La Carlota airport after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, January 3, 2026

How Hugo Chávez’s Long-Warned “Yankee Invasion” Finally Arrived in Maduro’s Venezuela

For years it was treated as political theatre, a fevered fantasy repeated so often that it lost its power to shock. The Yankees are coming. Hugo Chávez warned of it endlessly during his 14 years in power, conjuring visions of...
Donald Trump

Trump Hails ‘Spectacular’ Operation Against Maduro, Puts Venezuela’s Oil at Center of Crisis

Donald Trump stunned allies and critics alike on Saturday by shifting the focus of a dramatic U.S. military operation in Venezuela away from drugs and security and squarely onto oil, repeatedly portraying the seizure of Nicolás Maduro as an act...
Eurofighter Typhoon

Bangladesh’s Eurofighter Typhoon Push Triggers Quiet Strategic Recalibration in New Delhi, Where India Sees Political Signalling More Than a Shift in Regional Airpower Balance

Bangladesh’s decision to sign a Letter of Intent on December 9, 2025, with Italy-based Leonardo S.p.A. for the potential acquisition of up to 16 Eurofighter Typhoon multirole combat aircraft has triggered a quiet but intense reassessment within India’s strategic and...
China’s J-50 Sixth-Generation Stealth Fighter (Shenyang J-50)

Shenyang J-50: China’s Sixth-Generation J-50 Stealth Fighter Emerges as Beijing’s Most Ambitious Attempt to Outpace U.S. NGAD and Europe’s FCAS, Signaling a Major Shift in Global Airpower Dynamics

China’s relentless push to dominate the future battlespace has once again drawn global attention with its sixth-generation stealth fighter, the Shenyang J-50, also known as the J-XDS. Over the past year, the tailless prototype has ignited debate among defense experts...
Taimoor Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM)

Pakistan Air Force Tests Indigenous Flight 600km Taimoor Air-Launched Cruise Missile, Strengthening Conventional Deterrence

Pakistan Air Force (PAF) successfully conducted a flight test of the indigenously developed Taimoor Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) on 3 January 2026, marking a significant milestone in South Asia’s evolving conventional deterrence landscape. The test demonstrates Pakistan’s growing ability to...
SOM-Ş Missile

Turkey’s Indigenous SOM‑Ş Missile Transfer Empowers Azerbaijan to Conduct Deep-Strike, Multi-Axis Operations While Preserving Legacy Aircraft and Expanding UCAV Lethality

By January 2026, Azerbaijan’s quiet induction of Turkey’s SOM‑Ş (Şahin) air‑launched cruise missile is emerging as one of the most consequential shifts in the South Caucasus security environment since the 2020 Nagorno‑Karabakh war, fundamentally altering how airpower, deterrence, and long‑range...
Mi-28 ‘Havoc’ Attack Helicopters

Russian Heavy Cargo Flights Into Iran Signal Operational Delivery of Mi-28 ‘Havoc’ Attack Helicopters Amid Rising Middle East Tensions

Russian heavy transport aircraft entering Iranian airspace in early January 2026 are more than routine logistics movements—they appear to mark the operational phase of the long-anticipated Mil Mi-28 “Havoc” attack helicopter transfer to Tehran. Analysts say the pattern, tempo, and...
China aircraft carrier

Pentagon’s Leaked “Overmatch Brief” Concedes U.S. Would Likely Lose a Taiwan War as China’s PLA Achieves Decisive Military Overmatch

Classified war-gaming and simulations reveal systemic U.S. vulnerabilities in missiles, space, cyber warfare, and logistics, as China’s industrial depth and precision-strike dominance rapidly reshape the Indo-Pacific balance of power. A leaked top-secret Pentagon assessment has delivered one of the most...
Australian Beaches -Iluka Beach

Australian Beaches Turn Deadly Over New Year Weekend, With Searches Suspended for Missing Teen and Swimmer

Emergency services have suspended separate search operations for a teenage boy and a male swimmer off Sydney’s coastline, as Australia endures a deadly New Year period marked by a spate of drownings and water-related tragedies at beaches nationwide. New South...
Sydney housing. Several stakeholders have called for changes to Australia’s housing tax breaks

AMWU Calls for Phasing Out Capital Gains Tax Discount and Ending Negative Gearing as Housing Crisis Worsens

A major trade union has urged the federal government to radically overhaul Australia’s housing tax settings, warning that decades of policy have turned homes into financial assets rather than places to live, deepening inequality and locking younger Australians out of...
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