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Lithuania will allocate $265m in military aid to Ukraine in 2026, Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas has said.

Sitting at a beachside bar, Jeff Evans looked out into the waters of the South China Sea and wondered if his dad and uncle had ever shared a beer at the same bar.
“The rumor mill in the family was that they had got together once or twice,” Evans said. “And I would only like to hope that they’re like me, and I love the beach.”
Perhaps, he thought, his uncle David Lynn Evans had taken leave from his base outside Ho Chi Minh City and traveled to Nha Trang, where his brother, Norman Francis Evans — Jeff’s father — was stationed.

Finland has secured early funding as part of the ReArm Europe programme to boost defence capability in areas such as dual-use technologies.

Munich was warmer than Washington this weekend, both in weather and in sentiment. Neither development was widely forecast. The sense of crisis in transatlantic relations was plain, especially on the European side, and the world descended on the Bayerischer Hof hotel to sort it all out. At the Munich Security Conference there was beer to drink, brats to eat, statements to make, and bilateral meetings to hold. February’s foreign policy freneticism kicked off in earnest.And frenetic it was.

The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command has announced that it is prepared to restore nuclear weapons capability for the entire operational B-52H Stratofortress bomber fleet, after limitations imposed by the New START arms control treaty with Russia expired without a follow-on agreement in place.

The blueprint for returning America to be the dominant Maritime nation has been released. It will be Down to the Sea in Ships (again)

“A nation secures its borders, makes things, makes things that makes things, and has a maritime fleet in proportion to the size of its economy.
Otherwise you are a nation of coffee shops. No nation grew to greatness based on coffee shops. Greece was once a mighty nation, and became a nation of coffee shops.
Similarly, no nation ever regulated itself to greatness.

The U.S. Air Force has conduced an unprecedented operation to redeploy a micro nuclear reactor from March Air Reserve Base in Southern California using C-17 transports, with the destination being Hill Air Force Base in Utah. Three C-17s will bring the components of the Ward250 reactor, which is split between eight modules, to Utah, marking the first time the aircraft are used to redeploy reactors.

The United States is preparing a large sale of PAC-3 MSE interceptors for the MIM-104 Patriot long range air defence systems to equip the Republic of China Air Force, which are expected to be used to support the formation of at least one new Patriot battalion. According to sources in Taipei, the missiles are part of a package that includes IBCS command systems, NASAMS short range air defence systems, LTAMDS sensors, and vehicle-mounted counter-drone systems. The prospective package is reported by sources in Taipei to be part of a broader arms procurement plan valued at up to $20 billion.

Space Force wants to double the number of guardians in its ranks, and is making progress on that, having already beat its recruitment goals for this fiscal year.
This past week the six senior enlisted leaders for each branch of the military were testifying before Congress about quality of life in the armed forces. They spoke on a range of issues, from housing to women’s capabilities in combat. Along the way, Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force John Bentivegna said that the service is currently at 125% of its recruiting goal for the 2026 fiscal year.

Every year in the United States, the U.S. Congress is tasked with creating a federal budget for the next fiscal year. The budget is created in the House of Representatives, sent to the Senate for approval, and finally sent to the president for his signature. 
That is an incredibly simplified explanation of how a budget is created and passed. The actual process is far more complex, time-consuming, and, these days, controversial.