Military Technology 2026: Drones, AI, Hypersonics and Lasers
Military technology in 2026: drones, AI wingmen, hypersonics, lasers, space jammers and shipyards, and where U.S. programs stand against China and Russia.
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Military technology in 2026: drones, AI wingmen, hypersonics, lasers, space jammers and shipyards, and where U.S. programs stand against China and Russia.
Ukraine war update: Russia agrees in principle to three-way talks around November 10, then fires 21 missiles at Kyiv in three overnight waves.
Iran war update: Dammam airport attack kills two, US orders staff out of Saudi Arabia, Treasury targets Iran’s shadow fleet.
Two aircraft carriers are in the Arabian Sea and Theodore Roosevelt is off Japan. See where each of the Navy’s 11 carriers is and what comes next.
Full State Department transcript of Marco Rubio’s October 21, 2026 press remarks in Mumbai on Starlink, Ukraine talks, Iran and India.
NATO sends patrol aircraft, radar, drones and forensic teams to the Black Sea after ship attacks off Romania and Bulgaria, but no escorts or attribution.
Ukraine war update: Trump envoy Steve Witkoff meets Putin in St Petersburg as Russian drones hit a Kyiv high-rise overnight.
Iran war update: Netanyahu names regime change Israel’s goal, a US carrier heads to the region and Turkey eyes a Saudi role.
Seoul will withdraw about half its embassy staff from Kyiv after Ukraine disclosed the transfer of two North Korean POWs it says was to stay confidential.
A new Pentagon framework with BAE Systems would buy up to 25,000 APKWS guidance kits a year, the low-cost rocket U.S. jets now use against drones.
Africa security: drones hit an Abyei market and Khartoum, Abiy warns Eritrea, and Somalia’s opposition rejects 2027 vote dates.
Ukraine war update: a Russian drone kills six in a Kharkiv Oblast park as Zelensky meets Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff in Oslo.
Information war: Trump’s “fine on Ukraine” remark meets a deadly strike, Moscow spins a cartel story, and AI fakes blur France’s riots.
Iran war update: Hegseth meets Netanyahu, Lavrov and Munir visit Tehran, and Britain sends Typhoon jets to defend Saudi Arabia.
Full State Department transcript of Marco Rubio’s October 17, 2026 press remarks at Joint Base Andrews on Starlink, sanctions and the West Bank.
Lavrov in Tehran: Russia’s top diplomat makes his first wartime visit after backing toll-free Hormuz passage in Manama. What the 2025 treaty does not promise.
Ukraine war update: Russia fires 16 ballistic missiles at Kyiv as talk of a Trump, Xi and Putin summit on Ukraine grows.
Information war: Rubio revises his Starshield account, Kyiv says missile warnings failed again, and Russia hits a Kyiv data center.
Iran war update: Trump threatens to finish the job, a third Hormuz mine claim and Houthi missiles kill 20 Yemeni soldiers.
The first production Remote Modular Terminal jammers are rolling out as the Space Force estimates buying 32 to 56 L3Harris Meadowlands systems.
Ukraine war update: drones set the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal ablaze as Russia strikes Ukraine’s western power grid again.
Information war: Rubio calls a Starlink-throttling report false, Zelenskyy says the cap stays, and drones hit a VK data center.
Iran war update: a second Hormuz mine claim, a Saudi helicopter lost near Yemen and Tehran’s new defense minister approved.
The Air Force says operational prototypes of its Massed Modular Aircraft, a low-cost MQ-9 Reaper successor, will field by 2028 after heavy Reaper losses.
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