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FT Reports €500 Million Russia–Iran Deal for Verba MANPADS With Deliveries From 2027 to 2029

The leak-based account lands as Tehran touts deterrence yet pursues Geneva diplomacy.

Takaichi Sets Harder Line on China, Unveils Plan to Speed Japan’s Rearmament

Japan Confirms GCAP Cooperation With Italy at Munich as Koizumi Rallies Allies

Navy to Deploy Unmanned Vessel With Theodore Roosevelt as It Tests Tailored Forces

Zelenskyy Orders Regional Air-Defense Overhaul as Ukraine Prepares Wider Military Reforms

Estonia Says Russia Rebuilding Fast but Not Planning NATO Attack Within Two Years

Think Tank Urges Air Force to Buy 500 Next-Gen Jets to Counter China

NATO Poised to Approve ‘Arctic Sentry’ for Greenland Within Days

U.S. Defense Strategy Reorients to Homeland and Hemisphere, Making Iran the First Test

Turkey Confirms F-16s in Somalia as U.S. Air Strikes Surge

Navy Confirms USS Preble’s Laser Downed Four Drones in At-Sea Test

Army Opens Applications for New Enlisted Space Operations Specialty

CDS Chauhan Invokes Netaji, Warns of 'Cognitive Colonialism' in Security Address

China Accelerates Fifth-Gen Fighter Buildout as J-35 Nears Mass Production

Army Chief Proposes Dedicated Rocket-Missile Force for India

Ukraine’s 155th Brigade Uses Drones to Hit Russian Column and Clear Pokrovsk Approach

Zelensky Installs Budanov as Chief of Staff, Taps Fedorov for Defense in Security Shake-Up

Dassault Aviation Lifts 2025 Sales Outlook After Higher Rafale and Falcon Deliveries

CSU's Hoffmann Urges German Push for European Nuclear Umbrella With France and the UK

Israel, Greece and Cyprus Set 2026 Plan to Expand Joint Air and Naval Drills