Elite Israeli Talent Now Essential for Offensive Cyber
have met truly tremendous + elite (and tight) talent pool (esp Israel) in tech arena once deemed too taboo + UNTOUCHABLE––now critical + UNAVOIDABLE [in same way investors went from discomfort with dual use to comfort w/ offensive kinetic/kill-chain ventures] offensive cyber
C‑5 Galaxy to Serve Until 2050 Amid 37% Readiness
C-5 Galaxies Now Slated To Keep Flying Until 2050 As Readiness Plummets To 37 Percent Nothing in the USAF's inventory can do what a C-5 can, but even after costly upgrades, they remain extremely temperamental. https://t.co/T1lpSeT0VN
Only Quantities, Not Types, of Munitions Are Classified
I handled classified information every day. Nothing that Kelly said about munition stockpiles is classified. The exact quantities are classified not names of the specific munitions or that they have been used. The whole point of briefing Congress is...
American Tech Embodies Core Values, No One Left Behind
A must-read from our American Dynamism team veterans — “No Man Left Behind”: American Technology Ships with Our Values https://t.co/YtgfgnQt1n
War Rewards Speedy Adaptation, Not Rigid Structures
Wars reward adaptability. Systems that become too rigid, predictable and linear struggle when reality changes faster than they can respond to it. And over time, conflict forces adaptation. New thinking rises. Old structures break down. The question is never if systems adapt. It’s how fast...
Trump Dismisses Iranian Response, Says Ceasefire Teeters
President Trump says he “didn’t even finish reading” the Iranian response, calling it a “piece of garbage.” The US-Iran ceasefire is in “massive life support,” he told reporters.
Trump Halted Project Freedom over Risk, Capability, Billions Cost
3 reasons why Trump paused Project Freedom: 1) the risk of Iranian attack, 2) amount of capabilities required, and 3) the high cost of conducting the mission. I told @business that repeating these transits hundreds of times would quickly cost...
World Indifferent to Hormuz Closure, Shipping Adapts Anyway
Nothing would be better for my maritime media business than pumping doom and gloom: the world is over if the Strait of Hormuz doesn’t reopen. The mainstream press is happy to write that story. I’m not. Yes, the situation is bad. But...
Putin's War‑support Deal with Moscow Elite Crumbles.
Four years ago, President Vladimir Putin offered Moscow and its business elite a de facto deal: 'support my war in Ukraine, and in exchange you won’t have to think about it.' In the past week, that deal was broken. https://t.co/Cdo4EOIDVu
US Rare‑earth Push Meets Malaysian Ethical Opposition
Fascinating, the U.S. attempt to break China's rare earth magnet monopoly is running into opposition from the refiners in Malaysia, who don't want to produce materials that Israel can use to kill children. https://t.co/tDIKoVJGhP
Trump's Iran War Tactics Undermine US Gulf and European Alliances
With his conduct of the Iran war, Trump is lighting on fire US alliances in the Persian Gulf and Europe. Speaking on MS NOW. https://t.co/xrxgf5Rrgs
It's an Ohio‑Class SSGN, Not a Missile‑armed SSBN
That is an Ohio-Class SSGN, not an SSBN (note the dry deck shelter on top), i.e., no Trident missiles onboard.
US Sanctions Nine Chinese Firms over Iran Ties
US sanctions 9 mainland China and Hong Kong entities over ‘Iran military links’ Treasury and State Department announcements come days ahead of US President Donald Trump’s expected China visit and summit with Xi Jinping https://t.co/38VPBjgWgN via @scmpnews
Hormuz Sovereignty Never a Pre‑war Issue, Now Contested
It cannot be stressed hard enough that Hormuz sovereignty was never a sticking point prior to the war. This is the reality that was shattered, and we aren't going back. Iran threatened the Strait plenty, but it was always largely bluster and...
IDF's Unmatched Civilian Protection Efforts in Gaza
In over a decade of urban warfare studies, I've studied hundreds of urban battles and urban centric wars. No military has ever taken as many measures to protect civilian than the IDF has in Gaza and despite all the lies,...
Iran Deploys Deep‑Roaming Submarines in Hormuz Strait
"Deep roaming" sounds like something I'd read about in @jackclarkSF's newsletter, like some robotics training technique being co-developed between researchers at Tsinghua University and the University of Warwick. *IRAN SAYS DEPLOYED DEEP-ROAMING SUBMARINES IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ
Trump's Blunder Reveals US Can't Secure Oil, Boosts Iran
I've said for a long time that the cost and risk of using fossil fuels would eventually start driving importing nations to renewable energy and EVs. What I didn't count on was Trump proving decisively that US "world's policeman" military...
