India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has granted in-principle approval to a series of defence acquisition proposals for the armed forces.
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Throughout the history of war (and politics), there has always been a constant barrage of propaganda. During World War II, the names Tokyo Rose (Iva Toguri D’Aquino, along with about a dozen more females), Axis Sally (Mildred Gillars and Rita Zucca), Mr. Guess Who (Robert Henry Best), and William Joyce, aka “Lord Haw-Haw,” are familiar.
These propagandists struck fear into the public, who couldn’t be sure.
Also Read: Meet the one-legged spy who helped rid the world of the NazisWilliam Joyce was born on April 24, 1906, in the Bedford Stuyvesant area in Brooklyn, New York.
The Navy is offering as much as $280,000 in bonuses over seven years to reserve aviators, in an effort to “retain skilled personnel for critical naval aviation enterprise billets.”
The incentives are part of the Navy’s annual Training and Administration of the Reserve Aviation Department Head Retention program. This year’s bonuses were announced in a Navy Administrative Message, or NAVADMIN, released in late June and are aimed specifically at personnel currently serving as department head billets.
Under pressure from Ukraine’s long-range missile and drone strikes, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare visit to a military command post this week, appearing in military fatigues and declaring that Russia will continue to fight and seize Ukrainian territory. The appearance, which was highly publicized, comes as Moscow looks to project confidence despite growing pressure on its energy infrastructure and economy from Kyiv’s campaign of so-called “long-range sanctions.
Polls Show Americans Don’t Want Trump’s Iran War: A new Financial Times poll has added to a growing body of evidence that Americans don’t want President Donald Trump’s war in Iran. The survey, conducted between June 26 and June 30 among 1,795 registered voters, found that 58% believed the conflict was not worth the cost. The same study found that 44% believe the war has strengthened America’s position against Iran and put Trump’s approval rating at just 36%.
The data also showed that independents were most likely to withdraw their support for the president over the war.
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Ukraine says that its long-range strike campaign against Russia significantly escalated in June, hitting more than 200,000 Russian military targets and almost doubling the number of successful strikes against targets positioned deep behind the front lines. The figures, released on Sunday, July 5, by Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, offer the clearest look yet at how much damage Ukraine is inflicting on Russian logistics and infrastructure.
On the eve of the 7-8 July 2026 NATO Summit, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is warning that Russia is preparing another large-scale attack against his cities and their civilian population. The Ukrainian head of state is now urging citizens to heed air raid alerts (which are sometimes ignored when they occur too close to one another in rapid succession) and has also been pleading with allies to accelerate deliveries of Patriot air defense missiles.
Lauren C. Williams, Defense One
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