Bloomberg reports that Brexit has failed to deliver promised economic benefits, instead causing lower productivity, higher migration, and political instability. The UK and EU should work toward closer…
A new subsea cable for Amazon Web Services in County Cork highlights Ireland's AI ambitions but exposes its weak defenses, as the neutral state with minimal military spending struggles to protect crit…
AI is transforming video surveillance by enabling natural language queries on footage, as reported by the Financial Times. This technology allows for unlimited search capabilities, contrasting with ol…
On June 29, 1995, the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis docked with Russia's Mir space station while orbiting Earth, marking a milestone in international space cooperation.…
North Korea commissioned its largest warship, the 5,000-tonne Choe Hyon destroyer, on June 23, with Kim Jong Un declaring an end to decades of naval stagnation. South Korean officials and analysts bel…
Russian Zala drones equipped with Nvidia TX2-A AI chips are attacking Ukraine, using onboard artificial intelligence to recognize and target vehicles, people, and military markings. The AI allows the …
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have developed a process using an electrochemical reactor to convert nitrate-contaminated groundwater into nitrogen fertilizer, aiming to reduce farme…
Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna criticized Netflix for acquiring additional seasons of the Russian animated series 'Masha and the Bear,' calling it a tool of Kremlin soft power that normalize…
The US government has allowed Anthropic to release its Claude Mythos 5 AI model to over 100 trusted US organizations, partially reversing a ban imposed two weeks ago over national security risks. The …
A Small Wars Journal post on June 26, 2026, covers national security and Korean news, including Ukraine's drone armada overwhelming Russian air defenses, Iran's attack on a U.S. naval base, and the im…
Serhii Beskrestnov, a top Ukrainian drone analyst and advisor to the defense ministry, said the next evolution of attack drones like Russia's Shaheds will feature AI that allows drones to independentl…
Quantum computing advances by Amazon, IBM, Google, and Nvidia pose national security risks as they can break current encryption. President Trump signed executive orders to fast-track a US government q…
Russia is intensifying efforts to develop AI talent, including a new faculty at Moscow State University and an institute led by Vladimir Putin's daughter, Katerina Tikhonova, but faces a critical shor…
Fiber optic spool-fed drones, which use a thin cable to communicate with operators, are evading counter-drone systems on battlefields in Ukraine, according to a U.S. Army publication. The technology o…
The use of AI in warfare has reached a point of no return, with Ukraine and Russia deploying AI-powered systems on the battlefield, raising urgent ethical and strategic questions for global policymake…
The Senate Armed Services Committee adopted an amendment from Sen. Mark Kelly requiring 'ultimate human responsibility' in AI-powered kill chains, as autonomous weapons systems proliferate in conflict…
A court filing alleges the Pentagon used Elon Musk's Grok AI, developed by xAI, to launch over 2,000 missiles at Iran in a 96-hour period, marking a significant escalation in U.S.-Iran conflict and hi…
Mistral AI's Le Chat chatbot repeated state-sponsored disinformation about the Iran war 50% of the time in English and 56.6% in French when prompted on false claims from Russian, Chinese, and Iranian …
Russian and Chinese actors are using AI to enhance influence operations on X, improving content quality, multilingual reach, and visuals rather than increasing volume, according to a GBHackers analysi…
An audit by NewsGuard found that Mistral AI's chatbot, Le Chat, repeated state-sponsored disinformation from Russia, China, and Iran 50% of the time in English and 56.6% in French, marking a significa…