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“The United States military said late Monday it was carrying out its 10th consecutive night of strikes on Iran, intensifying operations aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz after another American service member was killed and Tehran laun…”
“We discussed North Sea oil, trade, the military alliance, demining of the Hormuz Strait, and many other topics. The call was interesting, and went very well. I wished Prime Minister Burnham, GOOD LUCK AND GODSPEED!”
“They have also been helped by an army of gamekeepers, estate workers and volunteers from neighbouring estates. The blaze started near Ryvoan Bothy, south of Nethy Bridge, last Wednesday and by the weekend the response was scaled up to incl…”
“Ukrainian firm SkyFall, whose FPY drone, the Shrike 10, was involved in the attack, stated that it was priced at under $400 per unit.”
“And even the historically tight-fisted German government is ending decades of fiscal restraint with plans to borrow 800 billion euros by 2030 to beef up its military.”
“Wes Streeting has been appointed Defence Secretary in Burnham’s new cabinet. [...] He replaces Dan Jarvis, who had been in the role for less than six weeks.”
“Anthropic's Mythos, for example, recently identified more than 23,000 potential vulnerabilities across open-source software, including over 1,000 that external security firms rated "high" or "critical" severity, according to SecurityWeek.”
“One person was killed and 16 others wounded in an overnight Russian attack on Kyiv that included ballistic missiles, local authorities said.”
“Every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over!”
“The weapon, dubbed the 'Kreuger,' is roughly the size of a shoebox and carries an estimated price tag of around $10,000 (£7,400) per unit.”
“A handful of commercial helicopter operators like Skyhook, based out of Fife Airport in Glenrothes, will provide this specialist response. The firm has been leading the aerial efforts in the Cairngorms wildfire. Skyhook's helicopters can b…”
“The Mi-28, per the same company, costs $19 million.”
“He points to Salt Typhoon, the Chinese government’s hacking operation, which has harvested data from 200 or more companies in 80 countries.”
“Microsoft Threat Intelligence found that most malicious AI use still centers on producing text, code or media, including phishing lures, translated content, stolen-data summaries, malware debugging and scripts or infrastructure.”
“Russia launched 41 missiles and 125 attack drones across Ukraine overnight, according to the Ukrainian air force. The attack included 25 ballistic missiles.”
“Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported that American strikes killed at least one person near the northwestern city of Tabriz, which is believed to host underground missile facilities operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.”
“In essence it's a flying cellphone with a warhead.”
“However, as a commercial helicopter operator, we are not currently funded or contracted by any organisation to maintain a dedicated aerial firefighting capability or crews on permanent standby.”
“a recent deal with Germany (50,000 SkyFall-built FPV drones for Ukraine, fitted with autonomous targeting software from US firm Auterion in a €90 million (~$103 million) deal)”
“Total U.S. casualties so far: 17 dead, 420 wounded.”
“A team that once needed a month to review threat reports, correlate them with its environment and update its risk register can now do meaningful work in hours.”
“Ukrainian forces intercepted and suppressed 108 drones and 18 missiles.”
“The British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said a second commercial vessel was attacked on Sunday in the Strait of Hormuz near the United Arab Emirates.”
“The Kreuger kit itself costs approximately £8,000, which is a fraction of the cost Nato currently spends on the problem.”
“Firefighters can direct specialist helicopters to drop a tonne of water to help extinguish fires.”
“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recently said the nation is producing 10 million drones a year”
“Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems is now building a $2 billion drone manufacturing facility in Serbia — one of its only such facilities outside of Israel.”
“Ukraine said it shot down at least 17 ballistic missiles in Sunday's attack, indicating it may have replenished some of its dwindling stockpile of Patriot interceptor missiles.”
“Bahrain condemned Iranian drone strikes targeting its air traffic systems, saying they endangered civilian aviation.”
“The key principle is that the defender needs to be cheaper than the attacker.”
“In his resignation letter Healey was highly critical of the government's defence spending plans, saying Sir Keir Starmer had been 'unable' and the Treasury was 'unwilling to commit the resources the nation needs to defend the country'.”
“while vying for a production target of 20 million drones in the future”
“The Pentagon announced over the weekend that three U.S. service members were killed in Iranian attacks in Jordan and Iraq on Friday and Saturday. ... The deaths bring the total number of U.S. service members killed in the war with Iran to …”
“U.S. President Donald Trump has said he is prepared to grant Ukraine licenses to produce Patriot interceptor missiles, potentially bolstering Kyiv's defenses against Russian ballistic missile attacks.”
“The US military also said it has redirected seven ships and disabled one vessel since reimposing a naval blockade on Iranian ports to restrict the country's crude oil exports.”
“If you imagine a situation like Ukraine, where you have thousands coming, you risk going broke by defending yourself.”
