Global for Thursday, April 16, 2026

• Combat search and rescue’s uncertain future: As A-10s phase out, US Air Force faces questions of what comes next
• Starlink outage hit drone tests, exposing Pentagon’s growing reliance on SpaceX
• How the US military could clear mines from the Strait of Hormuz
• Iran war exposes weakened state of Britain’s armed forces
• EU pumps over $1 billion into defense R&D, centered around Ukraine war lessons
• France readies AI-powered combat data-management similar to US ‘Maven’
• Senate Republicans back Trump military sales to Israel
• White House offers no hint of Iran war cost as it seeks military funding surge