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Chinaโ€™s Type 076 amphibious assault ship Sichuan in final tests with drone catapult

Chinese state media has shown the countryโ€™s first Type 076 amphibious assault ship, the Sichuan, computer-generated footage of how it launches GJ-21 stealth fighter drones and quotes from a military commentator who said the vessel was in the final stages of commissioning. The 40,000-tonne ship, featuring a 250-metre-long and 62-metre-wide (820 feet by 203 feet) flight deck, recently completed deck line markings, meaning it entered the final testing phase, military expert Wei Dongxu told state...

Search operations under way after suspected Pakistani drones movement in Jammu and Kashmirโ€™s Samba, Rajouri

Following a suspected Pakistani drone activity army troops in Nandpur, near the IB in Samba, and in Tarkundi-Saaj, near the LoC in Nowshera sector of Rajouri placed under heightened surveillance

Iryna Terekh: the trained architect behind Ukraineโ€™s deep-strike drones

She tours major international defence shows, negotiates with arms manufacturers and takes part in discussions on Europeโ€™s rearmament. At 34, Iryna Terekh, an architect by training, heads Fire Point, a company that has become one of the driving forces behind Ukraineโ€™s long-range strike capabilities in the war with Russia. With her long hair tied back in a ponytail, a white top, beige jacket and wide-legged jeans, she stands out in an industry dominated by men in suits. She met with Agence...

Russiaโ€™s grinding war in Ukraine shows the impotence of nuclear weapons

Why havenโ€™t Ukraineโ€™s drone and missile attacks on Russia triggered Moscowโ€™s use of tactical nuclear weapons, as it has threatened? When Russia is attacked time and again, one wonders what purpose it serves to have the worldโ€™s largest nuclear arsenal. The Ukraine war is at a stalemate. Though roughly 90 per cent of the territory in East Donbas is under Russian control, its ground advances have slowed to less than 100 metres a day, according to a July 1 report by the Centre for Strategic...

Ukraine hits more warehouses of top Russian online retailer

Ukrainian drones have hit two more warehouses belonging to Russiaโ€™s biggest online retailer Wildberries.