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The U.S. Air Force said a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber fired an AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) during a live-fire sinking exercise (Sinkex) north of the Mariana Islands over the Philippine Sea on June 27, as part of Exercise Valiant Shield 2026. According to a press release from Pacific Air Forces, the missile struck a maritime target, marking the first publicly acknowledged use of the LRASM from the stealth bomber.

Britain will replace its ageing Type 45 destroyer fleet with at least six new Common Combat Vessels (CCVs), marking the Royal Navy’s first “hybrid” warships under a new Defence Investment Plan. The six Type 45 destroyers are set to retire by the end of 2038. Rather than proceeding with the planned Type 83 destroyer program, which remains in early development, the government will instead develop CCVs designed to act as command hubs for uncrewed systems.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) destroyed a fortified Hezbollah underground drone complex in southern Lebanon’s Majdal Zoun on June 28, in an operation that exposed an assessment failure. Air Force intelligence had previously cleared the site as inactive, while ground forces found it fully armed. Forces from the 551st Brigade Combat Team and Yahalom, the IDF’s elite combat engineering unit, carried out the demolition under the 91st Division’s command.

Ukrainian drones struck the Dubna Space Communications Center in Moscow Oblast for the second time in eight days on Tuesday, June 30, targeting what President Volodymyr Zelensky described as the largest ground-based satellite communications complex in Russia. The facility sits more than 310 miles from Ukraine’s border and houses satellite relays used by Russia’s Defense Ministry for command, reconnaissance, and troop coordination, Zelensky said on Telegram.

The U.S. Navy has confirmed the Boeing-owned MQ-25A Stingray T1 demonstrator is aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) during Fleet Exercise 250 (FLEETEX 250) in the Atlantic Ocean, as part of a display marking the United States’ 250th anniversary. “We do indeed have a Boeing-owned T-1 prototype currently onboard,” a Navy spokesperson said.

Italian authorities arrested four people Tuesday on charges stemming from an October 2025 bomb attack targeting the home of Sigfrido Ranucci, host of RAI 3 investigative program Report, in Pomezia, roughly 12 miles south of Rome. I presunti esecutori dell’attentato del 16 ottobre a danno di Sigfrido Ranucci sono stati arrestati. Dopo le procedure di identificazione previste nel Reparto Operativo dei Carabinieri di Roma sono stati condotti in carcere. Proseguono le indagini per arrivare ai mandanti.

A 45-year-old man shot and killed six youth welfare workers in Stade, northern Germany, on June 29, opening fire during a scheduled custody-related appointment for his three-month-old daughter, police said. A local court issued an arrest warrant on murder charges the following day. Five victims died at the scene, including four women and one man. A sixth adult, who was a man, later succumbed to his injuries at a hospital, bringing the final death toll to four women and two men.

A Ukrainian-born construction tycoon with ties to Russia was reportedly among three people injured after an explosive device detonated at the entrance of a residential building in Monaco,  the microstate on the French Riviera known as a haven for billionaires. According to authorities, the explosion occurred at the Sun’s Palace residential building on Rue Révérend-Père-Louis-Frolla at about 9 p.m. Monday.

Two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members were shot dead in Paveh, a city in Iran’s Kurdish-majority Kermanshah province roughly 25 miles from the Iraqi Kurdistan border, on the evening of June 29. Two more Guards personnel were wounded in the same attack.

U.S. Special Operations Command is seeking a long-range, air-launched loitering munition that must interface with SOCOM’s autonomous command-and-control architecture, according to a Request for Information posted to SAM.gov on June 26. The RFI, issued by SOCOM’s Program Executive Office for Fixed Wing (PEO-FW), calls for an Air Loitering Munition (ALM) with extended range beyond the existing Stand-Off Precision Guided Munition (SOPGM) portfolio.