wedgetail
ASEAN and Japan’s Updated Free and Open Indo-Pacific Initiative

Protecting a shared foundation, not a bloc

No location · Aug 30, 2026 · Wedgetail
2 Killed in Ukrainian Attack on Belgorod, Authorities Say

The online retailer Ozon said one of its warehouses was struck and that some of its employees were injured.

No location · Aug 30, 2026 · Wedgetail
The nuclear triangle in South Asia and Australia’s opening

India’s uranium deal gives Canberra a fresh entry point into the regional nuclear order – and a chance to help write its...

No location · Aug 30, 2026 · Wedgetail
India can redraw the border with Myanmar – but who controls it?

India may be ready to settle its Myanmar border on paper, only Naypyitaw cannot guarantee it on the ground.

No location · Aug 30, 2026 · Wedgetail
Fix Defence communications with a uniformed spokesperson, threat assessments

It is a bipartisan position that Australia faces its most significant strategic circumstances since World War II. But th...

No location · Aug 30, 2026 · Wedgetail
North Korea reshuffles top military leadership, replaces defense minister

North Korea replaced its defense minister and reshuffled several senior military officials at a meeting of the ruling pa...

No location · Aug 29, 2026 · Wedgetail
Russia Claims Strike on Ukrainian Shipment Terminal

Russia claimed to have struck facilities in Ukraine containing weapons components and military aid from the West.

No location · Aug 29, 2026 · Wedgetail
Satan’s Chariot: Mercenary Trouble in Mali

In Season 2, Episode 17 of the Guns for Hire podcast, host Alia Brahimi chats to Wassim Nasr, the veteran French journal...

No location · Aug 28, 2026 · Wedgetail
Here’s what Trump’s new ‘Space Academy’ could mean for the US military

A new source for commissioned officers—but is it needed?

No location · Aug 28, 2026 · Wedgetail
Can AI help the Marines simplify sustainment in the Pacific?

The service is testing a “logistics decision engine” at the theater level.

No location · Aug 28, 2026 · Wedgetail
A Pacific conflict may not look like conventional war, SOCPAC commander says

At an irregular-warfare forum in Hawaii, commanders offer warnings and advice.

No location · Aug 28, 2026 · Wedgetail

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