As the fight with Iran intensifies, the revelation earlier this month, first reported by The Financial Times — that Iran is targeting U.S. military personnel via their smartphones — should not surprise us. The war in Ukraine has supplied numerous stories of both Ukrainian and Russian soldiers killed when their cell phones revealed their location. And yet, U.S. servicemembers in the Middle East will likely continue to use their cell phones, just like Ukrainian and Russian soldiers in Europe do.
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The Strike Zelenskyy Warned About Arrived Overnight: Russia launched another major missile and drone strike across Ukraine overnight into July 30, killing at least eight people and striking targets from Kyiv to the western city of Lviv. The strikes came only hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Moscow was preparing a massive new assault and urged Western allies to accelerate deliveries of Patriot interceptor missiles.
Lockheed Martin is set to triple production capacity for its PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors by 2030.
A drone strike on ships at Damietta, an Egyptian port on the Mediterranean Sea, may signal a new opening front in the ongoing war in Iran — but the attack also threatens one of the last safe passageways for oil from Saudi Arabia out to the outside world.
Reporting indicates that the explosive-laden drones set off at least two fires in the vicinity of the Suez Canal, a key waterway linking the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. The drones caused a fire on Energos Winter, an American-flagged gas tanker.
A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler prepares to refuel from a U.S.
Moscow Launches Another Vicious Retaliatory Missile Attack on Kyiv: On 3 July, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow’s large-scale missile attacks against Ukraine “must continue.” Like most of the former KGB Lt. Col.’s statements that call for senseless destruction and murder, they almost always come true.
In the early hours of 30 July, Russia launched a wave of ballistic missile attacks across Ukraine.
When “Patton” debuted in movie theaters in 1970, it attracted plenty of box-office buzz. Moviegoers flocked to see it, critics generally approved of the portrayal of the enigmatic World War II general, and President Richard Nixon liked it.
None of those people were Gen. George S. Patton’s flesh and blood. Ruth Ellen Patton Totten was. When one of Patton’s daughters wrote to producer Frank McCarthy and complimented the movie, that was all the validation he needed.
“Aren’t you glad you achieved [your triumph] with no help from anyone in the family except… G.S.P. Jr.
Interesting Engineering
Teledyne FLIR Defense will supply its Argus XL platform for AeroVironment’s Titan Multi-Sensor system under a $500 million U.S.
Bill Gertz, The Washington Times
House defense legislators want the Pentagon to produce regular reports to Congress on the impact of weapons shortages needed to deter China.
Global Defense
Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2026 has launched more than 35 experiments that embed unmanned systems and emerging technologies into multinational naval operations
Naval News
Congress made its desire for a massive torpedo inventory and production review known in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027