Patriot PAC-3 MSE: $58.6B Deal, Stockpile Strain, Output Goal
The Army’s $58.6B PAC-3 MSE deal aims to triple Patriot interceptor output by 2030 as the Iran war and Ukraine drain stocks and allies seek their own lines.
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China · Naval Ships · Russia · United States · Warfare
Columbia-Class Submarine: 2028 Delivery, Cost and Deterrence
The first Columbia-class missile submarine is tracking to a 2028 delivery after delays, with a $29.5B order for five more boats and a strained workforce.
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Russia · Ukraine · United States · Warfare
M1E3 Abrams: Lighter, Three-Man Tank Heads to Soldier Tests
The Army’s M1E3 Abrams swaps the turbine for hybrid power and an autoloader crew of three. Soldier tests begin this fall, with production possibly in 2027.
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Aircraft · China · Russia · United States · Warfare
B-21 Raider: Production Ramps Up as Fleet Size Debate Grows
Two B-21 Raiders are flying, a new Utah plant is open and Ellsworth gets the first jet in 2027, while the Pentagon weighs a fleet far bigger than 100.
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China · Iran · Munitions · United States · Warfare
PrSM Missile: $1.2B Army Order, Iran Debut and Pacific Role
The Army’s $1.2 billion PrSM Increment 2 order follows the missile’s Iran-war debut, a disputed strike and stockpile gaps, as it turns toward ship-hunting.
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Gaza Strip · Geopolitics · Hamas · Israel · United Nations
Investigation: The UN Gaza Genocide Report, Hamas’s Charter and the Blood Libel
A critical investigation of the UN’s Gaza genocide report: its standard of proof, its omissions, Hamas’s own founding words and the blood libel’s history.
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Conflicts · Geopolitics · Islam · Protests
France Unrest Explained: Timeline, Causes and the Islam Debate
Violent school protests have spread across France. A dated timeline, the causes, and what Islam has and has not got to do with it.
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Opinion: Why the UN’s Gaza Genocide Report Falls Short
Opinion: the UN inquiry’s genocide finding rests on an inferred intent, a one-sided record and investigators with documented credibility problems.
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GREAT Trust Gaza Reconstruction Plan: Who Backs It, Who Pays
The GREAT Trust Gaza reconstruction plan sketched a US-led trusteeship and $70–100B in public funds; no backer is confirmed and several firms disown it.
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Conflicts · Iran · Naval Ships · Strait of Hormuz · Warfare
Projectile Hits Tanker in Strait of Hormuz; Fire Reported
UKMTO cites a third-party report of an unknown projectile strike and fire; crew safe, ship unnamed, as US-Iran talks stay deadlocked.
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