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Trump administration proposes record $1.5 trillion defense budget for FY2027
The FY2027 budget request totals $2.16 trillion, allocating a historic $1.5 trillion to the newly renamed Department of War and $63 billion for Homeland Security. The plan emphasizes expanded immigration enforcement, Coast Guard modernization, and a surge in defense spending.
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report highlighting that cost growth across the National Nuclear Security Administration’s nuclear‑modernization construction portfolio has more than doubled since 2023. The portfolio, valued at roughly $30 billion, now faces multi‑year schedule delays on several key facilities. The GAO’s February 27 assessment updates a 2023 review and underscores escalating budget pressures. These findings raise concerns about the agency’s ability to deliver critical defense infrastructure on time and within budget.
The 1971 Turner Report, authored by Australian defence scientist Harry Turner, is an internal memorandum that asserts UFOs constitute a genuine phenomenon and details U.S. anti‑gravity and theoretical‑physics programs up to the late 1960s. Turner, a former nuclear health‑physics officer...
President Donald Trump’s nominee, Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd, cleared a key Senate procedural hurdle to lead both U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency. The Senate voted 68‑28 to invoke cloture, limiting debate and setting up a final...
The Modern War Institute, together with Princeton’s Empirical Studies of Conflict Project, launched the inaugural Irregular Warfare Podcast. In the first episode, hosts Kyle Atwell and Nick Lopez interview Princeton political scientist Dr. Jake Shapiro and Colonel Patrick Howell to...
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force commander Majid Mousavi announced that Iran will only launch missiles equipped with warheads weighing at least one ton, signaling a shift toward heavier payloads. He also warned that the frequency and intensity...
Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach sent a force‑wide letter urging Airmen to stay ready as Operation Epic Fury intensifies the U.S. campaign against Iran. The operation has deployed every bomber and fighter type, achieving...
The USS Mississippi (BB‑41) earned eight battle stars and made naval history by firing the final battleship salvo against another warship during the Battle of Surigao Strait in October 1944. Built in 1917, she survived two catastrophic No. 2 turret explosions—one in...
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The IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said Isfahan likely holds just over 200 kg of 60 % enriched uranium, the bulk of Iran's near‑bomb‑grade stock after the June attacks. Iran has not disclosed the current location or condition of this material, and inspectors...
As I noted in this thread, no oil infrastructure was damaged. This was all about waiting for a resolution to gets the ships moving again. Looks like that happened and the market is pricing in the end of the war. Headlines * TRUMP...
Anthropic sued the Department of Defense after the Trump administration labeled the company a supply‑chain risk for refusing to enable domestic mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. Hours later, roughly 40 engineers and researchers from OpenAI and Google filed an...
A wave of geopolitical conflict in 2026 has reignited demand for defense and unmanned‑air‑vehicle technologies, sending defense‑related equities soaring. Drone‑focused ETFs such as the Rex Drone ETF (DRNZ) posted a 29.4% gain over the past three months, while broader defense...
The Netherlands announced that the De Zeven Provinciën‑class frigate HNLMS Evertsen will operate in the eastern Mediterranean from this week until early April. The ship joins the French carrier strike group centered on Charles de Gaulle, providing air‑defence and command...
Ghana’s Air Force took delivery of its first Airbus H175 helicopter on 5 March 2026, arriving from France after technical acceptance. The aircraft joins a parliamentary‑approved procurement that also includes an H160 and a Dassault Falcon 6X, aimed at modernising an ageing fleet....
AeroVironment secured a three‑year, $97.4 million contract from the U.S. Army’s Aviation and Missile Technology Consortium to develop the Generative Environment for the Next Era of Spectral Imaging Stimulators (GENESIS). The program will deliver a hardware‑in‑the‑loop test environment at Redstone Arsenal,...
The General Services Administration issued a draft of Refresh 31, proposing sweeping reforms to the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program. The changes make quarterly transaction data reporting mandatory for an additional 112 special item numbers and require contractors to accept...
Organizations are rapidly adopting AI‑driven auto remediation, with 88% using some form of AI and 44% deploying it for most exposure types. The most common automated actions target cloud configuration, network access controls, identity permissions, patch deployment, and infrastructure‑as‑code changes....
Anne Applebaum warned that Europe is increasingly hedging against U.S. security and trade dependence as the Russia‑Ukraine war drags into its fifth year. She highlighted the erosion of the post‑World‑II liberal, rules‑based order, noting that terms like “liberal world order”...
The SOF Weekly Update for March 9 2026 reports the deaths of two Green Berets, underscoring the human cost of ongoing operations. It highlights growing concerns over U.S. military use of artificial intelligence, particularly regarding mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. A new...
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Hughes Network Services a contract under its RAPID program to support the STAR‑FISH procurement for space data networking experimentation. The effort targets resilient, hybrid satellite‑terrestrial networks that can dynamically route data across multiple domains....
In the Guns for Hire podcast, Ukrainian drone pilot Dimko Zhluktenko explains how his unit counters Russian Shahed drones and adapts to a war where procurement cycles run in weeks. He highlights the psychological strain of facing waves of expendable...
Recent U.S. Air Force operations such as Midnight Hammer and Absolute Resolve illustrated how decisive air superiority can be in modern conflict. The piece argues that control of the skies, not merely denial, remains essential for enabling joint force objectives,...
