Iran’s Missile Strikes Exposed Major Weaknesses in U.S. Middle East Bases
Satellite evidence reveals hidden vulnerabilities inside America’s Gulf defense network. Satellite imagery and battlefield assessments reveal how Iranian missile and drone attacks damaged critical U.S. military infrastructure across the Middle East, exposing vulnerabilities in regional defense architecture and reshaping future American force posture. The scale of damage inflicted by Iranian missile and drone attacks on U.S. military installations across the Middle East appears to have been significantly larger than publicly acknowledged during…
Brazilian Embraer, DRDO Explore Export Potential of Prying Plane
BANGALORE : Even as the flight-test and system integration trials of the country’s prying plane, the Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) system gets underway ahead of its expected induction into the Indian Air Force (IAF) next year, a bold export initiative has taken wing. Sources confirm to Express that the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer has approached the Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS), a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) lab, for the joint development of AEW&C system for exporting…
Prying Plane Flight Trials Conducted
BANGALORE: The Indian Air Force is expected to receive the first Airborne Early Warning&Control (AEW&C) system by this year-end. Two AEW&C systems, built on modified Embraer EMB-145I aircraft, are undergoing flight trials with one more expected to arrive from Brazil later this year. A senior scientist at the Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS) told Express that after han ding over the first aircraft, parallel flight tests and fine-tuning of the mission systems on the second aircraft would continue, based on the IAF feedback.…
US Navy teams with Qualcomm to research 5G, artificial intelligence
SAN DIEGO — The Naval Postgraduate School and wireless specialist Qualcomm Technologies inked a cooperative research agreement to explore 5G, artificial intelligence and cloud computing, some of the U.S. Defense Department’s most pressing priorities. The collaboration, announced on Feb. 13, aims to inform the digital pursuits of the Navy and Marine Corps, while also engaging school faculty and students with some of the private sector’s leading scientists and engineers. “The core of warfighter development at NPS is preparing leaders to solve co…
US flies roughly 85 percent of airstrikes against Islamic State, in complex mix of tactics, politics
The United States is conducting roughly 85 percent of the multi-national air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, according to the most recent Pentagon report. U.S. fighter planes and drones have conducted 819 strikes, compared to 157 from the 10 other countries, states the detailed report obtained last week. The U.S. began the strikes in Iraq on Aug. 8 and was joined roughly five weeks later by Australia, followed by France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. They joined as part of President Obama’s plan …
U.S. Navy Ships Collide In Indian Ocean, Officials Say
Two U.S. Navy ships collided in the Indian Ocean on Thursday during a routine replenishment operation, a Navy spokesman told the Associated Press. The supply ships USNS Amelia Earhart and the USNS Walter S. Diehl were participating in an exchange of provisions in the ocean's Gulf of Aden when the collision occurred, Commander Kevin Stephens, spokesman for the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, told the AP. No one was injured and the vessels went on operating with "relatively minor damage," Stephens said. The cause of the …
Latest Saudi Arabia Defense News: Saudi Aramco Shuts Ras Tanura Refinery After Devastating Drone Strike
A single swarm of silent drones pierced Saudi Arabia’s most heavily guarded oil fortress — and in seconds, the world’s energy lifeline was no longer safe. In a stark reminder of evolving regional security dynamics, Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant Saudi Aramco, temporarily shut down the Ras Tanura refinery after a confirmed drone strike impacted the facility on March 2, 2026. The operation, located on the Gulf coast and one of the kingdom’s most critical oil export hubs, was halted as a precaution amid escalating Gulf tensions after a wave of…
How the Strait of Hormuz Crisis Is Reshaping Global Naval Security
Global navies are entering a new era of maritime confrontation. The Strait of Hormuz crisis is reshaping global naval security, maritime strategy, oil chokepoint defense, and multinational military deployments across the Gulf. The Strait of Hormuz has once again become the center of global strategic anxiety, but the current crisis is fundamentally different from previous Gulf confrontations. What was once viewed primarily as an energy security issue has rapidly evolved into a broader test of maritime power projection, naval deterrence, allian…
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