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Australia’s AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine program being pursued jointly with the United States and United Kingdom has generated renewed concern in Indonesia, after a former senior Australian defence official publicly invoked an “aggressive Indonesia” as a hypothetical adversary in making the case for the program’s strategic value.
Marine veteran Sean Sharaf pulled off a quick and surprising victory at UFC 331 on Saturday, knocking out his heavily favored opponent in just 12 seconds.
Sharaf, who served six years in the Marine Corps, including time as a Marine Security Guard, was very much the underdog going into the fight. He had a professional record of four wins and two losses and faced off against Gable Steveson. Steveson, who went into Saturday’s fight with a 4-0 record and had an Olympic gold medal in freestyle wrestling, was heavily favored.
But the fight didn’t last long enough to get to any grappling.
The Department of Defense hosted former YouTube stars and boxers Jake and Logan Paul last week, with the Pentagon confirming the two met with the Secretary of Defense.
The Paul brothers, who gained fame as content creators on YouTube, shared photos of visits to Washington, D.C. on Instagram, showing them at the Pentagon briefing room and meeting with other government officials. On Sunday, the Department of Defense posted photos and videos of their visit, captioned “Last Thursday, we welcomed Logan and Jake Paul to the Pentagon to meet with our warriors.
United States intelligence officials have warned that a proposed $24 billion sale of F-35 fifth generation fighters to Saudi Arabia could create opportunities for China to obtain sensitive military technologies, according to internal assessments cited by The New York Times. The warnings come as Washington moves forward with the proposed sale despite concerns over the Arab Kingdom’s expanding military, technological and defence relationship with Beijing. Saudi Arabia is the first non-developed economy to be permitted to procure the F-35, marking a major turning point for the program.
The widespread circulation of footage of T-14 tank at a firing range in exercises has drawn attention to the status of the Russian next generation tank, which since the outbreak of full scale hostilities in the Ukrainian theatre in early 2022 has become increasingly uncertain. The T-14 has generated persistent publicity, which has been defined less by operational deployment than by repeated reports of testing, possible deployment, withdrawal, production difficulties and appearances at military exhibitions.
The Republic of China Armed Forces based on Taiwan are significantly expanding its inventory of Anduril Industries’ Altius unmanned systems, with the Republic of China Ministry of National Defense announcing a procurement of more than 2,000 additional drones. The acquisition comes amid continuing questions over the performance of some Anduril systems in Ukraine, following reports that the aircraft performed poorly against Russian forces and proved vulnerable to electronic warfare. The latest $852.
Chairman of the Korean Workers’ Party Kim Jong Un has ordered the wider integration of artificial intelligence into the country’s offensive and defensive weapons systems, while calling for increased automation of artillery and expanded military production. The directives were issued during a three-day inspection of major defence-industrial facilities, highlighting the Korean People’s Army’s growing emphasis on combining conventional firepower with increasingly automated and unmanned systems.
Dashcam footage released on Russian social media has provided a rare view of the T-14 next generation main battle tank in testing, at a time when the future of the program has become increasingly uncertain. The vehicle was seen crossing a dirt road toward a firing range, in what appeared to have been a routine range exercise. The T-14 is a derivative of the Soviet next generation tank program informally referred to as the T-95, which was intended to transform Soviet armoured warfare capabilities when entering service in the late 1990s.
The U.S. Air Force has increased the number of B-52 Stratofortress intercontinental range bombers available for operations by nearly 40 percent under a new readiness campaign designed to address persistent maintenance, spare-parts and logistics problems across the bomber fleet. The improvement was presented by Air Force Global Strike Command commander General S. L. Davis, highlighting efforts to restore operational capacity the United States’ most important long-range strike aircraft.