Two Chinese research ships pushed north through American waters off Alaska this week, and for the first time this year, they didn’t just skirt past the edge of U.S. territory, they crossed directly through it. The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed it tracked the Chinese research vessel Xue Long as it transited north through the United […]

France’s Air and Space Force announced that its sixth major long-range air power deployment, code-named PEGASE 26, will launch in early September 2026, sending four Rafale fighter jets built to the latest F4 operational standard across three strategic regions the French military considers critical to its global posture: the Arctic, the Indo-Pacific, and the Middle […]