{
  "id": 329368,
  "title": "South Asia slides into new kind of arms race unrestrained by rules",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/south-asia-slides-into-new-kind-of-arms-race-unrestrained-by-rules",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-05T21:16:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/08/south-asia-slides-into-new-kind-of-arms-race-unrestrained-by-rules/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "India and Pakistan fought an intense four-day war in May 2025 and the media narrative was dominated by fighter jets, drones and missiles. But the most consequential contest unfolded in orbit a few hundred kilometers up. That short war was, arguably, the first between two nuclear-armed states to be shaped decisively by the use of […] The post South Asia slides into new kind of arms race…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}