MGG Geopolitics
UK Scraps Destroyer Plan for Hybrid Drone Warships in Naval Overhaul
Britain will build at least six new warships designed to command fleets of drones across the air, surface and seabed, moving away from earlier plans for a next-generation destroyer in favour of a “hybrid” navy built around crewed and uncrewed systems.
The Royal Navy will procure a minimum of
China-Russia Bombers Patrol Sea of Japan Again as Joint Missions Become Routine
The 11th joint strategic air patrol flown by China and Russia on June 27, over waters near Japan and South Korea, will read to many in the region as just another entry in a lengthening logbook. That sense of routine is the point. What began in 2019 as a single,
Australia's New Spy Jet Patrols Northern Waters as China Pushes South
Australia has begun flying its newest surveillance and electronic-warfare aircraft from the country's north, widening its ability to track Chinese military movements through its maritime approaches as Beijing sends its navy further south.
An MC-55A Peregrine from the Royal Australian Air Force's 10 Squadron
Boeing Wins $2 Billion Space Force Deal for Military Satellites
June 25: Boeing won a US Space Force contract worth as much as $2 billion to develop and build two new military communications satellites, beating incumbent Lockheed Martin Corp. and handing the company’s troubled space unit a rare boost.
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Why Japan's Warship Exports Are Reshaping Indo-Pacific Power
When reports emerged in late April that Japan had offered India the design plans for its prized Mogami-class frigate, the significance went well beyond a single contract. According to the South China Morning Post, Tokyo proposed letting India build the ships in its own yards using Japanese materials, with