‘War in Iran Means the End of the Zionist Project and the Definitive Decline of US Hegemony,’ Says Daniel Jadue
Daniel Jadue, longtime Palestinian activist and former PFLP militant, told Brasil de Fato that the recent U.S.-backed attack on Iran marks the end of the Zionist project and signals a definitive decline of U.S. hegemony. He argues Iran’s low‑cost “war of the poor,” combining cheap weapons and strategic Strait of Hormuz closures, is reshaping regional power dynamics and undermining Israel’s strategic narrative. Jadue also warns that the conflict tests the cohesion of BRICS, urging a multipolar, multilateral world order rather than a single dominant power. The interview highlights the influence of Chile’s large Palestinian community on broader geopolitical debates.
China, Iran and the Future of Taiwan
George Friedman argues China’s primary concern amid the Israel‑Iran war is preserving its access to the U.S. market, even as oil prices surge. Beijing’s restrained response reflects limited power projection and a strategic choice to avoid antagonising Washington, which supplies...
Florida Man Flees to China After Federal Charges in Bomb Plot Against Base Commanding U.S. War With Iran
Federal prosecutors unsealed indictments against 20‑year‑old Alen Zheng, who allegedly plotted an improvised explosive device at MacDill Air Force Base, and his 27‑year‑old sister Ann Mary Zheng for accessory and evidence tampering. The suspicious package was found outside the base...
Javelin Production Ramp Drives Supply Chain Expansion
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are accelerating Javelin missile production by expanding a network of nearly 100 part‑level suppliers and 25 major subcontractors. Over the past year each supplier invested eight to ten months in new tooling, test equipment and additional...
Organized Crime and Governance in Latin America (Video)
In early 2026 the United States pivoted to a militarized, inter‑agency crackdown that fuses counter‑terrorism and counter‑cartel tactics across Latin America. The New Lines Institute launched its Mafiacracies Project, convening experts to examine how criminal syndicates are infiltrating or co‑opting...
Programmable Metasurface Achieves Beam Scanning and Multi-Band Radar Cross-Section Reduction
Researchers at Xidian University unveiled a programmable metasurface only 0.065 wavelengths thick—87% slimmer than traditional stealth designs—that can dynamically steer beams and suppress radar signatures. The 12 × 12 prototype scans ±45° at 5.2 GHz with a 17.23 dBi peak gain while delivering more than ‑6 dB...
Trump Mocks British Aircraft Carriers in Latest Remarks
U.S. President Donald Trump publicly dismissed Britain’s offer to send its aircraft carriers to the Middle East, calling the vessels “toys” compared with American ships. Downing Street refuted the claim that the UK had offered the carriers for deployment. Trump’s...
NEW: Hegseth 'Prays for Violence' As Corporate Media Betrays US
The post reports that Donald Trump is demanding Republicans eliminate the Senate filibuster to pass the SAVE Act, a voting‑restriction bill, while Senate leader John Thune rebuffs the push. It highlights Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth leading a Pentagon worship service...
Dutch F-35s Deploy to US for High-Tempo Combat Training
Dutch F‑35A fighters have deployed to Hill Air Force Base in Utah for the largest‑ever Dutch training detachment, participating in Exercise Lightning Forge with the U.S. 388th Fighter Wing. Over March, the squadron flew two daily sortie waves, using live...
Daily Memo: Iran Makes Preparations
Iran has deployed additional troops and air‑defense systems to Kharg Island, the key oil‑export hub in the Persian Gulf, as it prepares for a potential U.S. ground incursion, CNN reported citing U.S. intelligence. The move includes laying anti‑personnel and anti‑tank...
Total Defense and OSINT: The Role of Citizens in Modern Warfare
Recent analyses in the Special Warfare Journal and Small Wars Journal argue that modern warfare increasingly relies on civilians to provide open‑source intelligence. The Total Defense framework treats citizens as sensors, a model validated by Ukraine’s smartphone app that crowdsourced...
Norway and Iceland to Join the EU’s GOVSATCOM and IRIS2 Programmes
Norway and Iceland have signed agreements to join the European Union’s GOVSATCOM and IRIS2 secure communications programmes. GOVSATCOM, launched in January, provides interim secure satellite capacity, while the €10.6 billion IRIS2 project will deploy about 290 satellites by 2030. Iceland will...
