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The USAF wants contractors to guard its bases against drones, with “counter-small-UAS as a service” and a 95% neutralisation rate North Korea calls Japan’s nuclear-powered submarines a “dark intention” and a “stepping stone” to nuclear weapons Yemen coalition says it destroyed 127 Houthi mountain storage sites and downed a cruise missile over Medina Britain has accepted 227 Ajax vehicles, while the Boxer will not fill the “cavalry” role and three variants are dropped France begins deploying forces to protect Saudi oil facilities at Yanbu, the foreign ministry says UAE: “Better prepared than on February 28”, and “the war with Iran can restart”, says a senior lawmaker Mitsotakis at the European Council: no cuts to cohesion, flexibility on energy and a crisis mechanism on migration IEA to speed up the release of the remaining 100 million barrels of emergency stocks, with priority for diesel

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