North Korea’s nuclear posture is hardening in response to the escalating Iran crisis, which follows the U.S.-Israel strikes and the death of Ayatollah Khamenei. With Iran now its only Middle Eastern partner after Syria’s loss, Pyongyang views the turmoil as...
The Pentagon’s Drone Dominance program announced the 11 companies selected for prototype orders in the first phase, known as Gauntlet I, of a two‑year effort to field hundreds of thousands of low‑cost one‑way attack drones. The finalists—ranked from Skycutter to...
A counterfeit CleanMyMac website (cleanmymacos.org) lures macOS users into pasting a malicious Terminal command, which installs the SHub Stealer infostealer. The script bypasses Gatekeeper, notarization and XProtect by executing directly in the user’s shell. Once installed, the loader checks for...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has postponed its scheduled town‑hall meetings on the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA) because the Department of Homeland Security remains shut down. The agency also warned that the shutdown will...
The Iran war is expected to deepen political rifts across Latin America as nations choose sides on the United States’ heightened involvement. Rising oil prices and broader geopolitical fallout will pressure regional economies already vulnerable to external shocks. An emboldened...
Weaponise EU market against China or face manufacturing collapse: official think tank EUISS study urges bloc to “preserve and create technological chokepoints”, diversify markets away from China – in both instances mirroring long-term moves made by Beijing – to give it...
Special Operations Raid To Secure Iran’s Enriched Uranium May Become A Very Risky Necessity A raid is fraught with risk, but it may become the only way to make sure the nuclear material is safe and out of the regime's hands. https://t.co/Wlqxk84kyf
Lebanon’s government has asked the United States to mediate direct peace talks with Israel, proposing ministerial‑level negotiations in Cyprus to end the fighting sparked by Hezbollah’s rocket attacks. Both Washington and Jerusalem responded skeptically, with Israel rejecting the overture and...
Bell’s X-76 Fold-Away Rotor Aircraft Is DARPA’s Newest X-Plane Planned to fly in 2028, the X-76 will explore technologies for fast-flying runway-independent aircraft with folding rotors, crewed and uncrewed. https://t.co/Q9nYT16ovV
Taking out a power transformer/relay station from the air perhaps? A couple interesting ways to do that from the air without high explosive.
Iranians told CNN their strategy is to choke the world economy until Trump is forced to remove U.S. forces from being able to threaten Iran. Wall Street doesn’t believe they can or will. https://t.co/iYUzaEGQy7
Shutting down Hormuz the first time is like withdrawing from a golf tournament the first time. The second time becomes soooo much easier and will happen with much less provocation.
Impressed by the restraint that gulf countries have shown so far. It shows a high degree of sophistication in internal capabilities - from self defense to intel gathering to strategic decision making. It will be int’g to see how their...
President Trump’s push for “America’s Maritime Dominance” aims to break China’s grip on global shipbuilding. But shipyards are only one piece of maritime power. Th real contest runs through chokepoints, naval force, commercial fleets, and the insurance and financial systems...
Unfortunately, that's EXACTLY what the video shows -- the interceptor heading right toward Sitra where the impact reportedly occurred. Red line is the approximate trajectory of the interceptor, white line is the point of view from the video. https://t.co/jvOPjH0Yme
The Pentagon’s supply-chain risk label — previously used only for foreign firms that present national security threats, like Chinese tech firm Huawei Technologies — is a “scarlet letter designation for Anthropic,” Wedbush Dan Ives wrote in a note https://t.co/gHeLolQfwf @nypost
A tug boat was assisting a container ship that Iran attacked in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran then attacked the tug boat. https://t.co/Fb17MPTaD7
Trump says Iran war 'pretty much' over - that is a TACO, as far as I can judge... Next question. Do the Israelis and Iranians agree?
The betting market remains skeptical about the end date to the US-Iran conflict being in sight. Interesting that he is calling it an outright 'war'. Executive branch doesn't have the power to declare war. https://t.co/cUBtf0lV7M
US and Israel: “This means Iran is out of missiles with warheads lighter than one ton.” Iran: “We think Israel is largely out of interceptor missiles.” High stakes poker to find out who has been bluffing about missile capabilities and who hasn’t...
You can’t take away what you didn’t give…. Iranians created their own technologies, that can’t be taken away by bombing, it never works…. They cab still make more and maybe better versions..:.
Graham Coached Netanyahu, Met Israeli Spies to Push Trump Toward Iran Strikes, WSJ Reports https://t.co/JovZZifV08 #groundnews via @Ground_app
“President Trump…would back the killing of new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei if he proves unwilling to cede to U.S. demands” @WSJ https://t.co/0jKyXatr7r
If Iran’s supply of drones has been exhausted, could mean tanker situation might improve. Or it could mean they are saving the drones for tankers
Somewhat odd to me that this article on the PRC's 2027 timeline doesn't include highly relevant DoD analysis provided in the most recent China Military Power Report (CMPR)... https://t.co/4xZjZX8KmY
I don't know who needs to hear this, but Tomahawk Block IV can dive vertically. https://t.co/rcP0BgLqGH
Jim Cramer says he doesn’t see a path to de-escalation between the US, Israel and Iran. 👀 https://t.co/ZwgLwGBpCJ
Israelis have proved to be smart at technology & horrible at grasping the consequences of their own actions: They helped create Hezbollah by occupying S. Lebanon They helped create Hamas to counter the 2-state solution I let you assess the mistake they...
Nope, TLAMs use terrain contour matching which means it CAN'T come directly from over the water.
