| 1. | South Korea Launches Military Startup Initiative to Accelerate Defense Innovation
https://defensetalks.com/south-korea-defense-startup-initiative/ |
| 2. | Indonesia’s New Aircraft Carrier Garibaldi Arrives September 20 — Southeast Asia’s First Drone-Carrier Reshapes Indo-Pacific Power Balance |
| 3. | Cost of Iran war rises to $37.5 billion, Pentagon requests $67.1 billion more |
| 4. | Pakistan’s Private Sector Takes Its First Steps Into the Drone Boom |
| 5. | Nuclear deal that would permit uranium enrichment by Saudi Arabia in limbo awaiting Trump admin sign-off
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/18/politics/saudi-arabia-trump-nuclear-enrichment |
| 6. | Pope Calls for Nuclear Disarmament in Latest Antiwar Message
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/world/europe/pope-leo-nuclear-disarmament-anti-war-message.html |
| 7. | Quantum Systems selected as founding member of the EU-Ukraine Drone Alliance |
| 8. | Lockheed Martin and Venus Aerospace Partner on Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Technology
https://defensetalks.com/lockheed-martin-venus-aerospace-rdre-missile-propulsion/ |
| 9. | Netherlands and Naval Group Expand Orka Submarine Industrial Cooperation
https://defensetalks.com/netherlands-and-naval-group-expand-orka-submarine-industrial-cooperation/ |
| 10. | India Triples Airborne Radar Fleet: New GaN-Powered Netra Mk1A Jets Aim to Close the AWACS Gap With China and Pakistan
https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/india-netra-mk1a-aewc-gan-radar-china-pakistan-air-power-balance/ |
| 11. | Pakistan Arms Hangor-Class Submarines With China’s YJ-17 Hypersonic Missiles, Redrawing Indian Ocean Power Balance |
| 12. | Israel’s IAI unveils ‘Hypnosis’ system for confusing enemy drone swarmsv |
| 13. | Saab Wins SEK 8.7bn TKMS Order to Arm Germany’s MEKO A-200 Frigates https://quwa.org/europe/defence-news-eu/saab-wins-sek-8-7bn-tkms-order-to-arm-germanys-meko-a-200-frigates/ |
Warm Regards,
Team Arms Control & Disarmament Centre (ACDC)
Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI)
Sector F-5/2, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
