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19.05.2026 14:50 In July 2025, the Secretary of War released a memorandum concerning the urgency of establishing U.S. military drone dominance. In it, Secretary Pete Hegseth described drones as the "biggest battlefield innovation in a generation" and called for the removal of red tape and the allocation of resources to bolster the U.S. military's ability to employ and counter drone technology. As the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran have progressed, the development of proper offensive and defensive capabilities has become even more imperative.

19.05.2026 14:50 The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest and last Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Cleveland in Cleveland.

19.05.2026 14:50 The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Cooperstown got underway from Naval Station Mayport May 16, 2026, to begin operations in support of its scheduled deployment. Cooperstown assumed duties previously executed by the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita in support of USNORTHCOM's border security objectives.

19.05.2026 14:50 U.S. Navy expeditionary forces are operating in the High North to deploy and test advanced Robotics and Autonomous Systems May 4-24, 2026, during an unmanned systems and explosive ordnance disposal EOD exercise with Norway, strengthening their bilateral posture in the Arctic.

19.05.2026 14:50 The future USS Ted Stevens , a flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, arrived at its Naval Station Norfolk homeport for the first time on May 15, 2026.

19.05.2026 14:50 From May 4 to 15, 2026, aircraft and personnel from across the Alliance gathered at Araxos Air Base in Greece for Exercise NATO Tiger Meet 2026, hosted by 335 Squadron of the Hellenic Air Force.

19.05.2026 14:50 Beneath the cold waters of the Norwegian Sea, Allied submarines are manoeuvring into position for the start of one of NATO's most demanding maritime exercises. From 18 - 29 May 26, Dynamic Mongoose 26 brings together cutting-edge submarine and anti-submarine warfare capabilities in a complex training environment, designed to put the Alliance to the test.

19.05.2026 14:50 The tasks of the next phase were successfully accomplished during "EFES - 2026" Joint Multinational Exercise being held in Türkiye, Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC.

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19.05.2026 14:50 Prime Minister Netanyahu in a conversation with the commander of Flotilla 3 during the takeover of the flotilla that left Turkey: "You are doing an outstanding job and neutralizing a malicious plan designed to break the isolation we are imposing on Hamas terrorists in Gaza."

19.05.2026 14:50 The Lebanese health ministry has reported eight fatalities from the latest Israeli strikes against multiple locations south of Lebanon, marking a fresh flagrant violation of the ceasefire brokered just weeks earlier.

19.05.2026 14:50 The Hamas resistance movement says a decision by the Israeli occupying regime to expropriate dozens of residential buildings in the vicinity of al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of al-Quds is a dangerous step that directly targets the Palestinian existence.

19.05.2026 14:50 Turkey has strongly denounced an Israeli attack on the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters, describing it as "a new act of piracy."