Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine hold a press briefing at the Pentagon.
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The Trump class “battleship” has breathed new life into the Navy’s railgun ambitions, which it previously shelved after hitting technical hurdles.
Why is Southeast Asia becoming more vulnerable to nuclear risk even as it remains formally non-nuclear?Southeast Asia’s Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone has long been treated as a stabilizing firewall in an otherwise volatile region. Yet despite the continued legal compliance and strong anti-nuclear norms, the region is increasingly exposed to nuclear danger.Across East Asia, nuclear dynamics are shifting in ways that extend beyond overt weaponization.
“No one is thinking if everyone is thinking alike.” Gen. George S. Patton’s quip shows that he not only understood the advantage of audacious combat leadership, but the necessity to develop leaders and organizations that think critically and challenge assumptions. Military education is at the forefront of this endeavor in professional militaries.
Footage released by an Israeli fighter pilot overflying his country’s territory during the ongoing air campaign against Iran has clearly shown an Iranian ballistic missile releasing submunitions during a strike on Israel. Although multiple images of missiles releasing submunitions have been released in the past, this particularly clear footage has highlighted how advances in Iranian missile technologies have posed new challenges to Israeli and U.S. missile defence efforts.
A new Type 052D guided missile destroyer, the Xigaze, has made its public debut with its first training exercise since entering service in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy, completed combat-oriented training including joint maritime search, rescue and replenishment-at-sea, and special situation disposal training including ship damage control. Exercises were conducted jointly one the new Type 055 class destroyer Anqing, a larger type of ship which integrates many of the same technologies and the same weaponry and vertical launch system as the Type 052D class.