China Sees a Violent, Declining U.S. Hegemony
35-year CIA veteran: “The Chinese have a very dark portrait of the United States as a global hegemon that’s declining in power and becoming more violent as it tries to cling to its primacy.” https://t.co/k0BBoVA8G8
Purple Teams Are Just Red and Blue Co‑Located
Your Purple Team Isn't Purple — It's Just Red and Blue in the Same Room https://t.co/SgiQ1iLO6J https://t.co/n2GviJHqgA
US Rejects Iran's Counter‑Proposal: Tactic Or
Is the US rejection of Iran's counter-proposal a negotiating tactic or the end of the ceasefire? UK's Starmer continues to fight for his political life. PBOC sets new 3yr low $USD fix after higher CPI and PPI. See https://t.co/IrpUdZ5IuC...
US‑Germany Ties Strain as Trump Mulls Troop Pullout
Relations between the US & Germany are quickly deteriorating. Chancellor Merz criticized the US for lacking a coherent negotiation strategy. President Trump responded by floating the idea of reducing US troop deployments in Germany. Full Newsletter: https://t.co/GsJKw5kfCF https://t.co/IVEtk17ZhT
Putin Claims War Nearing End, but Conflict Persists
Putin said he thinks the war is near it’s end. Caveats that Zelenskyy should come to Russia to discusss the end of the war. States that western countries “stole tension”. Seems like another mind game from Putin. Crazy it has been...
China Pumps AI and Weapons, Economy Sputters
Xi’s China: Dazzling Technology, Military Muscle—and an Economic Mess. Government pours money into AI, electric cars and military power, while consumer confidence sags and job market grows bleak @BrianSpegele https://t.co/oLalrSpepN https://t.co/oLalrSpepN
Curl Audit Finds Single Low‑severity CVE, Others False Positives
Mythos on Curl: Once my curl security team fellows and I had poked on the this short list for a number of hours and dug into the details, we had trimmed the list down and were left with one confirmed...
Xi Pushes Soviet‑style Control, Sacrificing Everyday Prosperity
Xi Jinping is making China a little more like the old Soviet Union -- focusing on science, industry, military prowess, and top-down control while letting regular people suffer economically. https://t.co/Y9lyDPHSpy
Kaja Kallas Rejects
BRUSSELS, May 11 (Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Monday rejected a suggestion by Russian President Vladimir Putin that former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder could represent Europe in future talks with Moscow on European security arrangements.
Restricting Ukraine Aid Empowered Russia’s War Machine
A trillion sophisticated-sounding words instead of admitting the most obvious fact: the policy of painfully and artificially restricting military aid to Ukraine in hopes of “avoiding escalation” and “making Putin come to his senses” was catastrophically wrong, deeply misguided, and...
Saudi Retaliation Risk: Destroying Own Oil Assets
“… Had the Kingdom wanted, and it is capable of doing so, to respond in kind to Iran by destroying Iranian facilities and interests, the outcome could have been the destruction of Saudi oil facilities…” — Prince Turki Al-Faisal https://t.co/yVh8S9oMYL
20 Warships Enforce Iran Blockade; Nimitz Visits Rio
Where Are The Carriers As Of May 11, 2026: 20 Warships Enforce Iran Blockade Meanwhile, USS Nimitz has made a stop in Rio as part of its circumnavigation of South America and repositioning cruise to Norfolk. https://t.co/oZrvwEIO5o
China Will Act only when Iran Disrupts Its Interests
Trump hopes Xi will intervene with Iran But he will escalate probably next weekend if not, writes @TheMichaelEvery China will act only when disruption starts to hurt IT more than it hurts the U.S. And not a moment before. #China #Iran #Hormuz...
Iran Declares Hormuz Leverage, Aims to Dictate Gulf Future
Iran just made it explicit: The US is the problem Hormuz is the leverage The future of the Gulf will be regional—and Iran plans to write the rules This isn’t rhetoric It’s strategy #Iran #Hormuz #Geopolitics #OilMarkets #MiddleEast https://t.co/pYvWhqqfML
HIBP Adds Costa Rica as 42nd Government Partner
HIBP’s free gov program keeps growing, helping governments get ahead of data breaches before attackers do. Today, we welcome our 42nd government: Costa Rica, protecting departments, public resources and the people behind them. https://t.co/GD14TAF6sU
China’s Oil Aid Drives Asian Pivot From US
My take in @FortuneMagazine on China’s DIPLOMATIC POSITIONING: “China is deploying its 1.4-billion-barrel strategic crude reserve to aid its Asian neighbors while the US is blocking the Strait of Hormuz.” Seoul, Tokyo, and Jakarta are PIVOTING AWAY from Uncle Sam. https://t.co/PLQmOFRWfy
U.S. Weapon Restocking Now Requires Beijing's Approval
My take in @FortuneMagazine on the US replenishment of its depleted weapons stockpile: "To replenish weapons stockpiles depleted by America's wars, the U.S. Department of Defense now needs Beijing's permission to restock. The rules of the road are being rewritten in Beijing."...
