5,807 source-backed defence & security facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 9 of 59.
“partial mobilization of 300,000 reservists”
“A search-and-rescue mission including Civil Defense, the National Guard and Coast Guard was launched after flash floods apparently swept several occupied homes off their foundations in the coastal communities of Na'alehu and Wai'ohinu, nea…”
“Iran said two Su-24 warplanes were used in the mission on a Qatari military base on 2 March 2026”
“the defence ministry on Friday issued the biggest-ever single purchase order for drones — 84 sets of loitering munition system along with 840 loiter munitions”
“Germany unveils first military strategy since 1945”
“The Government confirmed it is continuing plans to house up to 1,200 asylum seekers at three former military bases in Oxfordshire, North Yorkshire and Suffolk.”
“According to KnowBe4's 2025 Phishing Threat Trends Report, 82.6% of phishing emails now show some use of AI, a 53.5% increase year-over-year.”
“involving roughly 3,500 troops”
“Nearly one million Russians fled the country in the year following the invasion.”
“some 2 million people in Gaza”
“Eleven people have been killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, authorities say”
“the Indian military’s broader and massive modernisation programme valued at over Rs 20,000 crore”
“France extends nuclear talks to seven partners”
“There are no centrally mandated policy restrictions on the movement of Chinese-manufactured vehicles.”
“According to VikingCloud's 2026 research, 84% of SMB owners manage cybersecurity themselves, often without dedicated training or expertise.”
“Ukrainian drone operators from the 412th Nemesis Unmanned Systems Regiment knocked out an elite United States armoured brigade during the recent Combined Resolve exercise”
“67% of surveyed Russians believe that peace negotiations with Ukraine are now necessary.”
“the USS George Washington is en route to relieve the USS Lincoln, which has been at sea for nearly nine months”
“Lebanon's prime minister said seven people were killed in a strike on a house on the outskirts of Ansar”
“In a request for information (RFI), the defence ministry has sought details of a ship-launched LM with a minimum 1,000 km range, 9-hour loiter time and with a flight altitude of 15,000 ft.”
“US military aid worth 40 percent of Kyiv's support.”
“In June, the Pentagon described BYD as a "military-civil fusion contributor to the Chinese defence industrial base".”
“according to McKinsey reporting on digital trust, 40% of consumers have completely pulled their business from a company after discovering the organization was reckless with customer data, and 10% of consumers will cut ties with a brand imm…”
“the Ukrainian side used a mix of first‑person‑view (FPV) drones and larger loitering‑munition platforms to locate and "destroy" the American vehicles”
“only 24% of the surveyed participants believed that Russian military action in Ukraine should continue.”
“there needs to be care given to the roughly 5,000 sailors returning to the U.S. from the USS Lincoln”
“State media reported three children and two women were among the dead”
“bagging the bifurcated contract of providing 54 sets of munition systems with 540 loitering munitions (64%) of the total defence ministry’s order for the Army”
“active-duty personnel now stand at 220,000, up from roughly 100,000 in 2014 and 216,000 at the end of 2025.”
“Firstly, we have seen the military deploy 100 personnel, initially to the major incident in South Wales, and we’re very grateful to our colleagues in the Ministry of Defence for that.”
“Roughly two-thirds of Google searches now end without a click, according to Similarweb clickstream data analyzed by SparkToro.”
“US officials briefed on the drill confirmed that the brigade's electronic‑warfare and counter‑drone suites failed to prevent the strikes”
“controls more than 90% of the territory in the Donbas”
“Sailors and Marines of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group remain resilient and resolved after more than 260 days at sea, 10,000 aircraft flights, and 1.5 million pounds of ordnance expended”
“Later on Saturday, another round of strikes hit the town of Deir al-Zahrani, killing four and wounding five others”
“The rest of the ministry’s LM order — 30 sets with 300 munitions (36%) — will be provided by Pune-headquartered NIBE as L2 vendor to the Indian Army”
“The government's target is 300,000 regular soldiers backed by a further 200,000 reservists.”
“a defence spending shortfall of at least £4.7billion inherited from Sir Keir Starmer's plans”
“around half of the Russian fleet’s warships”
“the USS Gerald R. Ford returned home in mid‑May after an 11‑month deployment, the longest since the Vietnam War”
“Its forces continue to occupy roughly 5% of Lebanese territory”
“Pointing out that TASL, which is the L1 vendor for the Army contract, is also separately developing 400-km-range systems”
“Poland now spends more than 4% of GDP on defence, the highest share in the alliance.”
“at least two-thirds of its tanks”
“home to more than 5,000 sailors”
“The nuclear-powered Lincoln, carrying roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines, left San Diego on Nov 21 for what was expected to be roughly a seven-month deployment.”
“The parade in Warsaw displayed a record 300 armoured vehicles and approximately 2,000 soldiers.”
“The 5,000 crew members of the USS Abraham Lincoln have been at sea for more than 260 days as of this week in one of the longest aircraft carrier deployments in modern history”
“has been at sea for more than 250 days”
“The ship has now spent more than 260 days deployed and more than 200 consecutive days without a meaningful port call — a modern record for an American aircraft carrier.”
“On 30 July a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile crashed in the Lublin region.”
“The 37-year-old, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier”
“The Navy's own Optimised Fleet Response Plan is designed around a seven-month deployment, explicitly balancing operational demands against sailors' quality of life and long-term fleet sustainability.”
