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Libya's Government of National Unity in Tripoli and the Tobruk-based Libyan National Army trained together during Turkey's Efes-2026 exercise in Izmir, marking the second instance of joint participation by rival Libyan factions in multinational drills within weeks. The exercise, coordinated by Turkey's Aegean Army Command, included a computer-assisted command post phase April 11-17 and live-fire training April 20-May 21, 2026....

Pakistan's navy commissioned the attack submarine PNS Hangor in a ceremony held in Sanya, China, on April 30, 2026, attended by Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Navy Chief Naveed Ashraf, and senior Chinese military officials. The Hangor-class submarine, an export variant of China's 039A Yuan-class design, displaces approximately 2,800 tons and features Air-Independent Propulsion (AIP) technology, enabling extended submerged operations....

Turkish defense engineering firm STM Savunma Teknolojileri unveiled the YAKTU kamikaze unmanned surface vehicle at SAHA 2026 in Istanbul, introducing swarm-capable autonomous strike capabilities for naval warfare. The 5....

The United States and Iran engaged in renewed hostilities on May 5 as President Donald Trump launched "Project Freedom," an operation to escort stranded merchant ships through the Strait of Hormuz. The strait has been effectively closed to most commercial traffic since US-Israeli attacks on Iran began in February, killing thousands across the region....

Germany's plans to acquire long-range strike capabilities face disruption following the Trump administration's decision to withdraw approximately 5,000 US troops from Germany and cancel deployment of Typhon missile launchers promised under the Biden administration. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told reporters in Munster on May 4 that the decision "tears this capability gap open again....

The US Army Pacific's 1st Multi-Domain Task Force and Philippine Army Artillery Regiment conducted a live-fire test of a Tomahawk cruise missile from the Typhon ground-launched system on May 5 during Exercise Balikatan in the central Philippines. Colonel Dennis Hernandez of the Philippine Marines confirmed the missile launched at 12:10 AM local time from Tacloban and struck a target at Fort Magsaysay in Laur, Nueva Ecija, approximately 600 kilometers away, roughly one hour later....