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(Chris Bishop © Boeing)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2026/08/11/colby-pushes-back-on-dwindling-stockpile-reports-amid-southeast-asia-tour/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-11T15:58:42.744Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Defense News</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-11T15:58:42.744Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Colby pushes back on dwindling stockpile reports amid Southeast Asia tour]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://archetype-military-times-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/zHtx0lCGi3C8vWRkJpsoOMunTxM=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/TYW5AN63ORBGXB6V56SAJJQ3HU.jpg</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Department of War Undersecretary for Policy Elbridge Colby. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.defensenews.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/08/11/pentagon-gives-industry-21-days-to-submit-plans-for-significantly-faster-weapons-production/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-11T14:54:22.973Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Defense News</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-11T14:54:22.973Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Pentagon gives industry 21 days to submit plans for ‘significantly faster’ weapons production]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://archetype-military-times-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/pe0H4fDNC7A84AAJhqzKZxFBLRU=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/7DVUUCB6LBDRRLK7TGMPPSWODA.jpg</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A U.S. Army air defense artilleryman inspects spent Patriot interceptors in the Middle East. The Patriot is the Army’s primary terminal-phase anti-ballistic missile system. (U.S. Army)]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>