Global for Thursday, April 23, 2026

• US Navy is reviewing cost of future Ford-class carriers to ensure they ‘make sense’
• In first, Ukrainian unmanned vessel launches interceptor to knock out Shahed drone
• US Marine Corps, Navy join forces to combat insufficient amphibious fleet size
• As Iran saps US focus, the troop math for monitoring a Ukraine peace deal looks grim
• Inside China, artificial intelligence is a snake eating its own tail