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Pentagon awards Lockheed Martin $12.5bn contract for nearly 300 F-35 jets
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The U.S. Department of Defense on Monday awarded Lockheed Martin a $12.5 billion contract to produce nearly...
Read moreIsrael’s cabinet confirms David Zini as new Shin Bet chief amid controversy
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israel’s cabinet on Tuesday evening unanimously approved the appointment of retired Major General David Zini as the...
Read moreChina tests prototype of global missile defence platform
BEIJING (Realist English). Chinese scientists say they have deployed a working prototype of a global missile defence system capable of...
Read moreUS deploys new air defense system to South Korea amid rising drone threats
SEOUL (Realist English). A new U.S. air defense system designed to intercept cruise missiles, drones and rocket attacks has been...
Read moreUS Navy awards $10.9bn contract to Sikorsky for heavy-lift helicopters
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), has secured a $10.855 billion contract from the US Navy...
Read moreHegseth rules Wounded Knee Medals of Honor will remain despite massacre legacy
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that 19 soldiers awarded the Medal of Honor for their...
Read moreFormer FBI Director James Comey indicted by federal grand jury
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of making...
Read moreChina’s 80th anniversary parade highlights new missile systems, sparking concern among U.S. analysts
BEIJING (Realist English). China used its Sept. 3 military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory in World War II...
Read moreIran receives Russian MiG-29 jets as part of sweeping air force modernization
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran has taken delivery of Russian MiG-29 fighter jets in what officials describe as the first step...
Read moreOutgoing MI6 chief Richard Moore makes farewell speech in Istanbul, sparks controversy with Russia remarks
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Istanbul — long a city associated with espionage lore — provided the stage for Sir Richard Moore’s...
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Iran war exposes global reliance on fragile energy routes
LONDON (Realist English). The war involving Iran has exposed the global economy’s dependence on vulnerable fossil fuel supply routes, intensifying...
Taiwan fears US weapons use in Iran could aid China
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwan has raised concerns that extensive US use of long-range cruise missiles in the war involving Iran...
Strait of Hormuz disruption sends shockwaves through global trade
LONDON (Realist English). Escalating military tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are rapidly disrupting global shipping and energy markets, as...
Iran war puts Vice President JD Vance in difficult political position
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The ongoing war with Iran has placed US Vice President JD Vance in a politically sensitive position,...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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