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USS Abraham Lincoln’s Portless Deployment Raises Force-Sustainment Questions
A visit by the head of US Central Command to USS Abraham Lincoln has placed renewed attention on the human and maintenance costs of keeping an aircraft carrier at sea for more than 200 days without a port call.
Trump Orders Cut to US-South Korea Military Drills as Alliance Faces New Strain
The US president has instructed the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” joint exercises with South Korea, linking the decision to his relationship with Kim Jong Un and Seoul’s reluctance to support US military operations against Iran. US President Donald Trump has…
Russia Expands Jet-Powered Drone Launch Network Near NATO’s Eastern Flank
Satellite imagery indicates that Russia has developed up to 10 new long-range drone launch sites in its western regions, with at least 59 launch rails identified. The network is primarily supporting attacks on Ukraine, but infrastructure designed for faster Geran-4…
Ukraine Hits Wildberries Mega-Hub and Russian Rocket-Fuel Plant in Major Overnight Strike
A vast Wildberries logistics centre south of Moscow and a plant producing solid rocket propellant in the Rostov region were among the sites hit during one of Ukraine’s largest overnight attacks on Russian territory. Kyiv also struck Russian military logistics…
Foreign Shipyards Gain Route to US Navy Orders Under Trump Waiver
Fincantieri and Hanwha Ocean shares rose as investors assessed which allied groups could use a temporary policy allowing up to two US Navy vessels to be built in qualifying parent-country yards. The measure exposes the depth of America's shipbuilding-capacity problem.
Trump’s VA Gamble: Less Bureaucracy, More Service
The debate over Donald Trump’s restructuring of the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has too often been reduced to a familiar Washington binary: cuts are either an assault on veterans or a necessary purge of government waste. The reality…
Ukraine Says Flamingo Missiles Hit Russia’s Soyuz Rocket Centre in Samara
A reported FP-5 strike on the Progress Rocket and Space Centre brings Ukraine’s deep-strike campaign into infrastructure supporting Russia’s military space programme. The scale of the damage remains unclear, but the Samara plant is a key production site for Soyuz…
AUKUS ‘Full Steam Ahead’ as Autonomous Undersea Project Advances
Anthony Albanese says Donald Trump has reaffirmed the three-country partnership as its first signature Pillar II project moves towards joint payloads and enabling systems for uncrewed underwater vehicles.
Lavrov Rules Out Front-Line Ceasefire as Moscow Signals Continued Escalation
Russia has rejected both a halt to fighting along the existing front and a proposed Black Sea moratorium, while Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that Moscow intends to make its military methods “much tougher”. The statements point towards continued…
Ukraine Turns Back to Russia’s Baltic Ports After Major Novorossiysk Strike
A reported new attack on Ust-Luga follows Ukraine’s large-scale operation against Novorossiysk, pointing to sustained pressure on widely separated Russian naval, energy and export infrastructure. Ukraine has reportedly struck the Russian Baltic port of Ust-Luga, returning to one of Moscow’s…