According to the United Kingdom’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), the nation’s intelligence, cyber, and security agency, nearly half a million Russian soldiers have been killed since the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine that began in February 2022. The announcement was made by Anne Keast-Butler, who runs the agency, on 27 May.
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MPs heard that the UK’s future defence-industrial resilience may depend not only on access to critical minerals, but on domestic refining
To get more missiles and advanced technology like lasers and rail guns out to sea, the Navy wants to see 15 Trump-class “battleships” built over the next 30 years.
The BBG(X), as it is listed in the Navy’s new 2026 shipbuilding plan, would be a nuclear-powered surface combatant built around long-range fires, command and control, and future weapons that current surface vessels like destroyers may not have the space or power to support. The plan shows 15 BBG(X) purchases across its 30-year procurement profile, getting started with three between fiscal years 2027 and 2031 at a cost of $43.
Barely into her 20s, Amelia Earhart was working as a nurse’s aide in Canada when she attended a flying show in 1918.
That display of flight energized Earhart in a way that few other things could. Two years later, a veteran aviator took Earhart up for her first time in an airplane, cementing what the young woman saw for her future.
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“As soon as I left the ground, I knew I myself had to fly,” Earhart said, according to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum.
Ukraine Needs Help with Missile Defense Right Now: In an unprecedented move, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has urged US President Donald Trump to help his nation by providing more air defense systems and interceptor missiles. His request comes as Russia has threatened waves of new strikes on the capital Kyiv and other cities. Ballistic missiles, said the Ukrainian leader, are Moscow’s “last major advantage on the battlefield.”
Zelenskiy’s appeal came in the form of a letter sent directly to Trump and the US Congress, and which was shown to the Reuters news agency.
The Israeli Air Force has taken delivery of its first Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker, which arrived at Nevatim Airbase on May 27, 2026, less than a month after the aircraft’s first flight in the United States. Nevatim Airbase notably also hosts all of Israel’s F-35I fifth generation fighters, providing an indication that the new tanker may be intended specifically to support operations by the elite of the Israeli combat fleet.
The Canadian Defence Ministry has selected the Swedish GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system to modernise its air defence capabilities, rejecting the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail, which is widely considered the most capable NATO-compatible system, as well as the L3Harris Aeris X system. Announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney, this landmark procurement decision marks the beginning formal negotiations for six new aircraft, with the Swedish firm Saab having secured a preferred status.
The U.S. Air Force has begun to deploy F-22 Raptor fifth generation fighters from dispersed base locations across Alaska to provide a more robust and flexible air defence capability, which represents a shift toward faster and less predictable air defence operations to counter growing challenges from Russian and Chinese strategic aviation.
Eve Sampson, Army Times
The Lightweight Command Launch Unit, LWCLU, will replace the older, heavier command units and offer improved target detection range
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The United States just used its most powerful conventional bombs against the deepest underground nuclear facility in the world.