Pakistan is not simply “falling behind” in an AI arms race. It has adopted a deliberate and measured approach to military AI. That approach draws on decades of counterinsurgency experience and manages
The United States is preparing to deploy one of its key anti-ship missile systems to Yonaguni, Japan’s westernmost island, during joint military exercises this month, bringing the weapon to its closest position
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Sri Lanka and Russia have concluded a bilateral military exercise in the Russian Federation, with special operations forces from the two countries conducting joint training in weapons, tactical operations, battlefield medicine and
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On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding has returned to the center of high-level diplomatic conversation. Endorsements from Iran, the United States
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Lieutenant General Joel Vowell, Deputy Commanding General of US Army Pacific, joined Sri Lankan defence and security representatives and diplomats from five countries at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Jawatta, Colombo,
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Elon Musk has been selected to help lead a new US Defence Department initiative examining the future of warfare, bringing the SpaceX chief back into a prominent government role as the Pentagon
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The United States and Russia worked to weaken proposed international safeguards for lethal autonomous weapons during United Nations negotiations in Geneva this month, removing provisions that would have required greater reliability, ethical
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Sri Lankan authorities have completed a five-day workshop aimed at developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for responding to radiological and nuclear emergencies within the country’s territorial waters. The programme concluded in Colombo
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The recent visit of President Xi to Washington highlights Washington’s interest in reducing tensions with China, facilitating trade, and avoiding conflict.
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There are moments in the life of a nation when the constitutional curtain falls and the stage lights reveal the true protagonist. Pakistan has reached precisely such a moment. The country’s long
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Saudi Arabia is confronting a worsening security crisis after Houthi forces seized key positions along Yemen’s Red Sea coast and resumed missile and drone attacks against Saudi infrastructure, while the network of
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At three in the morning during the Talavera fairs, Gómez was walking with a woman who was not his wife. Some acquaintances spotted them and were understandably surprised. “It is a very
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China has expelled two of its most senior military leaders from the Communist Party and the armed forces, accusing former Central Military Commission (CMC) vice-chairman Zhang Youxia and former CMC member Liu
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A former Australian defence official’s decision to invoke an “aggressive Indonesia” while arguing for the strategic value of Aukus submarines has created an awkward moment for relations between Canberra and Jakarta. Michael
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The United States has approved the potential sale of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, a decision that could reshape military calculations in the Middle East as the
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A reunion at the Home of Veterans in Akuregoda leads Admiral Ravi Wijegunaratne back to memories of his service in Mannar in 1985, when a decision to travel with an Army convoy
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