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Washington has alerted Congress to a possible $2.9 billion Foreign Military Sale that bundles fresh M1A1 Abrams tanks with a fleet-wide rebuild for every Saudi M1A2. The Royal Saudi Land Forces want fifty-eight surplus M1A1 hulls, plus the teardown and refit of the 315 M1A2s already in service. All 373 vehicles would emerge as a single “M1A2S” standard that folds Saudi-specific cooling, power, and fire-control tweaks into the U.S. Army’s own Abrams Integrated Management reset line.

Pakistan Air Force jets crossed the Line of Control at dawn and released laser-guided bombs against selected sites on the Indian side of Kashmir. Islamabad called the targets “non-military” and said the aim was to show both resolve and restraint. No casualties were reported at the time, yet the flight paths left a clear message: Pakistani aircraft could strike across the line and return home before Indian radar cues reached firing authority.

The latest annual report from the Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E) states that the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) claimed improved reliability by adjusting the way it records equipment failures rather than by delivering technical corrections.

The United States okayed the largest single arms deal in Kosovo’s short history. Pristina can now order 246 Javelin FGM-148F missiles plus 24 Lightweight Command Launch Units, worth about $75 million. Officials in both capitals frame the move as key step in stiffening Kosovo’s frontline strength without dragging American troops back onto local soil.