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Robert Purssell, RealClearDefense
In contrast to aircraft and subsonic missiles, the Navy’s hypersonic Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) missile reaches a 2,200 nautical mile distant target…

Chris, Zack, and Melanie have a rather somber discussion about the Trump administration’s efforts to get a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. Why is Trump so insistent on getting an immediate deal? What carrots and sticks, if any, are being given to each side? How will Europe respond to the obviously permanent change in the transatlantic relationship? Chris has some hard words for Congress for its abdication of oversight of arms sales, Zack gives an atta to his brilliant wife, and Melanie is pretty darn proud of the work being done at War on the Rocks.

In the middle of the night, a CBS News crew onboard the Cape Engaño woke to the sound of alarms. The Philippine sailors directed the media team to put on life jackets while the crew prepared to defend themselves with clubs against a potential Chinese boarding. About 60 nautical miles from the Philippine coastline, this Philippine Coast Guard ship and a ship from the China Coast Guard collided near the Sabina Shoal, a low-tide elevation feature well within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone. The impact left a meter-long hole in the Philippine Coast Guard ship’s hull.

A new more deadly H5N1 (Bird Flu) variant, called D1.1 has been discovered, and is linked to at least two deaths. In response, Dr. Peter McCullough, one of the nation’s foremost medical experts, is sounding the potential alarms:
“We could be on the cusp of outbreaks in man with severe disease and human-to-human transmission.”
Dr.