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UK to hike defence spending and cut aid budget, Starmer says
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/25/uk-to-hike-defence-spending-and-cut-aid-budget-starmer-says |
| 2. | First Taiwan-made submarine Hai Kun on track for April sea trials, defence ministry says |
| 3. | Iran rules out ‘direct talks’ with US on nuclear issue
https://www.dawn.com/news/1894304/iran-rules-out-direct-talks-with-us-on-nuclear-issue |
| 4. | Iranian air defense system, offensive drone destroy targets during major maneuvers |
| 5. | IAEA chief calls for engagement with North Korea amid nuclear arsenal concerns |
| 6. | Nuclear weapons are ‘one-way road to annihilation’ warns Guterres |
| 7. | Flash News: France Offers European Nuclear Shield with Rafale Jets in Germany After Meeting with US President. |
| 8. | Iron Dome unsuitable as missile shield for US or Europe, officials say |
| 9. | Call to Include Nuclear in Europe’s Affordable Energy Plan
https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/call-to-include-nuclear-in-europes-affordable-energy-plan |
| 10. | Reaping space’s decline? Why to choose the durability of due regard over the debris of military devastation
https://spacenews.com/trekking-into-the-stars-why-due-regard-provides-us-a-new-hope/ |
| 11. | Build Allied AI or Risk Fighting Alone |
| 12. | Chinese scientists turn Boeing’s helium leak crisis into stealth missile tech breakthrough |
| 13. | Chang Zheng 8A launches as Chinese spaceport expansions begin
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/02/china-roundup-022225/ |
With Warm Regards,
Team ACDC
Arms Control & Disarmament Centre (ACDC)
Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI)
Sector F-5/2, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
