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Iran’s Underground Missile Network Near Isfahan Demonstrates Strategic Resilience Under Relentless Bombardment, Undermining Expectations of Quick Decapitation T…

Iran’s underground missile infrastructure near Iran, particularly the Soffeh Mountain complex south of Isfahan, has become a ...
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Russia Expands Pacific Fleet Warships to Escort Sanctioned Shadow Fleet Convoy Through Tsushima Strait Amid Rising Indo-Pacific Security Tensions

The transit of a 10-ship Russian naval convoy through Japan’s strategically sensitive Tsushima Strait has intensified international scrutiny over Moscow’s accelerating militarisation of ...
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China’s PL-17 Ultra-Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile on J-10C Fighters Signals Potentially Disruptive Shift in Indo-Pacific Air Superiority and Beyond-Visual-Range Combat Doctrine

China’s reported integration of the PL-17 ultra-long-range air-to-air missile onto the lightweight Chengdu J-10C fighter aircraft is emerging as a potentially transformative development in ...
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Trump–Xi Meets Looms Over Iran Crisis and Trade War as Taiwan’s Porcupine Strategy Faces Its Toughest Test Against China’s Expanding Military Power

Chinese government confirmed on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump will visit China from May 13 to 15, marking a ...
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Iran Reinforces Underwater Sea-Denial Strategy with Combat-Ready Ghadir Submarines Operating Across Strait of Hormuz Oil Chokepoint

The Iranian Navy’s public confirmation that its Ghadir-class midget submarines are operating on heightened alert inside the Strait of Hormuz has intensified concerns that the world’s most ...
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US Accelerates US$1.9 Billion Aegis Guam Defense Build-Up as China’s DF-26 Ballistic Missiles and Hypersonic Glide Weapons Threaten Pacific War Fears

The Pentagon’s decision to raise the total value of the Aegis Guam missile-defense contract to nearly US$1.94 billion signals Washington’s growing concern that China’s rapidly expanding hypersonic and ...
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F-15 vs F-16: Why USAF Selected the Twin-Engine Strike Eagle Over Radical F-16XL To Replace F-111 Warplane

F-15 Eagle and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Both aircraft emerged from different design philosophies during the Cold War, yet ...
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Asian NATO Concept Gains Renewed Traction After Japan’s Unprecedented Role in Multinational Balikatan Military Drills Exercises in Philippines

Japanese combat troops for the first time in a multinational military exercise concluded today, marking a symbolic inflection ...
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Turkey Reveals 42,000-lbf Güçhan Engine As “Direct Rival” To America’s F-35 F135 Powerplant For KAAN Stealth Jet

Turkey, already recognized for its meteoric rise in drone warfare and indigenous defense technology, has now unveiled what may become its most consequential military breakthrough to date: the ...
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India’s Successful MIRV-Capable Advanced Agni Missile Flight Test Marks, Reshaping Nuclear Deterrence Dynamics Across Indo-Pacific

India’s successful flight-test of an advanced Agni-class ballistic missile equipped with Multiple Independently Targeted Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology on 8 May has emerged as a defining moment in ...
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China Sentences Former Defence Ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu to Death With Reprieve Amid Expanding PLA Corruption Purge and Rising Security Concerns

China has sentenced two former defence ministers to death with a two-year reprieve in one of the most severe military corruption crackdowns in the country’s modern history, intensifying international ...
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Pro-Independence Wave in Scotland and Wales Challenges Westminster Authority, Raising Doubts Over the Long-Term Survival of UK Union

A sweeping political shift has redrawn the balance of power across the United Kingdom, with pro-independence parties securing governing dominance in both Scotland and Wales for the first time, ...