Global for Thursday, March 19, 2026

• High-speed combat drone production starts at new US Anduril plant in days
• Apache helicopter shoots down drones in Europe for first time in combat exercise
• Two US counter-mine ships based in the Middle East are now in Singapore, Navy says
• Israel forges ahead on ground incursion against Hezbollah in Lebanon
• US moves to approve more than $16 billion in air defense sales to Middle East
• US strikes Iranian underground missile storage with 5,000-pound penetrator
• A-10 Warthogs target Iranian fast-attack craft in Strait of Hormuz
• German navy wants stock frigates from TKMS as fallback for troubled F126 warship