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BULLETIN OF ATOMIC SCIENTISTS · JAN 2026
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June 25, 2026 at 06:16 PM UTC
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Army Air Assault brigade found AI tools ill-suited to tactical planning House backs $1.55 billion to revive E-7 Wedgetail, spares Navy Hawkeye Trump Set To Clear Critical F110 Turbofan Engine Sale For Turkey’s Kaan Fighter Frank Kendall on the trouble with banning autonomous weapons [Book excerpt] The West can learn from Ukraine’s AI future vision beyond the battlefield Army Air Assault brigade found AI tools ill-suited to tactical planning House backs $1.55 billion to revive E-7 Wedgetail, spares Navy Hawkeye Trump Set To Clear Critical F110 Turbofan Engine Sale For Turkey’s Kaan Fighter Frank Kendall on the trouble with banning autonomous weapons [Book excerpt] The West can learn from Ukraine’s AI future vision beyond the battlefield
🏴 Europe / NATO
Major Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri exploring nuclear-powered vessels, CEO says
Fincantieri CEO Pierroberto Folgiero also touched on several other topics during a closed-door roundtable, including lessons learned from the war in Ukraine regarding naval drones and the future of a common European patrol corvette.
Breaking Defense3h ago
🏴 Europe / NATO
How to Use AI to Help Find Civilian Harm
Between February 2022 and September 2025, Bellingcat staff and volunteers collected, geolocated, and shared more than 2,500 incidents of civilian harm following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. As part of this effort, Bellingcat tested a new machine learning model…
Bellingcat4h ago
⚛️ Nuclear
The Quest for Nuclear Superiority Makes No Sense
The best way for governments to save money is to stop wasting it on completely unnecessary weapons.
Foreign Policy4h ago
🏴 Europe / NATO
Europe’s defense build-up depends on getting partnerships right
One pattern is worth watching: Partnership activity is not spreading evenly across the market; it is coalescing around a handful of industrial platforms.
Defense News4h ago
🌏 Indo-Pacific
Amid a Slowing Economy, China Is Changing How It Judges Local Party Leaders
Longstanding metrics – particularly rapid GDP growth and infrastructural expansion – are no longer sufficient to sustain political legitimacy.
The Diplomat4h ago

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