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On June 22, the United States announced that it had signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia. This type of agreement broadly authorizes trade in nuclear technology, equipment, and materials, but only if the agreement and the country in question meet defined nonproliferation requirements. They are called Section 123 agreements for the section of the 1957 U.S. Atomic Energy Act that lays out the specific conditions for them.

Informed sources cited by Reuters have reported that Iran is preparing to receive its first shipment of up to 400 Chinese man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS) within the coming weeks. The reported transfer of an estimated $60-70 million worth of air defence systems would significantly strengthen Iran’s short-range air defence network, at a time when the lower tiers of the country’s air defence network have already proven highly capable and shot down several dozen U.S. and Israeli aircraft.

Newly released footage has for the first time confirmed the integration of the YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship ballistic missile onto the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy’s Type 052D class destroyers, representing the most significant upgrade to their combat capabilities since the first ship of the class entered service in 2014. The footage appeared in the documentary ‘Winning the Battle,’ produced to commemorate the 99th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army, and showed a Type 052D conducting a launch of the missile from its vertical launch system.

The Russian Navy has deployed ten Su-30SM2 long range fighters from the Baltic Fleet’s Naval Aviation to conduct precision strike exercises in the Kaliningrad Region, rehearsing attacks against simulated enemy command posts, fortified positions and concentrations of armoured vehicles. The exercise underscores the growing emphasis placed on the Su-30SM2’s strike capabilities, at a time when the heavily militarised Kaliningrad exclave faces an intense NATO military buildup across all its borders.

Russia’s sole producer of nuclear powered submarines the Sevmash Shipyard has floated out the latest Yasen-M class nuclear-powered attack submarine Ulyanovsk, which is the sixth ship of its class. “Today, on July 28, the Sevmash Enterprise of the United Shipbuilding Corporation held a ceremony of rolling out the Project Yasen-M multi-purpose nuclear-powered submarine cruiser Ulyanovsk from its slipway,” the Russian Defence Ministry announced. The ship will operate under the Navy’s Northern Fleet, and was laid down almost exactly nine years prior to its launch on July 27, 2017.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that development work on the 3M22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missile remains ongoing, with recent combat experience reportedly leading to significant improvements in its precision. Speaking at a meeting with Russian Navy personnel, the president stressed that the missile continues to evolve and that its latest operational employment has demonstrated increasing levels of accuracy. “They are still working on it [the Zircon], and it needs to be assessed carefully.

The U.S. Navy has begun retiring its first of four Ohio class guided missile submarines, with the USS Georgia scheduled to be officially inactivated on July 31 following its return to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. The retirement marks the beginning of the end for the world’s most heavily armed tactical submarines, which were designed to carry 154 Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles. Their withdrawal from service is particularly notable due to a lack of a similarly heavily armed replacement for the vessels.

Oman Proposes New Governance for Strait of Hormuz; Iran Says No: Oman has presented Iran with a new proposal backed by Gulf nations that would reshape how commercial vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz. The deal appears to be a compromise designed to reduce tensions following months of conflict while avoiding one of the biggest sticking points in negotiations between Washington and Tehran.

On Sunday, President Trump shared a series of AI-generated images depicting a strike on Kharg Island, bearing the message “Strike on Kharg.”

Quality of the images aside, the comments from Trump have once again raised the possibility of an operation to seize Kharg Island from Iranian control.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Nick “Laz” Le Tourneau, pilot and commander of the F-22 Raptor Aerial Demonstration Team, performs an aerial demonstration during the 52nd Annual SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida, April 15, 2026. Capt.

Since the time that the war in Ukraine appeared to turn into a failed enterprise that would ultimately fulfill any of his declared objectives, there have been any number of projected end scenarios for the end of the rule of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Then there is the specter of 1917 being repeated.

Su-57 Felon Fighter from Russia. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Su-57 Felon in the Sky. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

The Russian Army gets tired of being sent to die in senseless attack waves against enemy positions.