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Editor’s Note: This is an adaptation of an article originally published in Le Rubicon, which is affiliated with War on the Rocks. Russia is faced with an insoluble equation: how to finance a war in the long term, for which expenditure is soaring while budget revenues are falling, against a backdrop of tightened sanctions. Between rising taxes, falling hydrocarbon revenues, inflation, and crises in employment and foreign investment, with a labor market short by 4.

By Cynical Publius (X Handle)Retired US Army Colonel
I have been posting a lot lately about the impact of DEI on organizational incompetence and how it relates to the Secret Service.
We generally think about this phenomenon in terms of hiring and promoting people primarily based on factors other than competence, but I have sources at high ranks currently serving in the Department of Defense who have alerted me to an even more sinister impact of DEI.
The original Star Trek series did a famous episode called “Mirror, Mirror.

A new assessment standard to guide how Pentagon components evaluate and approve zero-trust cybersecurity solutions for responsible use will soon be finalized and ready for release, according to a senior official overseeing its making.
In the Defense Department, the term “zero trust” refers to a nascent cybersecurity framework and set of 152 activities collectively meant to enable non-stop monitoring and constant authentication to secure critical national security data and information. As its name suggests, the zero-trust concept assumes all networks are compromised from the get-go.

Raytheon is working with the Air Force to integrate the AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) onto its first increment of loyal wingman drones known as collaborative combat aircraft (CCA), a company official confirmed.
The contractor is partnering with the service and the two vendors competing in the ongoing development-for-production phase of CCA Increment 1 to incorporate the weapons onto the drones, Jon Norman, Raytheon’s vice president of air and space defense systems requirements and capability, said during a meeting with reporters Tuesday.

A group of protesters damaged the fence of a U.S. military installation in Italy over the weekend, officials said.
Photos and videos sent to Task & Purpose show dozens of protesters wearing black jumpsuits, white hats and carrying flares and Palestinian flags, near the fenceline at Caserma Del Din in Vicenza, a U.S. military garrison in Italy. The incident, which officials called an “unscheduled unauthorized protest,” took place on Sunday, and lasted a few minutes before Italian police arrived and the group dispersed.
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Javan W.