Union Backs Critical Status for Steel and Shipbuilding
Unite has cautiously welcomed the UK government’s decision to label steel, shipbuilding, artificial intelligence and energy infrastructure as critical national security sectors. The move obliges public bodies to give procurement preference to domestic firms and introduces a new requirement to...
Two Popular Apps Poisoned in One Week – Don’t Fall Victim!
Two supply‑chain poisoning incidents hit popular development tools this week, the first involving Apifox’s content‑delivery network. After March 4, the app loaded a tampered 77KB JavaScript file instead of the legitimate 34KB version. The malicious script leveraged Apifox’s Electron framework, which...
USAF KC-46 Dislodged Asphalt at Alaska Airport During Engine Test
A U.S. Air Force KC-46A Pegasus tanker created a 25‑foot‑wide hole in Fairbanks International Airport’s runway during high‑power engine runs in July 2025, flinging asphalt debris up to 100 feet away. The mishap, caused by exhaust heat degrading the asphalt sealant,...
When Intelligence Fails: A Legal Targeting Analysis of the Minab School Strike
On Feb. 28, 2026 a U.S.-launched Tomahawk missile struck the Shajarah Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, killing at least 165 civilians, mostly children. A preliminary U.S. military inquiry attributes the tragedy to a targeting error caused by outdated...
RSAC 2026: N-Able Report Reveals Why AI-Powered, Layered Cyber Defense Is Essential for Business Resilience
N‑able’s 2026 State of the SOC report shows a sharp resurgence of network‑perimeter attacks and a dramatic rise in alert volume, with the SOC processing roughly two alerts per minute in 2025. AI now automates about 90% of investigation tasks,...
Israel Kills IRGC Navy Boss Tangsiri
Israel announced on March 26, 2026 that it had killed Alireza Tangsiri, the senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy. The strike, reportedly carried out by an unmanned aerial system, marks the first confirmed elimination of a high‑ranking IRGC...
TransDigm: Mini-Monopolies at 30,000 Feet
TransDigm Group has built a portfolio of niche aerospace components that function as mini‑monopolies, giving the company strong pricing power and margins above 30 %. Its aggressive acquisition strategy—over 30 bolt‑on purchases in the last ten years—has driven compound earnings growth...
Israel Eliminated Commander of Iran’s Naval Forces Overseeing Closure of Strait of Hormuz
Israel reportedly carried out a strike near Bandar Abbas that killed Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ naval forces who oversaw plans to close the Strait of Hormuz. Israeli officials neither confirmed nor denied involvement. The...
Military Medics Trial AI for the Battlefield
The UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory teamed with the US DARPA under the In the Moment program to test AI‑aligned battlefield medical triage. Trials in October 2025 at Merville Barracks and Brize Norton used VR scenarios where AI mimicked a...
Smashing Security Podcast #460: Never Knock on the Door of a Nuclear Submarine Base and Ask for a Selfie
In episode 460 of the Smashing Security podcast, host Graham Cluley and guest Jenny Radcliffe dissect a cyber‑extortion case where a disgruntled data analyst stole a company payroll database and demanded $2.5 million in Bitcoin. The show also covers the arrest of an Iranian...
Beyond a Pacific Defense Pact 3: A Nuclear Alliance as the Ultimate Backstop to Grey Zone Coercion
The article proposes a nuclear alliance between the United States and Indo‑Pacific partners as the ultimate backstop against grey‑zone coercion by China, North Korea, Russia and Iran. Grey‑zone tactics—cyber attacks, maritime harassment and limited military provocations—stay below the war threshold,...
Secure by Default: Why Security That Assumes Failure Is Winning
At RSA 2024, the cybersecurity community is pivoting from the long‑standing "secure by design" mantra to a more pragmatic "secure by default" approach. The new model assumes misconfigurations, rushed deployments and human error, building safeguards that work even when users...
Yet Another Apocalyptic Prediction…
A wave of recent reports—from the UK government’s National Security Assessment on biodiversity loss to studies by Carbon Tracker, the IFoA, and WWF—warn that ecological collapse could trigger severe economic contraction, heightened geopolitical tension, and a widening insurance protection gap....
