ACDC News and Views March 26 – April 01

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1. Australia will be left with no submarines if it abandons Aukus, senior defence official warns https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/27/australia-will-be-left-with-no-submarines-if-it-abandons-aukus-senior-defence-official-warns
2. Australia, New Zealand Set Ambitious Course for Deeper Defense Cooperation
https://thediplomat.com/2026/03/australia-new-zealand-set-ambitious-course-for-deeper-defense-cooperation/
3. As war rages, Iranian politicians push for exit from nuclear weapons treaty

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/28/lawmakers-push-npt-exit-as-us-israel-hit-irans-nuclear-sites-steel-plants

4. France Refuses Rafale Source Codes to India, Triggering Major Blow to New Delhi’s Airpower Independence Strategy

https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/france-refuses-rafale-source-codes-india-aesa-radar-spectra-ew-suite/#

5. ‘A million things could go wrong’ – why seizing Iran’s uranium would be so risky for the US

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvglv5v4yvpo

6. USA Asks Poland to Deploy Patriot Air Defense Battery in the Middle East https://militarnyi.com/en/news/usa-poland-patriot-deploy-in-middle-east/
7. ASELSAN Launches LUNA-2 Satellite, Expanding Türkiye’s Space-Based IoT Capabilities

https://defensetalks.com/aselsan-launches-luna-2-satellite-expanding-turkiyes-space-based-iot-capabilities/

8. Japan Deploys 1,000km Type-25 Missile as New Hypersonic Weapon Puts China Coast and Taiwan Strait Within Range

https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/japan-type-25-missile-25ssm-25hgp-hypersonic-china-taiwan-1000km-strike-range/

9. The First AI War: How The Iran Conflict Is Reshaping Warfare

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikebrown/2026/03/30/the-first-ai-war-how-the-iran-conflict-is-reshaping-warfare/

10. Judge blocks Pentagon order branding Anthropic a national security risk

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/26/pentagon-anthropic-national-security-risk-order-blocked/

11. Behind the Curtain: AI’s looming cyber nightmare

https://www.axios.com/2026/03/29/claude-mythos-anthropic-cyberattack-ai-agents

12. Energy Department speeds up nuclear regulatory process with AI https://fedscoop.com/energy-department-national-labs-ai-nuclear-regulatory-experiment/
13. AI is Quietly Reshaping Nuclear Risk in South Asia https://www.apln.network/analysis/commentaries/ai-is-quietly-reshaping-nuclear-risk-in-south-asia
14. Israel targets Iran’s leaders with lethal expertise using new AI platform https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/03/30/iran-israel-war-killings/
15. Axios AI+DC Summit: Commercial tech’s role in the defense sector is growing, leaders say
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/27/axios-aidc-summit-commercial-techs-role-in-the-defense-sector-is-growing-leaders-say