🔎 Defense Tech Signal — Sunday

• The U.S. military advanced testing of a next-generation compact nuclear reactor by transporting it to Utah, signaling momentum behind deployable microreactors for resilient, off-grid power at bases and strategic sites.
• India’s record $94B defense budget and $43B procurement surge, alongside NATO exercises exposing drone vulnerabilities, are accelerating global acquisition of autonomous systems and counter‑UAS capabilities.
• A Ukrainian drone strike igniting a fire at a Russian Black Sea port underscores the growing strategic impact of low-cost unmanned systems on critical infrastructure and escalation dynamics.

Sources:

1) Defence Blog — https://defence-blog.com/u-s-military-advances-compact-nuclear-reactor-program/
2) Defense Update — https://defense-update.com/20260215_weekly_report_14-feb-2026.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weekly_report_14-feb-2026
3) CBS News — https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-drone-strike-russia-black-sea-port-us-brokered-talks/

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