“By Monday morning, Ukraine's seaports authority said nine crew members had been killed, as well as one of its pilots.”
“The strike was carried out by operators of the 427th Separate Unmanned Systems Brigade "Rarog," and confirmed by Major Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces (USF), who published the drone's own final-approa…”
“The U.S. carried out its ninth consecutive day of attacks against Iranian military sites overnight Sunday, into Monday.”
“The US military said the troops were killed on Friday while US and partner forces were defending the base against the Iranian attack.”
“The report advocates for "prebunking" as a primary defence against misleading claims taking root in society. Central to this approach is "psychological inoculation," which involves exposing people to weakened versions of false claims to bu…”
“On Monday, Ukraine's drone forces commander Robert Brovdi said 183 vessels had been struck in July, although this figure has not been independently verified.”
“Security researchers at Manifold Security have claimed Anthropic's Claude for Chrome browser extension contains two unpatched vulnerabilities in version 1.0.80, released July 7, 2026.”
“Over 60% of the U.S. fleet is based in the Pacific—along with over half of America’s front-line submarines—while, according to recent studies by the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD), only 22% of America’s major shipyards are located th…”
“Every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over! This directive has been passed on to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Daniel Caine, and every Leader in the M…”
“Sergei Sobyanin, the mayor of the Russian capital, said Kyiv had launched 400 drones towards the region, although most were shot down. Local authorities later said ten people had been injured as a result.”
“Manifold Security confirmed on July 7 2026 that both vulnerabilities still work against version 1.0.80, months after first reporting them to Anthropic.”
“The 122 Navy ships and subs based in U.S. Pacific states and territories have only 11 major U.S. shipyards and two Navy yards available for support.”
“According to the US military, 17 American service members have been killed since the war with Iran began.”
“In the early hours of Monday local time, US Central Command (Centcom) said it had launched a 'new wave' of strikes for the ninth consecutive night as explosions were heard across Iran.”
“Anthropic released eight separate versions between 1.0.73 and 1.0.80 without altering the specific handlers’ researchers had already flagged as vulnerable. [...] The content-script and side-panel code linked to both vulnerabilities remaine…”
“The 97 Navy vessels based in the Atlantic can, according to MARAD, choose between 43 major East Coast and Gulf Coast shipyards, along with three public shipyards (two Navy yards and one Coast Guard yard).”
“Meanwhile, the US military’s Central Command on Monday said its ninth straight night of airstrikes targeted “Iranian military command centers, air defense and coastal surveillance sites, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch site…”
“The IRGC added that the strait 'will not be safe for the transit of petrochemical products, nor even a single drop of oil and gas' as long as the US strikes continue and that it will respond with a 'punitive operation'.”
“One example task lets Claude read a user's Gmail inbox, identify promotional messages, and automatically click the unsubscribe links inside them.”
“The tankers built on the West Coast, at Swan Island Shipyard in Portland, Oregon, were built, on average, 40% faster than the same ships built at the hot and humid ADSCO shipyard in Mobile, Alabama.”
“The British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said Monday evening that a second ship had been attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, this one off the coast of the United Arab Emirates.”
“President Donald Trump says the latest strikes by the US hit Iran 'very hard', adding that the attacks were 'in honour' of three US soldiers killed in recent days - two in Jordan, one in Iraq.”
“The flaws were also reproduced across Claude's Opus, Sonnet, and Fable side-panel model selections, indicating that the issue affected the extension's security design rather than the underlying artificial intelligence models.”
“Again, those West Coast workers outperformed, building the ships 20% faster than Alabama-based workers in a traditional shipyard could build the original T2-SE-A1 tankers. But the good weather and workforce considerations facilitated produ…”
“More than 400 US troops injured since war began More than 400 US service members have been wounded in the Iran conflict, according to Central Command.”
“The Ukrainian military said air defences had shot down 18 out of 41 missiles. The systems also intercepted 108 drones.”
“Ukraine says its drone manufacturing capacity has expanded to 10 million units annually, with plans already underway to double production to 20 million.”
“In the end, the humble logistic ship—benefiting from better weather, new shipyard investments and a more efficient layout—was, according to research presented by David F. Winkler, built for about seven percent less than an identical ship, …”
“The deaths of two Army soldiers in Jordan on Friday and another in northern Iraq bring to 17 the total number of US military personnel killed since the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran on February 28.”
“In his message on Telegram, Zelensky said in the past week Russia had "used about 1,450 strike drones, more than 1,640 guided bombs and 99 missiles of various types against Ukraine".”
“"I remember when I first publicly announced the state's plan: 1 million drones per year," Zelensky said. "There was a lot of skepticism everywhere — both inside and outside... We make 10 million drones a year. Ten, and it will be 20."”
