British military instructors take part in a demonstration for Nigerian soldiers during a training session on Oct. 4, 2017. (Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images)

Britain eyes a more lethal force in newly revealed defense modernization review

Britain is to rebuild weapon stockpiles, strengthen Joint Forces Command and earmark cash to rapidly innovate as part of a long-awaited defense modernization review.

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The goal of U.S. Space Command is to oversee and organize space operations, accelerate technical advances and find more effective ways to defend U.S. assets in space. (U.S. Defense Department)

Trump signs order to create US Space Command

The goal is to set up a command to oversee and organize space operations, accelerate technical advances and find more effective ways to defend U.S. assets in space.

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The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser Antietam pulls alongside the Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier, Ronald Reagan, in the Philippine Sea. (MC2 Kaila Peters/U.S. Navy)

5 takeaways: Top US Navy officer releases updated strategy document

The Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority version 2.0 functions as a to-do list for both the fleet and the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations staff.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has demanded the extradition of Fethullah Gülen, a Muslim cleric accused of being the mastermind behind the July 2016 coup attempt. (Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images)

Dozens working on ‘critical’ Turkish defense programs detained in probe

Turkish officials say 25 engineers working for Aselsan, Turkey’s largest defense company, were detained as part of a government-run probe.

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A picture shows a Russian Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft defence system at the Russian Hmeimim military base in Latakia province, in the northwest of Syria, on December 16, 2015. The Indian army said a Pantsir system did not quality for a competition for a gun and missile system currently underway. (Photo credit should read PAUL GYPTEAU/AFP/Getty Images)

Russia wants back in on India’s gun and missile system competition

Russia has lodged a protest over India’s decision to disquality its two munitions systems from the $1.6 billion Army program, spurring newfound tensions between the two allies.

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