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Northrop Grumman's second B-21 Raider stealth bomber took off from Palmdale and landed at Edwards Air Force Base after its first flight, letting the Air Force move from flight checks into weapons and mission-systems testing.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed a pact under which 'any aggression against either country shall be considered an aggression against both', binding the world's top oil exporter to nuclear-armed Pakistan.

Russia said it flew its nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile for about 15 hours and 14,000 km; Putin later said a NATO reconnaissance ship watched the 21 October test and honoured its designers at the Kremlin.

Russia's Strategic Missile Forces test-fired the Sarmat heavy liquid-fuelled intercontinental ballistic missile, which commander Sergei Karakayev said was successful and would let the first Sarmat regiment go on combat duty at Uzhur by the end of 2026.

Britain's Defence Investment Plan commits GBP 298 billion over four years, including GBP 15 billion more than the previous spending review, raising defence to 2.7% of GDP by 2029 with money for GCAP, the nuclear deterrent, submarines and drones.

Russia says the first regiment armed with the Sarmat heavy ICBM will go on combat duty at the Uzhur missile division in Krasnoyarsk Territory by the end of 2026, after years of delays and test failures.