Global for Tuesday, April 21, 2026

• US Southern Command stands up autonomous unit
• Saildrone announces new USV class aimed at anti-submarine warfare
• US Navy to integrate PAC-3 MSE interceptor missile with Aegis Combat System
• Pentagon seeks funds for Golden Dome, drones, AI in largest-ever budget request
• US commander warns Taiwan not to ‘starve the chicken’ on defense
• US Navy unmanned surface vessel fleet to grow sevenfold in Indo-Pacific
• US did not move defense system from Korea, general says
• US Navy successfully tests new long-range, winged JDAM out to 200 miles
• Denmark to receive first SAMP/T NG air-defense system in 2028
• Canadian military aims to show it can go it alone in the Arctic
• Trump’s madman diplomacy isn’t working on Iran