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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s recent White House visit has crystallized a fundamental shift in U.S.-Saudi relations: Washington no longer has the leverage to demand Saudi normalization with Israel.After the Biden administration distanced itself from Riyadh following the 2018 Jamal Khashoggi killing, Washington has now recalibrated. This was driven not by diplomacy or values alignment but by structural pressures, including the political blowback that Washington has faced for its military and diplomatic support for Israel’s Gaza campaign, which strained U.S.

The first images of China’s new semi-submersible unmanned missile carrying trimaran warship has surfaced on local social media, showing a profile view of the vessel in the water in what appears to be the Huangpu shipyard in Guangzhou. The warship program is being developed with a particularly high degree of secrecy, with prior images showing much of its structure concealed under tarpaulins. From what is visible of the design, it appears to have been intended to be capable high speeds, with an ability to submerge to confuse radar tracking and evade missile attacks.

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Following the arrival of Russian President Vladimir Putin in India for his first state visit since the outbreak of full scale war in Ukraine, it has been confirmed that talks will proceed for a number of major defence deals. These include further modernisation of the Su-30MKI fighter that forms the backbone of the Indian combat fleet, and the development of unspecified new types of air launched missiles.

During Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India from December 4, representatives of both countries are expected to discuss plans to upgrade the Indian fleet of Su-30MKI ‘4+ generation’ fighter aircraft, and possibly to further expand production. Entering service from 2002, the Su-30MKI is by far the most widely produced variant of the Su-30, and the most produced post-Soviet Russian fighter type, with over 270 having been procured by the Indian Defence Ministry.

The Defense Department needs to conduct a holistic review of the various organizations conducting space-based operations — as well as their assigned missions — to ensure there are no overlapping efforts and provide more clarity on responsibilities, according to a new report set to be released next week.

As a teenager from the Penobscot Indian Nation in Maine, Charles Norman Shay pulled drowning troops to shore on Omaha Beach, earning a Silver Star as a medic during World War II. In his final decade of life, he lived in a small Normandy town just miles from that shoreline, sharing his story with tourists and American troops who visited the hallowed beach. A statue of Shay now stands above the sands, part of a memorial to Native American soldiers who fought in the landings.
Shay, 101, died Wednesday in his home in Thue et Mue, France, just outside of Caen, about 30 miles from Omaha Beach.

…can we get past the brown fields, radiation, and Moonbatistans?

First of all, as we do, let’s go to the chart room to look at one of the most geographically perfect places on this planet to have shipyards and naval bases: San Francisco Bay.
As our nation faces again a challenge in the Pacific that necessitates an increased basing requirement on our West Coast, it is only natural we would look first at where nature provided us such a blessing.

Since the Trump administration’s Signalgate affair surfaced in March, the Pentagon’s Office of the Chief Information Officer has been working on modern instant-messaging options for personnel to securely communicate at various classification levels in compliance with U.S. policies and the law.
But public details on those efforts are sparse — and challenges remain, according to a top defense watchdog.