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Japan to Supply 11 Frigates to Australia in its Biggest Ever Arms Export Deal The Mogami-class frigates deal is worth an estimated $10-$15 Billion with deliveries slated to commence from 2029. defensemirror.com/news/41470/Jap… #AustraliaSubmarine #AustraliaDefence #JapanSubmarineExport

Ukraine Deployment Begins for Japan’s First Interceptor-Drone: Terra Drone Corp’s “Terra A1” drone will be used against Russian attack UAVs that have been devastating Ukrainian regions in recent days. defensemirror.com/news/41469/Ukr… #UkraineRussiaWar #RussiaDrone #InterceptorDrone

Russia’s Rostec Tests Filters that Protect Drone Components from Electronic Warfare The technology involves installing signal filters directly onto electronic components. defensemirror.com/news/41468/Rus… #RussianTechnology #ElectronicWarfare

Iran Increased its Drone Production 10 -Folds Since the June 2025 War with Israel defensemirror.com/news/41467/Ira… #IranWar‌ #iranusawar

U.K. Transfers $1 Billion in Profits from Frozen Russian Assets to Ukraine: Since 2022, G7 countries have frozen approximately $300 billion in Russian sovereign assets and Transferred $10 billion to Ukraine for military spending. defensemirror.com/news/41466/U_K… #FrozenRussianAssets

Russia Threatens to Target European Companies Supplying Drone Components to Ukraine: The move appears to be inspired by Tehran which attacked US’ facilities and companies based in Gulf countries for enabling the U.S. to attack Iran. defensemirror.com/news/41465/Rus… #UkraineInvadedRussia6Aug2024 #RussiaUkraineWar

Pakistan Navy Tests Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missile Against Moving Sea Target defensemirror.com/news/41464/Pak… #Hypersonic #pakistansecurity #pakistanemergingpower

German TKMS, Spanish Navantia in MoU to Pitch Submarines Projects to NATO defensemirror.com/news/41463/Ger… #NATO #Submarine #Spain

Iran Threatens to Block Access to the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Red Sea in Response to U.S. Blockade: With the U.S. Navy forcing oil tankers back to Iranian ports, Iran could withstand a complete halt in oil exports for up to two months, analysts say. defensemirror.com/news/41462/Ira… #IranWar‌ #iranusisrael #StraitofHormuz

World’s largest All-electric Smart Container Ship Starts Maiden Voyage in China: The 10,000-ton vessel is powered by 10 standardized battery containers and will save 580 tons of fuel a year. defensemirror.com/news/41461/Wor… #NetZero #ZeroEmission #electricpropusion #ChinaContainerVessel #BatteryPoweredShip

U.S. Army Awards Boeing $324 million for six Chinook Block II Helicopters defensemirror.com/news/41460/U_S… #Boeing #Helicopters

China’s HH-200 Large Cargo UAV Completes First Flight: The 1.5 ton payload drone is designed for inter-island transport in Southeast Asia, besides the air cargo networks of countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative. defensemirror.com/news/41459/Chi… #AVIC_China #ChinaUAV #ChinaDrone

Pentagon Awards Lockheed Martin $1.9 Billion to Continue C-130J Maintenance and Aircrew Training: defensemirror.com/news/41458/Pen… #Pentagon #C130J

Russia displays Mock-up of An All-New Long-haul Passenger Airliner: defensemirror.com/news/41457/Rus… #Tupolev

Two Sanctioned Tankers, 15 other Vessels Cross Strait of Hormuz This is despite the US central command stationing two warships to enforce President Trump’s Blockade of the crucial strait defensemirror.com/news/41456/Two… #StraitofHormuz #CentCom #IranWar‌2026

Comprehensive Arms Package to be Discussed During Indonesian President’s Visit to Moscow: The package could include Su-57E fifth-generation fighters, Su-35 jets, S-400 Air defence systems, Helicopters and others. defensemirror.com/news/41455/Com… #RussianArms #indonesiagakbayariuran #S400

Australian Navy Sets Up New Unit for Unmanned Operations: The Maritime Autonomous Systems Unit (MASU) will operate both underwater and surface vessels for reconnaissance, surveillance and attack missions. defensemirror.com/news/41454/Aus… #AustralianNavy #UnmannedOps #AUKUS, #GhostShark

Russian Tech Converts Drone Swarms into Attack Dogs: The drones can launch both collective and individual attacks by sharing target data with one another in real time. defensemirror.com/news/41453/Rus… #DroneSwarm #KamikazeUAV #Rostec_Russia #AttackDogs