“It said more troops received minor injuries and returned to duty, but did not specify how many.”
“The overnight strikes came after Ukraine sent drones to destroy two warehouses belonging to Russia's biggest online retailer, Wildberries, killing eight people and causing major fires.”
“The announcement coincided with a new defense cooperation arrangement between Ukraine and the European Union valued at $1.1 billion, placing drone production at the center of Kyiv's long-term military planning.”
“According to Ukrainian authorities, the MV Golden Leo, a Guinea-Bissau-flagged cargo ship carrying corn, was struck by three Russian cruise missiles shortly after departing the port of Odesa on Sunday.”
“The agreement builds upon earlier efforts already underway between Ukraine and its European partners in the defense sector.”
“It added that Japan had earmarked 277 billion yen for drone programmes this financial year, including 100 billion yen for its Synchronised, Hybrid, Integrated and Enhanced Littoral Defence (Shield) network.”
“Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov said six separate agreements have already been completed under the Drone Deal framework.”
“They also highlighted Tokyo's plans to acquire 23 US-made MQ-9B SeaGuardian drones, robotic dogs, unmanned surface vessels and autonomous underwater vehicles...”
“Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said Ukrainian forces struck more than 800,000 verified Russian targets during 2026 using drones alone.”
“PLA Daily claimed Japan was seeking to gain 'asymmetric advantages' on future battlefields through unmanned combat systems...”
“Fedorov also stated those operations contributed to about 167,000 Russian troops being killed or seriously wounded during the same period.”
“Earlier this month, Chinese maritime analyst Wu Shicun warned that Japan's growing military role in the South China Sea carried 'destructive potential' that could eventually exceed even that of the United States.”
“Ukraine’s drone production output could exceed that of China, Russia, and the United States put together, surpassing 30 million units annually within several years.”
“According to PLA Daily, Japan's 2022 National Security Strategy, National Defence Strategy and Defence Build-up Programme identified unmanned defence capabilities as a central pillar of the country's future military planning.”
“Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's call for DRDO scientists to develop sixth-generation fighter engines within the next five to seven years, recent successful afterburner tests of the Kaveri engine and the government's renewed push for self-…”
“During the visit, Rajnath also witnessed a successful full-afterburner test of the Kaveri engine, which used a newly designed afterburner developed with support from BrahMos Aerospace. The upgraded configuration is aimed at generating arou…”
“The Kaveri programme fell short of the performance needed for the Tejas. The engine produced around 70-72 kN of afterburning thrust against the 83-85 kN required by the aircraft.”
“India approved the Kaveri engine programme in 1989 as part of the Light Combat Aircraft project to develop an indigenous afterburning turbofan engine for the Tejas fighter. The programme, led by DRDO's Gas Turbine Research Establishment (G…”
“While modern Western fighter engine programmes typically require investments running into billions of dollars, India's expenditure on the Kaveri programme stood at around Rs 3,000 crore, according to the last official estimate presented in…”
“Separately, a U.S. service member in northern Iraq was killed in action July 18 during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone.”
“A second service member was wounded and continues to receive medical treatment for a minor injury.”
“After a thorough search, U.S. military personnel found unidentified remains at the location earlier today. An examination process to verify the remains is ongoing.”
“as several opposition MPs, including SP’s Dharmendra Yadav, raised the issue in an all-party meet led by defence minister Rajnath Singh and attended by 58 MPs of 40 parties.”
“The induction of around 40 J-35s into the Pakistan Air Force, he argues, could significantly alter the regional air power equation and increase strategic uncertainty.”
“Beijing's immediate strategic focus remains the Western Pacific, where it continues to prepare for potential contingencies involving the United States and its allies.”
“PLA own operational requirements, with both China's navy and air force both started inducting J-35 in their service.”
“The enemy launched more than 40 missiles of various types – most of them against the capital – and 120 attack drones”
“the missile barrage triggered fires in five districts of Kyiv, damaging residential buildings, industrial facilities, office premises, a dormitory and several vehicles”
“Ukraine faces a shortage of US-designed Patriot air defence missiles, regarded as its most effective system for intercepting ballistic threats”
“he is prepared to grant Ukraine licences to manufacture Patriot interceptor missiles domestically”
“Called Mnogotochie, the ammunition uses a bullet that splits into three projectiles shortly after leaving the barrel, creating a wider engagement pattern against fast-moving drones.Developed by Vysokotochka, a subsidiary of Russia's state-…”
“Rostec says the rounds have an effective engagement range of up to 300 metres (984 feet) against drones.”
“Footage released by Vysokotochka shows the 5.45 mm version bringing down a drone hovering about 10 metres (33 feet) above the ground from a distance of approximately 100 metres (328 feet) after four shots.”
