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• Pakistan in ‘open war’ with Afghanistan, defense minister says

  Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged cross-border attacks overnight in a dramatic escalation of tensions.

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  Munir Ahmed and Abdul Qahar Afghan, The Associated Press

  7 months ago

• Swedish Navy intercepts suspected Russian drone nearing French aircraft carrier

  Swedish defense officials said the craft likely came from a nearby Russian ship.

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  Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

  7 months ago

• Germany, Austria complete ‘Alpine triangle’ for airspace surveillance

  Under a new law, both countries will be allowed to quickly pursue “non-military” airspace violations or unknown threats across their shared border.

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  Linus Höller

  7 months ago

• The good, the bad and the ugly — Inside Europe’s race to supplant US defense enablers

  Defending Europe against a Russian attack without U.S. help will stay tricky for the foreseeable future, as some areas are progressing faster than others.

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  Rudy Ruitenberg

  7 months ago

• Anthropic ‘cannot in good conscience accede’ to Pentagon’s demands, CEO says

  Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday the AI company “cannot in good conscience accede” to the Pentagon’s demands to allow wider use of its technology.

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  Konstantin Toropin and Matt O'Brien, The Associated Press

  7 months ago

• Last-ditch effort in Geneva to avert war between US, Iran wraps with ‘significant progress,’ Omani official says

  Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi said discussions on a “technical level” will take place next week in Vienna.

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  Tanya Noury

  7 months ago

• SOCOM on the hunt for ‘acoustic rainbow’ tech for silencing drones

  “Acoustic rainbows” sound psychedelic. But the idea is no acid trip: By dispersing sound waves, noisy objects can actually be made silent.

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  Michael Peck

  7 months ago

• US military assembles largest force of warships, aircraft in Middle East in decades

  The U.S. Navy will have at least 16 ships in the region, dwarfing the 11-ship fleet that was, until the Ford’s departure, positioned in the Caribbean Sea.

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  Konstantin Toropin and Ben Finley, The Associated Press

  7 months ago

• Army orders $186 million in Switchblade kamikaze drones, tank killers

  The autonomous systems manufacturer announced today that it will provide two types of its Switchblade family of loitering munitions to the Army.

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  Zita Ballinger Fletcher

  7 months ago

• What to know about Defense Protection Act and the Pentagon’s Anthropic ultimatum

  Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei repeatedly has made clear his ethical concerns about unchecked government use of AI.

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  Wyatte Grantham-Philips, The Associated Press

  7 months ago

• Ukraine says Russia launched a major aerial attack before Kyiv’s talks with US

  The bombardment, which included 11 ballistic missiles, targeted critical infrastructure and residential areas across eight regions of Ukraine.

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  Ilya Novikov, The Associated Press

  7 months ago

• US soldiers earn French medal for 2023 Iraq rescue

  In 2023, French special operations troops came under attack from ISIS fighters near Hawija, Iraq. Guardsmen boarded a CH-47 and sped off towards the fight.

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  Eve Sampson

  7 months ago