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Hacking space: Europe ramps satellite cybersecurity as hybrid-warfare cyberattacks increase

European governments and agencies are ramping satellite and ground‑station cybersecurity amid a surge in hybrid‑warfare cyberattacks targeting space systems. The shift treats orbital assets as contested warfighting domains and accelerates investment in resilience, threat‑sharing and sovereign satcom capabilities.

2025-12-29T20:28:51.051148-08:00

Reuters

Pentagon awards $8.6B Boeing contract for F-15 Israel program after Trump–Netanyahu meeting

2025-12-29T15:31:54.865466-08:00

The War Zone

China conducts first sea launch of YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile from Type 055 destroyer

2025-12-29T11:49:25.479824-08:00

Aviation Week

India clears purchase of domestic and imported missiles, drones and counter‑drone systems

2025-12-29T11:47:45.295721-08:00

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Hacking space: Europe ramps satellite cybersecurity as hybrid-warfare cyberattacks increase European governments and agencies are ramping satellite and ground‑station cybersecurity amid a surge in hybrid‑warfare cyberattacks targeting space systems. The shift treats orbital assets as contested warfighting domains and accelerates investment in resilience, threat‑sharing and sovereign satcom capabilities.

2025-12-29T20:28:51.051148-08:00

Hacking space: Europe ramps satellite cybersecurity as hybrid-warfare cyberattacks increase

Reuters

Kim Jong Un calls new multiple rocket launcher the "mainstay" of North Korea's modernised long‑range artillery North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a munitions factory producing a new multiple rocket launcher system, state KCNA reported. He declared the launcher will be the mainstay of the country's modernised long‑range artillery, intended for fast precision strikes and strategic attacks.

2025-12-29T17:51:45.548011-08:00

Kim Jong Un calls new multiple rocket launcher the "mainstay" of North Korea's modernised long‑range artillery

Reuters

Russian air strikes leave Vyshhorod residents without power or heat for days, straining crowded 'resilience' shelters After the latest Russian air strikes, residents of Vyshhorod, a satellite town 20 km north of Kyiv, have endured multi-day power and heating outages; Olena Pazhydaieva reported three days without electricity, forcing crowded municipal ‘resilience’ shelters to absorb displaced civilians and basic services.

2025-12-29T16:27:48.669966-08:00

Russian air strikes leave Vyshhorod residents without power or heat for days, straining crowded 'resilience' shelters

Reuters

Pentagon awards $8.6B Boeing contract for F-15 Israel program after Trump–Netanyahu meeting The Pentagon awarded Boeing an $8.6 billion contract for the F‑15 Israel Program, the department said Monday, following a Florida meeting between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The award covers production and support under a U.S. foreign military sale to bolster Israel’s air force.

2025-12-29T15:31:54.865466-08:00

Pentagon awards $8.6B Boeing contract for F-15 Israel program after Trump–Netanyahu meeting

The War Zone

China conducts first sea launch of YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile from Type 055 destroyer The PLA Navy says its YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile has completed a "finalization test" and was live-fired from a Type 055 destroyer in the first public sea launch. Reports and imagery describe a cold launch and near-vertical waverider profile from the roughly 10,000‑ton warship.

2025-12-29T11:49:25.479824-08:00

China conducts first sea launch of YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile from Type 055 destroyer

Aviation Week

India clears purchase of domestic and imported missiles, drones and counter‑drone systems The Indian government has approved procurement of a mix of homegrown and foreign missiles, unmanned aerial systems and counter‑drone equipment, giving defence planners authority to sign a range of acquisition contracts. Officials have not yet published a detailed vendor list or contract values.

2025-12-29T11:47:45.295721-08:00

India clears purchase of domestic and imported missiles, drones and counter‑drone systems

Wall Street Journal

Trump increases Air Force One use as second‑term foreign policy intensifies Presidents typically turn to foreign policy during a second term. President Trump has increased use of Air Force One as his second‑term foreign policy intensifies, expanding presidential overseas travel and operational demands on the presidential transport fleet and supporting defense platforms.

2025-12-29T10:31:31.062386-08:00

Trump increases Air Force One use as second‑term foreign policy intensifies

Aviation Week

Japan to study MQ-9B drones for aerial interceptions amid Chinese and Russian intrusions Japan will study deploying General Atomics MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft for aerial interception missions, a policy shift driven by repeated Chinese and Russian intrusions into its airspace. The review will assess operational concepts to use MQ-9Bs to detect, track and deter incursions alongside manned assets.

2025-12-29T04:26:09.718334-08:00

Japan to study MQ-9B drones for aerial interceptions amid Chinese and Russian intrusions

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Hacking space: Europe ramps satellite cybersecurity as hybrid-warfare cyberattacks increase

Pentagon awards $8.6B Boeing contract for F-15 Israel program after Trump–Netanyahu meeting

China conducts first sea launch of YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile from Type 055 destroyer

India clears purchase of domestic and imported missiles, drones and counter‑drone systems

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