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The US Army has issued a production contract to the Javelin Joint Venture (JJV), a collaboration between Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force on September 3 for the first time unveiled the new JL-1 air-launched nuclear-armed ballistic missile, as part of the first ever display of the country’s full nuclear triad alongside the new JL-3 submarine-launched ballistic missile, and three classes of ground launched intercontinental range ballistic missiles. The JL-1 was unveiled during a parade marking the 80th anniversary of the Chinese and Allied victory over Imperial Japan in the Second World War, and is expected to equip Chinese H-6 strategic bombers.

Today the New York Times revealed U.S. Navy SEALs killed North Korean civilians during a failed covert operation in 2019.
In 2019, U.S. Navy SEALs embarked on a clandestine mission to install a listening device inside North Korea, at a time when then-President Trump was engaged in landmark discussions with Kim Jong Un. 
The operation was reportedly green-lit by Trump.
The mission went awry when the SEALs encountered civilians fishing or diving for shellfish at night. The Americans opened fire, resulting in the deaths of all aboard the fishing vessel.

On September 4 the Venezuelan Air Force deployed a pair of F-16 fighters near the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke Class destroyer USS Jason Dunham in the Caribbean Sea, as an intended show of force amid high tensions between the two countries. This occurred after the U.S. Navy deployed a a flotilla of warships for operations off the coast of Venezuela, including at least three destroyers and a nuclear attack submarine. Washington also renewed efforts to oust the administration of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, including by placing a bounty on his head.

The Ukrainian Air Force has begun to operate MiG-29 fighters procured from Azerbaijan, as the Central Asian state has retired the ageing Soviet-built aircraft from service. The emergence of footage showing the fighters in Ukrainain service closely follows a rise in tensions between Azerbaijan and Russia, as the former has aligned itself increasingly closely with Turkey and other NATO members in support of the Ukrainian war effort.

The most decisive infrastructure of the twenty-first century isn’t an aircraft carrier floating in the Pacific or buried in a missile silo. It hums quietly inside the walls of a data center.These sprawling facilities now anchor military power, economic clout, and geopolitical leverage. But they were never designed for an era defined by great-power competition, cyber sabotage, and the relentless demands of AI. Their enormous energy footprint and physical vulnerability leave them both indispensable and exposed.Data centers are no longer just commercial utilities. They are strategic assets.

China’s increasingly powerful military has bracketed Taiwan with exercises. Its air and naval forces launch daily incursions, and Beijing has erased the unofficial maritime border between them. Yet, many Americans are baffled by a Taiwanese public that is seemingly oblivious, resigned, or apathetic to these threats.Taiwan’s former cultural minister lamented the absence of a “will to fight” crucial to the island’s defense.

As Pete Hegseth, whose current job title is Secretary of Defense, wrapped up a day trip to Fort Benning on Thursday, he turned to a group of reporters who had joined him and said: “Thank you for traveling with the War Department.”
It was a wink-and-a-nod acknowledgement of one of the Pentagon’s most poorly kept recent secrets, that Hegseth and President Donald Trump would like to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
Within an hour of Hegseth’s hint, Trump announced that he was formally launching an effort to rebrand the agency.

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The British Ministry of Defence has confirmed plans to begin withdrawing Eurofighter combat jets from service, as well as figures for planned scrapping o the aircraft. Defence Minister Maria Eagle confirmed that the first Eurofighters procured, the Tranche 1 aircraft, would be retired by 2027, followed by the retirement of both Tranche 2 and Tranche 3 aircraft by 2040. She added that the British Armed Forces fielded no Tranche 3A aircraft.