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What Does Ukraine Lose if Trump Turns Off the Intel?
Russia’s refineries aren’t going anywhere. The hard part is knowing what changed around them last night
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Ottawa Just Applied to Join a Ten-Country Military Coalition in Europe
Britain’s Arctic Coalition Just Got a Surprising New Applicant
Oct 10
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Ukraine Helped Shape the New Slinger. Now America Is Going to Build It
The new Slinger pairs compact radar, 30mm firepower, and increasing autonomy to solve the cheap-drone problem Western armies can no longer ignore
Oct 9
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Poland’s New Camouflage Was Built for a Battlefield That Watches You at Night
Poland says its new K-03 Ryś pattern is about half as detectable as MultiCam at night. The five colors are probably the least interesting thing about it
Oct 7
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Weekly Preflight: 5 Things to Watch in Global Security | Week of October 5, 2026
Your geopolitical weather report to start your week
Oct 5
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The Robots Were Cool… But The Big Story of Operation Vivaldi Was How Ukraine Tied Everything Together
Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps used drones, robots, electronic warfare, and deception to take back ground near Lyman, and the method matters more than the…
Oct 4
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Where Did Russia Get This Mystery MANPAD?
Russian television accidentally showed off a shoulder-fired missile nobody can quite identify
Oct 2
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VIDEO: Poland Powers-Up Ukraine’s F-16s With Missile Package
A jet fighter is just a weapons platform. It can't do anything if it's empty.
Oct 1
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September 2026
Why Lockheed Can’t Simply Build Another Blackbird and NASA’s Quest for a New X-Plane
NASA appears to be trying to put an SR-71 back into the air nearly three decades after its final flight
Sep 30
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Fedorov Wants Humanoid Robots Hunting Russians Within Six Months
Well, that’s terrifying
Sep 29
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Preflight: 5 Things to Watch in Global Security | Week of September 28, 2026
Eight Marines were wounded in an Iranian missile attack in the Strait of Hormuz two weeks ago, and the Pentagon didn’t tell the public at the time, and…
Sep 28
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The Shahed Got a Jet Engine. Now Ukraine Needs a Faster Killer
Russia's jet-powered Shaheds are flying higher, moving faster, and slipping past weapons Ukraine spent years perfecting. The solution may require an…
Sep 27
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