U.S. Can Secure Hormuz; Politics, Not Capability, Hold Back
The common counterargument, often driven by anti-Trump narratives, is that because the United States has not seized control of the Strait of Hormuz, it therefore cannot, and that Iran is somehow demonstrating a lasting strategic advantage it will carry forward....
Hegseth Threatens Kelly with Lawsuit over Vague Comments
Secretary Hegseth is again threatening Sen. Mark Kelly with legal action here. In this case, the comments from Kelly that Hegseth is claiming are an issue do not address specific munition numbers. That's generally where classification comes into play. No...
Iran Sees Ceasefire Extension as Strategic Advantage
iran continues to believe they have the upper hand in negotiations…and that extending the “ceasefire” benefits them, not the americans.
Trump Deems Iran's Reply Unacceptable, Stalemate Looms
Trump Says Iran’s Response to U.S. Peace Proposal is Unacceptable. Are the US and Iran at a stalemate? Now what? https://t.co/71SwsUBp9r
Ukraine’s Drone Tech Essential for NATO’s Survival
Ukraine has cutting edge battle tested weapon systems designed to fight drone warfare. The same drone warfare that swarmed America’s Middle East bases and wiped them out. Having Ukraine in NATO will mean NATO’s survival.
China Acquires US Defense Assets Cheaply as Americans Fund Deficits
“Dollar dominance” as defined by many here on X = China buys up the US defense industrial base on the cheap while US Boomers & Banks buy negative real yielding USTs to finance US deficits (aka lose capital on a...
Iran's Power Eroded; US Still Holds Upper Hand
No one can predict the future with certainty. No analyst possesses a crystal ball capable of forecasting whether the Islamic regime can survive the long-term political and economic consequences of this war. But based on every serious measure of national...
AI Could Multiply Software Vulnerabilities Twentyfold, Globally
What we can see is only a fraction of what exists. Jay Chaudhry has been in cybersecurity for over 30 years. In a recent CRN interview, the @zscaler CEO said he's never seen anxiety in the field like this. He's staring...
Relying on One Man for Off‑Balance Defence Debt
That may well be the case, but he's the ideal man for off-balance sheet debt funding for Defence. What could possibly go wrong?
Iran Proposes Uranium Transfer, Rejects Facility Dismantlement
US-Iran negotiations latest, via WSJ: - Iran offered to dilute/transfer some of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium to a third country - called for guarantees the transferred uranium would be returned if talks fail - rejected the idea of dismantling its nuclear...
China Threatens U.S. Compute Capacity via Proxy Platforms
I think the real issue here is national security. The #Chinese government would like nothing more than to shut down our compute capacity while they build up theirs. They can’t use #TikTok to influence anymore so they are using other...
China Uses Trade Deals as Leverage, Creates Hostages
China loves these deals, as they create "hostages" that China can seize if the relationship goes sour -- (of course China never delivered on its "phase one commitments, and it squeezed 'beans hard over the last year) 1/3 https://t.co/54LagYdspc
UK Military Criticized Yet Still a Global Power
Say what you will about the state of the UK military, but this is global power shit...
Iran War Depletes US Missile Stockpiles, Undermining China
U.S. weapons stockpiles are the hidden casualty of the Iran war. Mark Kelly says Tomahawks, ATACMS, SM-3s, THAAD and Patriot interceptors have been hit hard—and will take years to replace. That weakens the China war fantasy. #IranWar #Pentagon #China #Missiles
Trump Signals Openness to Iran Uranium Deal, Even if Flawed
*TRUMP ON ENRICHED URANIUM IN IRAN: WE'LL GET THAT AT SOME POINT Is it just me, or does this sound like a guy willing to cut a deal now? Even if a bad one?
Complex JCPOA Delays Vs. Trump's Simple, Swift Termination
JCPOA took years b/c it tried to limit Iran’s nuclear program, says @SecretaryWright Trump’s approach won’t take long because it’s about ending it Complex deal = bad because complex. Simple demand = good because simple. Me Tarzan You Jane Good to know children run the...