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India’s Defense Ministry signed contracts for the GSAT-7C military communications satellite and Varunastra heavyweight torpedoes, its latest push for home-built weapons.
Hanwha says its Cheongwang laser and a 30-kilowatt vehicle laser downed three drones at a South Korean army exercise. Each shot costs about $1.50.
Ukraine says Neptune missiles hit six Su-34 fighter-bombers parked in the open at Borisoglebsk air base. Satellite images confirm at least four destroyed.
Ukrainian drones lost their satellite link mid-flight. Reuters says the order to slow Starshield came from inside the White House. Here’s what is known and what isn’t.
The missile shield was paid for outside the regular budget, so the stopgap that started Oct. 1 gives it nothing. Senators from both parties want that fixed.
That’s on top of a $53.6 billion drone line already in the 2027 budget, and less than a third of that buys drones outright.
“I think this is a problem we can fix.” The Pentagon said the job would take 10 years. A volunteer group did the DNA groundwork in three.
Patriot, THAAD and SM-3 makers signed billions in new deals in five days this month. CSIS says getting back to prewar stockpiles could still take up to four years.
The first 10 robotics technicians finished a 19-week course that ends with designing, printing and coding a robot in the field.
Trump has called off the livestream, but the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan is still set for Dec. 3. What’s known, and what could still delay it.