Author: Michael

To get there from here, look back
Reprinted with permission Commander Salamander
Shyam Sankar’s First Breakfast Substack last week laid down some cold hard truth…and hope.
I don’t care what the primes’ booths at Sea, Air, Space look like. I don’t care what strategic document is extruded between Arlington, VA and Pennsylvania Avenue.
This is the core of the issue.

There are currently 154 active shipyards in the US, spread across 29 states.

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This story is developing…
President Donald Trump has proposed a trade deal with Taliban, in exchange for regaining control of Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, emphasizing its strategic value due to its proximity to China’s nuclear facilities.
Trump says we are going to keep Bagram Airbase (in Afghanistan), “we will not give it up”, reported multiple credible news outlets on X.
AFP will verify with sources in Afghanistan.

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By some estimates, 60 to 70 percent of casualties in Ukraine now come from drones — cheap, disposable first-person view drones piloted from miles away. They dive into trenches, slip through windows, and snake into hatches of armored vehicles. The battlefield’s oldest insurance policy — cover, concealment, or courage might save you — is collapsing. This isn’t a tactical shift — but rather the start of a military revolution, tearing apart the old rules of war.

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