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The U.S. Navy has formally launched the BBG(X) battleship program as part of its Fiscal Year 2027 shipbuilding plan, while confirming that the vessels will be nuclear powered and thus likely very significantly more costly than previously projected. The program is reported to be replacing the long-running DDG(X) next generation destroyer program, although sources have widely speculated that a new destroyer will likely also be developed in parallel.

Terrill, MCT
The U.S.

Rempfer, Task & Purpose
The Coast Guard plans to grow its fleet of interdiction teams who hop onto…

Bloomberg
The U.S.

U.S. Naval Institute Staff, U.S.

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Ukraine has integrated AI into a point defence turret, marking the start of what seems to be the deployment of autonomous weapons at scale.

A number of Russian sources have reported that the sinking of a Russian cargo ship, the Ursa Major, off the coast of Spain in December 2024 has been widely assessed to be the result of a sabotage operation carried out by multiple NATO member states. The sources cited Western reports noting that the ship wascarrying nuclear reactor components intended to support North Korea’s nuclear powered submarine program. A series of unexplained explosions on the ship resulted in it sinking in the Mediterranean, with a U.S.

What happens when the Arctic starts to look like the South China Sea?Historically, a neutral region where cooperation prevailed, the Arctic is quickly becoming a contested space. This is no more evident than in the increasing scope and volume of Russian and Chinese lawfare affecting the region.

The United States Naval Institute has reported that the Russian Navy has deployed warships from the Pacific fleet to escort civilian shipping in the East China Sea, guarding cargo against attempted armed seizures by the U.S. Armed Forces or strategic partners. This has occurred as the United States has escalated efforts to target Russian civilian shipping, and more broadly that from Iran and Venezuela as well. U.S.