Chinese Foreign Minister Urges Iran to negotiate...COSCO Restarts Middle East Container Bookings, Avoids Hormuz...China Eastern Airlines Places $15BN Airbus Order
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Iran to negotiate with the United States to end the Middle East war, highlighting Beijing’s concern over oil supply disruptions. Meanwhile, state‑owned COSCO Shipping Lines resumed container bookings to six Gulf markets by bypassing...
Fukushima 15 Years On — and the Nuclear Disasters to Come
Fifteen years after the 2011 earthquake‑triggered tsunami, the Fukushima Daiichi disaster still haunts Japan with unresolved health studies, lingering ocean contamination, and a cleanup bill estimated at $500 billion. The plant’s design‑basis assumptions failed when all three operating reactors lost power,...
Decentralize or Defeat: How Institutional Ego Slows U.S. Military Intelligence
The Ukraine war has shown that cheap, commercial drones can replace costly, centralized U.S. ISR platforms, delivering real‑time intelligence directly to platoon and company commanders. By fielding $2,000 drones that cost a fraction of a $30 million MQ‑9 Reaper, Ukrainian forces...
The U.S. Should Establish an Anti-Etela’at Channel in Iran
The article argues that Iran’s pervasive intelligence network, known as Etela’at, underpins the regime’s resilience despite recent military setbacks. It proposes that the United States create a secure, anonymous reporting channel enabling ordinary Iranians to share intelligence with opposition groups....
Dangerous DarkSword Malware Has Emerged—iPhone Users Should Take Action Now
Security researchers have released the DarkSword exploit kit on a public platform, turning a previously state‑level iOS attack tool into a commodity for cyber‑criminals. The kit chains multiple Apple OS vulnerabilities, enabling drive‑by compromise of iPhones without any user interaction...
The U.S. Army War College Quarterly- Parameters (Spring 2026)
The U.S. Army War College released the Spring 2026 issue of *Parameters*, featuring a special commentary on denial strategies, three thematic forums, and a Strategic Competition Corner. The Clausewitz forum revisits the trinity concept, linking it to modern leadership and...
When the Information Environment Becomes the Attack Surface
The Oulu City Library hosted Faktabaari’s Fact Tour, bringing together fact‑checkers, cybersecurity experts and officials to discuss the merging of information operations and cyber threats. Speakers highlighted how the same digital techniques—bot networks, AI‑generated deepfakes, and phishing—are used by both...
Russian SMO Enters Doldrums Under Shadow of Iran Conflict
Recent Russian offensives across the Lyman‑Borova, Konstantinovka and Zaporozhye axes have yielded scant territorial gains and reported heavy losses, especially a mechanized push halted on March 19. Ukrainian sources claim over 400 Russian casualties and the destruction of dozens of...
Trump May Announce Iran Ceasefire Even WITHOUT a Deal, Israeli Media Reports
U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly considering a public cease‑fire announcement with Iran as early as Saturday, even if no formal agreement is in place. Israeli officials, cited by outlets such as N12 and Al Qahera, view the move as...
Even U.S. Spy Offices Are Getting Lounges and Upgrades
The 2025 update to Intelligence Community Directive 705 tightens shielding against electronic surveillance, forcing many existing secure workspaces to undergo costly renovations. To comply, designers are relocating bathrooms, kitchens and plumbing outside the innermost secure zones, creating a new peripheral...
Is Cuba Next? | Mario Braga, RANE
The Trump administration has signaled it may target Cuba next, prompting a livestream analysis by RANE’s Latin America analyst Mario Braga. Cuba is grappling with a deepening crisis marked by chronic energy shortages, an economy on the brink of collapse, and...
Romania Pays the Cyber Price for Backing Ukraine. Where Is the EU?
Romania’s water agency, coal‑power producer and oil‑pipeline operator have suffered ransomware attacks linked to Russian‑aligned groups such as Qilin and Gentlemen, which the country’s top cyber official says are timed with its support for Ukraine. The EU possesses a cyber‑sanctions...
