Global for Thursday, December 19, 2024

• Air Force secretary: Elon Musk ‘not a warfighter,’ needs to learn more
• US troops doubled in Syria before Assad’s overthrow, Pentagon says
• New US Space Force jammers aim to disrupt China’s SATCOM signals
• Germany triples submarine order to six boats in joint buy with Norway
• India commissions Russian-built warship amid enduring ties with Moscow
• Italy bristles at prospect of Russia moving ships from Syria to Libya