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The audacious attacks on Russian airfields highlight the power of unconventional, asymmetric warfare — and the threat to U.S. strategic bases and ports, experts say.Ukraine’s surprise Sunday strike that used relatively inexpensive drones to knock out a significant portion of Russia’s long-range bomber capability was arguably the single largest blow to Moscow in its three-year war on its neighbor and a stunning display of asymmetric warfare. The out-of-the-blue drone blitz elicited glee among Ukraine’s backers in Washington, but also a chilling realization: The United States is increasingly vulnerable to just such a low-tech, low-cost strike. “The Pentagon should be very...

Are we about to see Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sitting across from each other at a negotiating table in Turkey? It looks like that could actually happen this week. If both leaders really do show up, there will be peace negotiations in Turkey starting on Thursday. But will these negotiations lead to peace, or will they lead to World War 3? Western leaders were threatening to hit Russia with a new round of very harsh sanctions if the Russians did not agree to a 30 day ceasefire beginning on March 12th. In response, Russian President...

Pakistan has launched attacks on "multiple targets" across India, according to the media wing of Pakistan's military. In a statement, Pakistan said it has unleashed Operation Bunyan ul Marsoos (Solid Wall of Steel) in response to what it calls "continuous provocation" by India. "Multiple targets in this operation are being engaged all across India," the statement added. Reuters said Pakistan has targeted the BrahMos missile storage facility in Beas and airbases in Pathankot and Udhampur. The news agency has also stated India has launched air operations in Pakistan, quoting an Indian military source. State-run Pakistan television said retaliatory attacks were...

ISLAMABAD, April 28 (Reuters) - Pakistan's defence minister said on Monday that a military incursion by neighbouring India was imminent in the aftermath of a deadly militant attack on tourists in Kashmir last week, as tensions rise between the two nuclear-armed nations. The militant attack killed 26 people and triggered outrage in Hindu-majority India, along with calls for action against Muslim-majority Pakistan. India accuses Pakistan of backing militancy in Kashmir, a region both claim and have fought two wars over. "We have reinforced our forces because it is something which is imminent now. So in that situation some strategic decisions...

Hundreds of foreigners will be recruited to Australia's navy, army and air force as the federal government looks to Five Eyes allies to fill a shortage. The recruitment drive came as our newest military assets arrived, also from overseas. A trio of supersonic stealth fighters from the US have touched down at Williamtown RAAF Base to complete a fleet of 72 new F-35As. "The platform brings lethality, it brings survivability, and it brings a technology that increases Australia's air combat capability by a huge amount," Air Commodore Peter Robinson, Air Combat Group Commander, said. Now, overseas defence imports will extend...