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The Space Force is keeping tabs on test flights for SpaceX’s new Starship megarocket, in anticipation that the super heavy-lift launch vehicle could be used by the…

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“I love women service members who contribute amazingly,” Hegseth said while adding that “everything about women serving together makes the situation more complicated…

What’s left to cut?

The UK is cutting what? What is left to cut?
They have the smallest fleet since the 1500s (Jackie Fisher is spinning) and an almost non-existent Air Force and Army. They are at 2.3% of GDP spend (4% is more appropriate), but much of this is lost in a UK MND bureaucracy that makes the Pentagon look efficient and seamless despite seven failed audits in a row.
The United Kingdom is expanding the Ukraine Conflict by allowing its long range Storm Shadow missiles to be used to strike into Russia, and simultaneously disarming.

On Nov. 6, the head of Myanmar’s military junta, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, finally traveled to China, meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Kunming as part of the Greater Mekong Subregion leader’s summit. The Xinhua readout prominently featured a photo of Min Aung Hlaing shaking hands with Li, who reportedly expressed support for the junta’s planned 2025 elections. This is a level of legitimacy and de facto recognition thus far denied to the Myanmar military junta, and it represents a fundamental shift in Beijing’s calculus.

Host L Todd Wood speaks with former CPT and SF Officer John Frankman as he seeks a role in Congress with Rep Matt Gaetz former seat, FL-1.
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The Space Force’s acquisition arm has tapped defense technology firm Anduril to upgrade the service’s Space Surveillance Network (SSN) with enhanced autonomous networking capabilities, the company announced Thursday.
Under the five-year, $99.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract, Anduril will integrate its Lattice software into the SSN to create a mesh network that will enable autonomous processing and distribution of data from the architecture’s vast network of military space sensors. U.S.

Army Reserve Maj. Kate Rubins was already an astronaut when she joined the Army, but was surprised to find that learning some of the basics of soldiering reminded her of trips to space.
“I was quite surprised when I was in my basic officer leadership course learning land navigation and thinking how helpful that would be when I’m an astronaut,” she said. “We don’t have satellite navigation around the moon. We don’t have magnetic fields or a compass, and so we are going to be using maps and terrain association and land navigation.

The Space Force is keeping tabs on test flights for SpaceX’s new Starship megarocket, in anticipation that the super heavy-lift launch vehicle could be used by the Defense Department to send military supplies from one point on Earth to another.
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman observed the Starship’s sixth test flight from the company’s Starbase facility in Texas on Tuesday, with SpaceX founder Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump also in attendance.

In 2022, Alexander Sorg and Julian Wucherpfennig wrote “Before Deploying More U.S. Forces to Europe, Consider the Consequences,” where they argued that U.S. military deployments abroad can lead to a lower willingness among host populations to contribute to national defense. In the wake of continued debate over U.S. military deployments abroad, we invited Alexander and Julian back to reflect on their article. Read more below: In your 2022 article, “Before Deploying More U.S.