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Sebastian Sprenger A report that Russian-developed navigation technology is installed on German navy submarines has prompted lawmakers to investigate. https://www.c4isrnet.com/global/europe/2021/04/01/report-of-russian-navigation-gear-on-german-submarines-has-lawmakers-on-alert/

Jen Judson Anduril Industries, a venture-backed defense technology company, has acquired Georgia-based, air-launched effects company Area-I, the company announced April 1. https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2021/04/01/anduril-buys-tube-launched-drone-developer-area-i/

Robert Soofer The U.S. Defense Department has approved the Next Generation Interceptor project to proceed. https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2021/04/01/finding-common-ground-on-homeland-missile-defense/

Largely forgotten by Americans, this $50 billion per year campaign could literally become a ‘forever war’. https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-bottom-line/2021/4/1/why-cant-the-us-end-the-war-in-afghanistan

Jehangir Ali Start of the apple season hampered by unabated mining of rivers, hitting thousands of farmers as government officials admit lapses. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/1/daylight-loot-kashmir-farmers-suffer-as-rivers-illegally-mined

Is the West’s growing appetite for cobalt, a metal vital for electric cars, causing birth defects in the Democratic Republic of Congo? https://www.aljazeera.com/program/people-power/2021/4/1/the-cost-of-cobalt

A Houthi spokesman claims four drones targeted positions in Riyadh but no confirmation yet from Saudi Arabia. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/1/yemens-houthis-say-attacked-saudi-capital-riyadh-with-four-drone

Khartoum gave the fund as part of an agreement that removed the country from the US list of ‘state sponsors of terrorism’. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/1/sudan-pays-355-mn-to-us-in-deal-including-terror-list-removal

Foreign ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will meet in Kinshasa from Saturday for 3-day talks on Grand Renaissance Dam. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/1/dr-congo-to-host-three-day-talks-on-nile-dam-from-saturday