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Two U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines surfaced together off Guam in a rare, tightly controlled formation exercise supported by naval aviation.
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U.S. defense giants face an industrial challenge: building two advanced stealth fighters concurrently, pushing manufacturing and workforce limits to the brink.
The U.S. Air Force has announced a suspension of deliveries of C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft, after the incompatibility of a new communications upgrade was discovered during testing. Further deliveries of any of the aircraft to clients across the world will continue once the aircraft is able to reach safety, performance, and airworthiness standards.
What if the United States isn’t ending wars, just interrupting them?Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump — who has repeatedly described himself as a “President of Peace” — has intervened to halt conflicts across multiple crisis theaters. From Gaza and the Israel–Iran confrontation to Ukraine, the India–Pakistan conflict, and Southeast Asia’s Thailand–Cambodia border, U.S. diplomatic pressure helped impose ceasefires, halt escalation, and stabilize front lines.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte might have been the only European in the room who enjoyed President Donald Trump’s lengthy, meandering speech last month at the World Economic Forum at Davos. He was lavishly praised not once but twice by the president, who called him an “excellent Secretary General” and, later, “a very smart man.” In subsequent bilateral talks, Rutte appeared to have used his chemistry with Trump to help reach a framework deal on the future of Greenland, which at least for the time being has eased tensions between the U.S. administration and Europeans.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has warned that his country has no option but to further strengthen its defence capabilities, as it faces a fast growing NATO military buildup on its borders. Highlighting that the Western military bloc has over the past three years been establishing new units and boosting its forces near Belarusian territory, the president cautioned: “whether we like it or not… we will have to strengthen our defence capabilities… The buildup of the military component on our borders, especially by Poland, is not merely of concern to us.