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The United States intends to significantly reduce military contributions available to assist European allies during a crisis, German news outlet Der Spiegel reported May 26. An envoy of U....

The Australian government announced in late May the beginning of a long-delayed life-extension program for six Collins-class diesel-electric submarines, with government auditors immediately flagging the effort as high-risk. HMAS Farncomb, the submarine with the greatest mileage, is the first vessel to undergo the process at the government-owned ASC shipyard near Adelaide....

India has completed final developmental trials of a new precision guided missile that can be launched from drones to engage both ground and aerial targets. The Defense Ministry announced successful completion of trials for the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launched Precision Guided Missile (ULPGM)-V3 in air-to-ground and air-to-air modes at a test range near Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh....

A KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the Alaska Air National Guard's 168th Wing was photographed over the weekend at RAF Mildenhall in the United Kingdom covered in temporary shrapnel damage repairs, marking at least the second battle-damaged tanker to transit through the installation following Operation Epic Fury. The aircraft, tail number 63-8028, was missing its refueling boom entirely and showed extensive shrapnel damage to its tail, vertical stabilizer, flaps, and spoilers, according to images captured by aviation photographer Andrew McKelvey....

New imagery of China's experimental wing-in-ground effect craft, dubbed the "Bohai Sea Monster," shows the vehicle equipped with apparent weapons hardpoints, indicating a potential combat role rather than purely transport or utility missions. The images, which surfaced less than a year after the craft was first publicly identified, also confirm that the vehicle is powered by four turboprop engines driving three-bladed propellers, contrary to earlier speculation it might use turbofan or hybrid-electric propulsion....

The Republic of Korea Navy submarine ROKS Dosan Ahn Changho (SS-083) arrived at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt in Victoria, British Columbia, on May 23, marking the first trans-Pacific voyage by a South Korean submarine and the longest deployment ever undertaken by the ROK Navy submarine force. The 3,000-ton KSS-III class submarine sailed approximately 14,000 kilometers from Jinhae Naval Base to Canada's west coast, transiting through Guam and Hawaii....