“In September 2025 Polish F-16s shot down Russian drones during a mass aerial assault on Ukraine.”
“The USS Abraham Lincoln is in its ninth month at sea and fifth month of combat operations against Iran.”
“The Lincoln, at more than eight-and-a-half months at sea, has therefore substantially exceeded the nominal target, even though wartime extensions are not unprecedented.”
“Polish armaments agency has signed contracts worth more than 100 billion zloty since 2022.”
“The USS Gerald R. Ford holds the modern deployment record of 326 days at sea.”
“While the 4000 km distance from Iran offers protection from missile and drone attacks, it complicates the delivery of food, spare parts and other supplies to forces operating near the Gulf.”
“The first 116 Abrams M1A2 SEPv3 tanks arrived in 2024; the remaining 144 are due by 2026.”
“The USS Abraham Lincoln has stepped foot on land only two days since leaving San Diego”
“China already possesses the world's largest navy by number of battle‑force ships: more than 370, compared with 296 US battle‑force ships in 2024, according to the Congressional Research Service.”
“South Korean deliveries have been faster: 180 K2 tanks and 212 K9 howitzers are contracted, with the first batches already in Polish hands.”
“The USS Abraham Lincoln’s deployment started on Nov. 21 and was expected to end in May”
“At a San Diego meeting attended by roughly 200 relatives, they are reported to have confronted Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao with complaints about food, mail, sanitation, mental‑health pressures and the absence of a clear homecoming date.”
“The 200,000 reserve target rests on the Territorial Defence Forces (WOT) and a reformed mobilization system.”
“posting a photo of herself aboard the new Air Force One jet gifted from Qatar on July 1, when it made its inaugural flight to South Dakota”
“The former defence secretary said the security team eventually agreed to Modi's demand and removed the glass barrier just hours before the Independence Day ceremony.”
“The WOT, currently around 40,000 strong, is organised into light infantry battalions in every county.”
“Trump was secretly shuttled off an Air Force One jet and taken to a smaller, Air Force Boeing C-32A plane via a catering truck just before departing Ankara, Turkey, on July 8”
“damaging two processing plants and triggering a fire”
“As of Friday, the USS Abraham Lincoln has been deployed for 266 days, still shorter than the 326 days the USS Gerald R. Ford was away from its homeport of Naval Station Norfolk. The difference is that CVN-72 has only been in port twice, an…”
“about 1,300 km from Ukraine”
“152 Shahed-type drones and loitering munitions”
“Seven Army personnel were swept away in the flash flood, officials said. Two were rescued, while five remain missing.”
“a flash flood triggered by heavy rainfall swept away two shelters at the 5th Grenadier's Pasu Pani Army camp”
“Two search and rescue teams from the 5th Grenadier have been deployed to locate the missing personnel.”
“defence production had increased four times, electronic manufacturing seven times, modern railway coach production 21 times, internet users four times and digital transactions 100 times”
“more than 3,500 security personnel”
““Iran’s manufacturing of missiles is 82 percent””
““212 aircraft””
“our domestic defence production, which stood at around Rs 46,000 crore in 2014, reached a record Rs 1.78 lakh crore in FY 2025-26. This means that over the past decade, our domestic defence production has increased nearly fourfold.”
“defence exports have grown 56-fold, from Rs 686 crore in 2013-14 to Rs 38,424 crore in 2025-26, with Indian defence products now reaching more than 80 countries.”
“defence budget has increased 3.1-fold, from Rs 2.53 lakh crore in 2013-14 to Rs 7.85 lakh crore in 2026-27”
“capital expenditure has risen 2.3-fold to Rs 2.19 lakh crore”
“Defence R&D spending has more than doubled to Rs 29,100 crore in 2026-27 from Rs 13,716 crore in 2014-15”
“Indian Army has achieved roughly 91% self-sufficiency in ammunition, having indigenised 159 of 175 ammunition variants.”
“government is targeting Rs 3 lakh crore in annual defence production and Rs 50,000 crore in defence exports by 2029”
“US military has reportedly lost at least 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones during its war with Iran, representing about 25 per cent of its fleet”
“can cost between $30 million and $50 million, depending on its sensors and weapons, according to the US Air Force.”
“The losses could therefore represent more than $1.3 billion in equipment costs, according to three US officials familiar with Pentagon data, quoted by the Washington Post.”
“The US military had about 185 Reapers before the conflict, including 165 operated by the Air Force and 20 by the Marine Corps, based on public budget data and service figures.”
“None of the Marine Corps' Reapers have been lost, according to Lt Col Joshua Benson, a Marine Corps spokesman.”
“In May, Lt Gen David Tabor, a senior Air Force officer, told the Senate that the number of remaining Reapers had fallen to about 135.”
“US forces fired more than 850 Tomahawk cruise missiles and more than 1,000 Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors during the first month of the Iran campaign, according to The Washington Post.”
“The administration is seeking approval for a $67 billion supplemental package for the Iran war.”
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has estimated that the conflict will cost $37.5 billion through the end of September, excluding the cost of rebuilding US bases damaged by Iranian strikes.”
“The report said the Missile Defense Agency's maximum annual production capacity for THAAD interceptors is 96, while the Pentagon's proposed defence budget calls for 857 next year and nearly 2,600 over five years.”
“At current production rates, fulfilling that five-year requirement would take about 27 years, according to the report.”
“manufacturing a single THAAD interceptor takes nearly three years.”
