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Lockheed Martin has received a $3bn contract from the US Army for the production of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rockets.
The UK Government is presenting its long-delayed Defence Investment Plan (DIP), confirming an allocation of £5bn towards the integration of drones and autonomous systems in the armed forces over the next four years.
Ukraine is negotiating with France for a license to build the SCALP cruise missile on its own soil, a step that would hand Kyiv a homemade precision weapon it could produce in quantity and fire into Russia without waiting on an ally’s permission. The talks are early, and the obstacles are real. But the timing is pointed, because the missile would arrive as Russia’s air defenses are showing signs of strain under a relentless Ukrainian campaign, giving Moscow one more kind of threat to guard against across a country it is already struggling to cover.
United States presidents make popular commencement speakers.
As leaders of the free world, they can’t possibly accept every invitation to speak before a graduating class. However, when a military academy offers that opportunity to a president, he tends to accept.
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President John F. Kennedy was no different. He only resided in the White House for slightly less than three years, but he managed to speak at all three major U.S. military academies during his time in office.
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Russian President Putin’s fuel-shortage admission was really an admission that Ukraine has forced Russia into a repair war.
He did not put it that way, of course. He spoke as Russian leaders usually speak when a visible problem can no longer be denied. There were difficulties. They were being managed. The state was acting. The situation was not critical. That was the official line. It was meant to shrink the story.
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In a strangely singular admission, Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged the disruptive effect of Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian energy sites across the country.
“As for strikes against critical infrastructure in general, and energy infrastructure in particular, of course, these attacks on our infrastructure facilities create problems, that’s obvious,” the Russian president said during an interview with local Russian-language media. “Right now we’re observing a certain shortage, but it’s not critical.
The French Navy has formally accepted the Suffren class nuclear-powered attack submarine De Grasse into service, marking a major milestone in the service’s long-term efforts to transform its offensive combat capabilities and replace its aging Rubis class attack submarines.
The extent of China’s drone dominance — and how to decouple from it — has long been a source of debate and anxiety in Washington. Last month, the Wall Street Journal reignited controversy by publishing a visual analysis of military quadcopter components, exploring China’s advantages in parts manufacturing and cost. The director of the Defense Innovation Unit objected to the report, stating on X that “By leaving out the dozens of U.S. companies that have plunged into drone component manufacturing, this article disappoints.
On May 13, 2026, Air Force One landed in Beijing for President Donald Trump’s first state visit to China in nearly a decade. That same morning, the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations published a report titled The Evolving World and the Right Way to China-US Coexistence. The summit dominated global media coverage for two days. The report received almost none.The Beijing summit produced familiar imagery: honor guards, a state banquet in the Great Hall of the People, and carefully choreographed warmth.