SEP 1, 2026
Sweden's defense procurement agency and Naval Group signed a €4.3 billion contract in Stockholm on August 31, 2026 for four Defence and Intervention frigates, to be delivered one a year from 2030 and to serve as the Luleå class.
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SEP 1, 2026
GlobalMilitary.net's 2026 inventories put 28,490 of the 58,339 military aircraft in 162 air arms on designs that predate 1980 — a 49.1 percent share driven as much by types still worth building, like the C-130, as by fleets frozen in time, like North Korea's.
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AUG 31, 2026
Iran's army said it attacked Al Minhad Air Base in the United Arab Emirates with drones on August 31, 2026. The Emirati defense ministry denied the base was targeted and said its air force engaged a drone approaching from Iran.
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