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F-14 Tomcat and Top Gun: the fighter, the school and the film that built the legend of the US Navy
The F-14 Tomcat was designed to defend US carriers from Soviet bombers, but it became a global symbol through the…
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Military & Defense
USS Pinckney starts second modernization period in San Diego, the first U.S. Navy ship to get the SPY-6(V)4 radar
USS Pinckney has started the second phase of the U.S. Navy's DDG MOD 2.0 upgrade in San Diego, with the…
Defense Industry
Ukraine joins NATO’s procurement system: agreement with NSPA for faster arms purchases and industry access to tenders
Ukraine will be able for the first time to buy military equipment through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)…
Air Force
F-35: Pentagon and Lockheed Martin unveil framework deal for 850 US jets over ten years and multiyear production of 156 aircraft a year
The US Department of War and Lockheed Martin unveiled a framework agreement for multiyear F-35 production and sustainment, covering 850…
Middle East & North Africa
Iran’s Rezaei: Hormuz will not reopen without Tehran’s seven conditions, with threats against US cables, data centres and AI facilities
Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, says Iran will neither open the Strait of Hormuz nor return…
Analysis
Kim Yo Jong: Psychological-warfare loudspeakers will operate along the whole border with South Korea this month, as Seoul calls for talks
Kim Yo Jong, sister of Kim Jong Un, said North Korea will resume loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts along the entire border…
Military & Defense
US and Guyana sign joint statement on enhanced military cooperation: training, exercises and airspace surveillance
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Guyana’s President Mohamed Irfaan Ali signed a joint statement at the Pentagon creating…
Air Force
US Air Force says it needs 1,509 combat-coded fighters by 2035, with the F-35 at 40 percent of the fleet
The US Air Force tells Congress it will need 1,509 combat-coded fighters by 2035 for a “moderate” risk level, up…
Politics & Diplomacy
Kyiv: One dead and 22 injured, including four children, in Russian ballistic missile strikes on six districts
Russian ballistic missiles killed one person and injured 22, including four children, in six districts of Kyiv overnight. Ambulances and…
Defense Industry
Qatar picks KNDS and John Cockerill for its land forces during Macron’s visit, and France and Qatar demand Hormuz “without fees”
Qatar signed letters of intent with KNDS France and John Cockerill Defense to modernise its land forces and with France…
Cyprus
EU “strongly regrets” Libyan ratification of the Turkish–Libyan memorandum: Kallas restates that it infringes third states’ rights
In a formal statement on 21 October, High Representative Kaja Kallas said the EU strongly regrets Libya’s ratification of the…
Middle East & North Africa
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claim four ships hit in the Gulf and three more struck mines, warning US bases
Iran’s IRGC Navy says four ships were hit and set ablaze in the northern Gulf and three more hit mines…