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What’s behind rising China-Philippines tensions in the South China Sea?

Here’s what you need to know as maritime confrontations between China and the Philippines increase.

Al Jazeera

US military buildup in Gulf risks ‘dangerous’ Iran escalation: Analysts

Sending troops to deter Iran in the Gulf harkens back to Donald Trump’s hardline policies against Tehran, experts say.

Al Jazeera

Republican senator will ‘burn the military down’ over abortion policy, says Democrat

Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut says the Senate needs to change rules to sidestep Tommy Tuberville’s block on promotions

The Guardian - US

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India's new diamond exchange pips the Pentagon as world's largest office block

A glittering new building that will house India’s mammoth diamond market has grabbed the title of the world’s single largest office block. It comprises nine 15-storey towers that make up some 2 million square metres of floor space.

Radio France Internationale

These military spouses are fighting one senator's hold on military promotions

Sen. Tommy Tuberville's disagreement with a Pentagon policy on abortion is upheaving life plans for hundreds of military families. Now those families are petitioning Senate leaders to intervene.

WEKU

Pentagon warns of disruptions as Army, Marines both lack confirmed leaders for first time

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is warning that troop readiness and retention is at risk as the Army’s chief recently stepped down, leaving the military’s two ground combat forces without Senate-confirmed leaders for the first time in history

The Independent UK

Are we alone in the universe? 4 essential reads on potential contact with aliens

The House subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs met in July 2023 to discuss affairs so foreign that they may not even be of this world. During the meeting, several military officers testified that unidentified anomalous phenomena – the government’s name for UFOs – pose a threat…

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US military may put armed troops on commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz to stop Iran seizures

The U.S. military is considering putting armed personnel on commercial ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, in what would be an unheard of action aimed at stopping Iran from seizing and harassing civilian vessels

The Independent UK

Lawmakers pressed to improve solutions for military hunger - Roll Call

Advocates want Congress to tweak the basic needs allowance to make sure that troops dealing with food insecurity get the help they need.

Roll Call

Big shoes filled as Senate appropriators spread earmarks wealth - Roll Call

The retirement of several titans of congressional appropriating hasn't slowed down the Senate's appetite for earmarks.

Roll Call

Lockheed Martin’s $1.7 trillion F-35 fighter jet is 10 years late and 80% over budget—and it could be one of the Pentagon’s biggest success stories

How America's biggest defense contractor turned a military spending fiasco into a business victory.

Fortune

The Pentagon is pulling 1,100 troops from the US-Mexico border mission

The Pentagon is pulling 1,100 troops from the U.S.-Mexico border that it had deployed in response to a surge in migrant crossings

The Independent UK

Oppenheimer & nuclear-industrial complex

What Oppie began became a full-scale nuclear-industrial complex on planet where destruction lurks around the corner

Salon

Analysis: Buildup of American forces in Persian Gulf a new signal of worsening US-Iran conflict

Thousands of Marines backed by advanced U.S. fighter jets and warships are slowly building up a presence in the Persian Gulf

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The Independent UK

Biden rejects Trump decision to move Space Command from Colorado to Alabama

Decision comes amid Alabama senator blocking military promotions in response to Pentagon’s abortion policy

Roll Call

Space Command stays in Colorado, infuriating Alabama delegation - Roll Call

The Biden administration has reversed a Trump-era decision to move the U.S. Space Command headquarters to Alabama.

The Independent UK

Elon Musk ‘stopped Ukraine military using Starlink for military operation’

Musk denied Ukrainian miliatry access to turn on Starlink in Crimea, report says

The Canberra Times

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The Guardian - US

Pentagon hit by ‘critical compromise’ of US air force communications – report

Forbes reports claim that engineer at Arnold air force base in Tennessee had taken home government radio technologies

The Independent UK

The UFO congressional hearing was 'insulting' to US employees, a top Pentagon official says

A top Pentagon official has attacked this week’s widely watched congressional hearing on UFOs

The Independent UK

US to announce $345 million military aid package for Taiwan

The U.S. is set to announce a $345 million military aid package for Taiwan that includes key defense systems that would be critical against any attack on the island

The Guardian - AU

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

A new push for the counteroffensive; business brisk at surrogacy clinics in Ukraine

Salon

Whistleblower on the truth about UFOs

David Grusch described crashed machinery that had yielded biological material of nonhuman origin

Al Jazeera

US stands against China’s ‘bullying’ behaviour, Pentagon chief says

Lloyd Austin’s comments come at start of bilateral talks in Australia on defence, countering China in Asia-Pacific.

Roll Call

Recess arrives with Schumer touting contrast with the House

The Senate needs bipartisanship to run, and showed it with an overwhelming defense bill vote and action by the Appropriations Committee.

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