PL-17

Is China’s Hypersonic Air-to-Air Missiles Against US AWACS, Tankers and Command Aircraft Across Indo-Pacific?

China has reportedly developed a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) capable of releasing an air-to-air weapon during flight, a potentially significant development that could allow the People’s Liberation Army to threaten high-value American and allied aircraft from extreme distances. If the...
Ocean

Ocean temperatures hit ‘very troubling’ record high

The world's oceans have reached their highest temperatures on record and are likely to warm even further in the next few months, putting stress on life in the water and on land. Spurred by a still-growing but already supersized natural...
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

Operation Economic Outcast: Will US Secondary Sanctions Force China and Other Major Iran Trade Partners to Sever Economic Ties With Tehran?

The United States is escalating its economic campaign against Iran, threatening countries, banks, shipping companies and other entities that continue to maintain commercial ties with Tehran as Washington seeks to cut off the Iranian regime’s remaining financial lifelines. The campaign,...
Strait of Hormuz

US Petroleum Buffer Falls to 41 Days as Hormuz Disruption, Emergency Releases and Exports Strain Energy Security

The United States’ combined commercial crude oil inventories and Strategic Petroleum Reserve have fallen to a level equivalent to roughly 41 days of refinery supply, leaving the world’s largest oil producer with its thinnest combined petroleum cushion in four to...
J-16

China Deploys J-16 Fighters Over 6,000 Kilometres to Egypt, Signalling Expanding Expeditionary Airpower Reach Beyond Middle East

China has deployed its heavyweight J-16 multirole fighters more than 6,000 kilometres to Egypt for the Eagles of Civilization 2026 joint air exercise, marking a significant expansion in the scale and sophistication of Beijing’s overseas military aviation activity. The deployment,...
J-10CE

Uzbekistan’s J-10CE Fighter Deal Signals China’s Growing Airpower Influence as Russia’s Defence Monopoly Weakens Across Central Asia

Uzbekistan has emerged as China’s second known foreign operator of the J-10CE fighter after Pakistan, marking a potentially significant shift in the military balance and defence procurement landscape of Central Asia. Clearer photographs of a light-grey J-10CE carrying serial number...
G/ATOR Radar Mobility

US Marines Test G/ATOR Radar Mobility in Philippines, Allied Forces Prepare for Distributed Warfare Across First Island Chain

The United States Marine Corps has tested the mobility of its AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) in the Philippines, advancing a distributed sensing architecture intended to keep critical surveillance capabilities operational even when forward bases and communications infrastructure come under...
Nvidia

Nvidia worker among 9 charged in Taiwan chip smuggling case

Nine people in Taiwan, including an Nvidia worker, were charged on Monday (Aug 24) over the illegal export of artificial intelligence servers to China, Taiwanese prosecutors said. The indictments follow an investigation into the shipment of "high-end" AI servers made...
operation conducted, Cambodia

Filipino Woman Sentenced to 25 Months in Singapore Jail for Role in Cambodia-Based Scam Syndicate

A 35-year-old Filipino woman who travelled to Cambodia believing she had secured an overseas job was sentenced to 25 months in jail in Singapore on Monday after being convicted of participating in an organised scam syndicate targeting victims in the...
social media

New Zealand to introduce Bill banning social media for children under 16

New Zealand's conservative coalition government will introduce a Bill in parliament on Monday (Aug 24) that seeks to ban children under 16 from using social media, and proposes fines of up to 10 per cent of a platform's global revenue...
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