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		<title>Australia’s Ghost Shark Can Supply Special Forces. The Team Still Has to Recover It.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Australia approved mines, drones, and seabed supply caches for Ghost Shark. Who will collect the caches is undisclosed. #GhostShark #AUKUS #UnderseaWarfare #AutonomousSystems #RoyalAustralianNavy]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>With Interceptor Stocks Drained, the Navy Is Testing Cheap Decoys That Make Missiles Miss</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Navy is testing low-cost passive decoys that make anti-ship missiles waste themselves on false targets while U.S. interceptor stocks run low. The Department of the Navy Rapid Capabilities Office and Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane brought industry teams to Camp Atterbury, Indiana, from Sept. 21 to 23, 2026, to test passive decoys that pull [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>South Korea’s Laser Downs 2 of 4 Drones as Wind Disrupts Its Debut</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ridge]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[South Korea’s Cheongwang laser downed two of four drones at its debut. Whether one unit can take two at once is open. #SouthKorea #Drone #SwarmDrones #DefenseTechnology]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Congress Fenced the Money. SOCOM’s Space Command Went Live Anyway.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy D. McCardle]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[SPACEFOR-SOC is active at MacDill, but the War Department still will not publicly explain its funding or command authority. &#160; Congress handed U.S. Special Operations Command a list of questions about its proposed Space Force component and fenced SOCOM’s money until it got answers. On October 7, the command went live without a public answer [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ukraine Can’t Control Russia’s Skies. Its Drones May Close Them Anyway.</title>
		<link>https://sofrep.com/news/ukraine-cant-control-russias-skies-its-drones-may-close-them-anyway/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles V. Sasser, Jr.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ukraine does not have to control Russia’s skies if its drones can make flying through them too dangerous, disruptive, and expensive to justify. #Ukraine #Russia #DroneWarfare #AirDefense #CivilAviation]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>China May Not Need to Invade Taiwan. Its Coast Guard Is Already Closing In</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles V. Sasser, Jr.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Beijing may never need to storm Taiwan’s beaches if it can seize control of the surrounding waters one white-hulled patrol at a time. #Taiwan #ChinaCoastGuard #TaiwanStrait #GrayZoneWarfare #IndoPacificSecurity]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>An Airman Died Rappelling Before Kickoff. We Still Don’t Know What Should Have Stopped His Fall.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy D. McCardle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tech. Sgt. Ian Patterson died rappelling before a football game, and his family deserves answers about the equipment and approval decisions that put him above that field. #IanPatterson #MilitaryRappelling #USAirForce #TACP #MilitarySafety]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Pentagon Wants 25,000 Drone-Killing Rockets a Year. Building Them Is the Hard Part</title>
		<link>https://sofrep.com/?p=231713&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=231713</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy D. McCardle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Pentagon wants 25,000 drone-killing rockets a year, but guidance kits alone will not save an air base when the fuzes, lasers, and congressional money fail to arrive. #APKWS, #CounterDrone, #DefenseAcquisition, #StrikeEagle, #MunitionsProduction]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Drone Is Cheap Until It Breaks: Field Sustainment for Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems</title>
		<link>https://sofrep.com/news/field-sustainment-for-small-uas-drone/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ridge]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://sofrep.com/?p=231702</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The Army says it has drones for every squad. Keeping them flying takes parts, batteries, firmware, and trained hands. #Drones #SmallUAS #DroneWarfare #DefenseTechnology #USArmy]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Coming of Age: India’s First Private-Yard Warship Has Two Primary Missions and One Crew</title>
		<link>https://sofrep.com/news/indian-navy-commissions-ins-samarthak-for-weapons-and-uncrewed-system-trials/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ridge]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://sofrep.com/?p=231660&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=231660</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[India commissions first major warship from a private yard. Two ministry releases name different main jobs. #INSSamarthak #IndianNavy #NavalWarfare #DefenseTechnology #MilitaryNews]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Beyond the Drone: Rethinking How We Fight and Defend America</title>
		<link>https://sofrep.com/news/beyond-the-drone-rethinking-how-we-fight-and-defend-america/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Gottlieb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Spider’s Web Exposed the Wrong Question About Cheap Drones]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Operation Spider’s Web proved cheap drones can reach strategic targets without air superiority, but the damage tally tells only half the story, and the other half points straight at American bases. #OperationSpidersWeb #DroneWarfare #AsymmetricWarfare #MilitaryInnovation #NationalSecurity]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Mystery Knight of Eltz Castle</title>
		<link>https://sofrep.com/news/the-mystery-knight-of-eltz-castle/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Warren Gray]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Eltz Castle has stood in Germany’s Mosel Valley for 869 years under one family. Legend says a countess died defending it. #EltzCastle #MedievalCastles #History #Knights #LivingLegend]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Pentagon Rolled Out ChatGPT and Grok Before Fixing 215,000 Troops’ ID Records</title>
		<link>https://sofrep.com/news/the-pentagon-rolled-out-chatgpt-and-grok-before-fixing-215000-troops-id-records/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles V. Sasser, Jr.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Pentagon is racing to put frontier AI across the force while 215,000 troops still have incomplete identity records behind the credentials that unlock it. #GenAIMil #MilitaryAI #ZeroTrust #CAC #DefenseTech #Cybersecurity]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Army Built a Tomahawk Battery for Europe. Germany Is Buying Its Own.</title>
		<link>https://sofrep.com/news/the-army-built-a-tomahawk-battery-for-europe-germany-is-buying-its-own/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy D. McCardle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Army built a Tomahawk battery for Europe, but Washington still owes the soldiers a destination and a missile supply that can keep up with the war. #Typhon #Tomahawk #USArmy #EuropeanDefense #SOFREP]]></description>
		
		
		
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