| 1. | Turkey Plans Drone Facility in Pakistan in Global Defense Push |
| 2. | US Congress nears final vote on the 2026 National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA). |
| 3. | Top Indian arms makers held rare meetings in Russia on potential joint ventures, sources say |
| 4. | Swiss parliament relaxes restrictions on arms exports
https://www.reuters.com/world/swiss-parliament-votes-relax-restrictions-arms-exports-2025-12-04/ |
| 5. | India Finalizes $2 Billion Russia Sub Deal as Putin Visits |
| 6. | China launches new remote sensing satellite
https://english.news.cn/20251209/eb0ef18051424b21a6f19dabc05bad38/c.html |
| 7. | Chinese researchers achieve breakthrough in pursuit of next-gen nuclear power: ‘Steadily generating’
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/thorium-molten-salt-reactor-uranium-china/ |
| 8. | SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites from Vandenberg in California |
| 9. | Kyrgyzstan eyes leveraging Azerbaijani satellites
https://azertag.az/en/xeber/kyrgyzstan_eyes_leveraging_azerbaijani_satellites-3907411 |
| 10. | Underwater arms race: How robot subs will outwit next-gen sonar
https://newatlas.com/military/robotic-submarines-noise-stealth/ |
| 11. | The National Security Strategy: The Good, the Not So Great, and the Alarm Bells
https://www.csis.org/analysis/national-security-strategy-good-not-so-great-and-alarm-bells |
| 12. | How AI Is Reshaping Diplomacy and Global Affairs
https://time.com/7338949/bridge-summit-churchill-kallot-perski-ai-global-affairs-diplomacy-policy/ |
| 13. | Microsoft unveils $23 billion in new AI investments with big focus on India |
| 14. | South Korea’s nuclear submarine gamble raises prospect of underwater arms race in Asia |
| 15. | Trump gives Nvidia green light to sell advanced AI chips to China |
| 16. | Germany steps up missile defense with help from Israel
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-steps-up-missile-defense-with-help-from-israel/a-75067175 |
| 17. | Norway to spend $6.4 billion on two more submarines, long-range strike |
Warm Regards,
Team Arms Control & Disarmament Centre (ACDC)
Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI)
Sector F-5/2, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