Inside Beijing's Strategy: The Trump-Xi Summit, Taiwan & the Tech War with Chris Johnson
The latest episode of Intel at the Edge features former CIA China analyst Chris Johnson dissecting the Trump‑Xi summit and Beijing’s evolving tech strategy. Johnson highlights how past rare‑earth disputes have reshaped China’s playbook, Xi’s drive for tech sovereignty, and...
Jim Mattis & Ryan Holiday: War, Strategy, and Stoic Leadership
In a PBS interview, retired General James Mattis warned that Iran’s regime conducts a total war against its own citizens and the United States, noting the regime’s durability despite internal fragility. He criticized U.S. military strategy as murky, lacking a clear...
Congressional Probe Alleges Beijing Weaponizing the United Nations Through Corruption, Espionage, and Influence Operations
A House Select Committee report accuses China of weaponizing the United Nations through a coordinated campaign of espionage, corruption and influence operations. The investigation cites dozens of Chinese nationals placed in UN agencies, the use of financial contributions to mute...
Daily Memo: US Offers Plan for Peace in Iran
Washington is advancing a 15‑point framework aimed at ending the ongoing Iran‑Israel hostilities, according to Channel 12. The plan calls for a month‑long ceasefire followed by intensive diplomatic talks to secure a permanent peace settlement. U.S. officials hope the proposal...
Dropping Bombs on Cows in Ecuador
On March 24, 2026, a joint U.S. and Ecuadorian airstrike near the Colombian border mistakenly targeted a dairy farm instead of a suspected FARC dissident camp, according to a New York Times investigation. The bombing destroyed the farm’s infrastructure and left several...
Kerem Proulx and Kyle Bhiro
Pensar, a startup that delivers continuous penetration testing through AI agents, closed a seed round led by Basis Set Ventures to accelerate its platform. Co‑founders Kerem Proulx and Kyle Bhiro combine deep cybersecurity expertise with entrepreneurial experience to embed security...
RSAC 2026: Swissbit Sets Stage for Post‑Quantum Hardware Authentication
Swissbit AG announced at RSA Conference 2026 that its iShield Key 2 hardware security key now integrates HID Seos credential technology for physical access and will soon support face‑biometric verification with liveness detection. The company also unveiled an early‑stage iShield Key PQC...
Ban Pay-to-Play National Security Approvals
In December, TikTok agreed to spin off its U.S. operations to a consortium of Oracle, Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi’s MGX, creating TikTok USDS Joint Venture with roughly 45% ownership for the investors. The Wall Street Journal revealed the investors...
Donald Trump Has An Iran Peace Plan
The United States conveyed a 15‑point peace proposal to Iran via Pakistan, offering expanded sanctions relief in exchange for limits on Tehran’s nuclear and ballistic‑missile programs. Iran rejected the plan, insisting on maintaining its missile capabilities and demanding tighter controls...
Targeting Enemy Logistics
Recent escalations in the Israel‑Iran conflict have seen both sides strike critical logistics infrastructure—including oil depots, gas fields, ports, banks and data centers—across the Gulf region. The attacks on the South Pars and North Dome gas fields pushed Brent crude...
Debating the Iran War, Israel, Free Speech and More With The Free Press's Coleman Hughes
Glenn Greenwald and Coleman Hughes, a vocal Israel supporter, recorded a contentious yet civil debate after a planned New York event on Iran, Israel, and AIPAC was cancelled. The discussion, now available as a podcast, touches on the rapidly evolving Iran...
The Geopolitical Reading List: “We Never Expected That: A Comparative Study of Failures in National and Business Intelligence”
Colin Reed reviews Avner Barnea’s "We Never Expected That," which links national‑security intelligence failures with corporate competitive‑intelligence lapses. Barnea introduces a two‑part taxonomy—diffused surprise, where threats are ambiguous, and concentrated surprise, where known adversaries are mis‑read. The book applies this...
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Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Mar 25, 2026] Machina Labs Ed Mehr on Intelligent Factories
Machina Labs, an AI‑driven intelligent‑factory startup in Chatsworth, California, secured a $124 million Series C round led by Lockheed Martin Ventures and Toyota. The funding will finance a new 200,000‑square‑foot campus built to scale commercial and defense production through advanced AI, robotics,...