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Missile attack on cargo ship off Yemen wounds 2 and sends crew fleeing

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels set a Dutch-flagged cargo ship ablaze in the Gulf of Aden on Monday, officials said, wounding two mariners and forcing its crew to abandon the damaged vessel. It was the most serious attack in the Gulf of Aden, some distance from the Red Sea where the Iranian-backed Houthis sank two vessels in July. While the rebels…
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Small defense firms warn shutdown will hurt industrial base

A collection of small defense technology firms and entrepreneurs is urging lawmakers of both parties to avert a looming government shutdown, warning such a closure would hurt the defense industrial base and startup firms. In a Monday letter to leaders of both parties in the…
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EU vows haste in ‘drone wall’ plan for eastern borders

BERLIN — The European Union has jump-started the development of a so-called “drone wall” to protect European skies against incursions by unmanned aerial vehicles from Russia, alongside a broader set of measures designed to protect the eastern flank of the continent. The package of proposed measures will be called Eastern Flank Watch and was announced by EU Commission President Ursula von…
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Germany pursues multi-pronged quest for long-range missiles

COLOGNE, Germany — Germany is prepared to host advanced U.S. missiles meant to deter Russia under a Biden-era plan, but final confirmation of the move by the Trump administration is still outstanding. At issue is the future of a July 2024 declaration by Germany and the…
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European navies test new drone tech for undersea operations

SESIMBRA, Portugal — An hour from Portugal’s capital, Lisbon, on a clear sunny day in late September, a large, penguin-like robot peeks above the sea surface. It circles a Portuguese Navy ship from a distance, hardly visible to the human eye, concealed by the deep blue waters of the Atlantic ocean. The system is the Greyshark from Germany’s EuroAtlas, an autonomous underwater vehicle…
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New Pentagon strategy to focus on homeland, Western Hemisphere

The Pentagon’s top national security focus will mirror that of President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda, with multiple U.S. officials telling Military Times that the department will prioritize protecting the homeland and the Western Hemisphere. Countering…
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More troops suspended pending investigations into Kirk-related posts

More than a dozen service members have been suspended or relieved of duties for social media activity related to conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death. Earlier this month, after Kirk was shot and killed during a Sept. 10 event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that any social media post celebrating or mocking the assassination of Kirk was…
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