YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz. — Under Brig. Gen. Matt Ross’ leadership, Joint Interagency Task Force 401 is cautiously applying artificial intelligence to review heaps of data the military captured on commercial counter-drone products demonstrated at the recent, month-long Falcon Peak exercise.
“We use AI every day inside of JIATF-401,” Ross told DefenseScoop. “What we’ve learned is there’s some things that it does really well, and there’s some things that it doesn’t do as well.
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China has displayed a full-scale J-10C fighter model carrying Azerbaijani national markings at the ADEX 2026 defence exhibition in Baku, amid reports that a contract to export the aircraft to equip the Central Asian state’s air force has been signed. Produced by the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China. The fighter was signed by Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, who visited ADEX 2026. Azerbaijan has already established a substantial relationship with China in the fighter sector, having introduced the JF-17 Block III into service.
Three Oil Tankers Hit in Hormuz: While the United States continues to insist that the Strait of Hormuz is open, Iranian strikes continue — and on September 29, three oil tankers were struck by unknown projectiles while passing through the waterway.
The three Liberian-flagged vessels, Al Ruwais, Mersin Prosperity, and Sinbad, were traveling through the strait with their Automatic Identification System transponders switched off in an apparent effort to avoid detection, according to shipping intelligence service Marisks.
Tanker Jam Pushes Gulf Oil Transfers Toward India – Persian Gulf exporters are shifting crude transfers farther along the Arabian Sea as the wartime system that helped exports recover through the Strait of Hormuz begins to jam.
Bloomberg reported Thursday that the Gulf of Kutch off western India is emerging as a new transfer point.
Three Tankers Hit in Strait of Hormuz as Oil Flows Recover: Unidentified projectiles struck three Liberian-flagged oil tankers as they transited the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, underscoring the persistent risk amid recovering global oil flows.
Shipping intelligence firm Marisks identified the vessels as the product tanker Al Ruwais, the very large crude carrier (VLCC) Mersin Prosperity and the Aframax Sinbad. Reuters reported the vessels were traveling with their automatic identification system (AIS) transponders “turned off to avoid detection.”
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Russian President Vladimir Putin shows no real sign of slowing down the war in Ukraine, even as long-range strikes continue to cause economic turmoil throughout Russia.
Moscow is doubling down on its demands of Ukraine, escalating strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure, and is now accusing European countries of waging war against Russia.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will decide “very soon” whether to “blow up” Iran after rejecting an Iranian proposal to end the war.
Trump made the comments to reporters at the White House on Wednesday, 30th September.
President Donald J. Trump attends Superbowl LIX between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, February 9, 2025, at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)
Donald Trump. Image Credit: The White House.
It follows almost a week of negotiations between U.S.
Consumer confidence across the United States is falling, according to a new Conference Board report.
Confidence in both the current situation and the short-term outlook has dropped, with the latter falling for the third consecutive month.
Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the Prescott Valley Event Center in Prescott Valley, Arizona. Image Credit: Gage Skidmore.
Donald Trump Back in 2016. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
It comes amid growing frustration with President Donald Trump’s foreign policy and his handling of the cost of living.
In 2021, Michael Kimmage wrote, “Belarus and the Ukraine Trap,” where he argued the United States should adopt a realistic diplomatic relationship with Belarus that takes into account its strategic partnership with Russia and learns from overpromises made to Ukraine. Five years later, we asked Michael to revisit his arguments. Image: President of BelarusIn your 2021 article, you named Belarus as one of the most likely places for a war to break out between Russia and the West.
The U.S. and Iran continue to negotiate over the status of the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, reports describe an incident in the Strait this week.
According to Reuters, citing the shipping intelligence service Marisks, three Liberian-flagged oil tankers were “struck by unknown projectiles” while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.
U.S. Air Force Maj. Taylor “FEMA” Hiester, F-16 Viper Demonstration Team commander and pilot, performs aerial maneuvers in a U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon during an air show at Latrobe, Pennsylvania, June 21, 2025.