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A US government watchdog released its first report on Monday on the impact of the Iran war, acknowledging the military’s advanced weapons shortfalls and offering the first public look at the damage to American aircraft, bases and diplomatic outposts in the Middle East. Much of the information has been previously reported over the past six months, but the Pentagon inspector general’s report offered the fullest official accounting so far of the conflict’s costs in American lives, taxpayer dollars...
The US Space Force on Monday confirmed for the first time that Washington has weapons deployed in orbit, as the United States, China and Russia expand their military capabilities in space. The disclosure highlights a growing focus on controlling the space domain and protecting satellites vital to military communications, surveillance and navigation.
War in Ukraine, conflict in the Middle East and the rise of China have pushed national security back to the center of US economic and industrial strategy. Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says the country needs to spend more on defense and better use cutting-edge weapons coming out of places like Silicon Valley, Austin and Boston. The opportunity is particularly striking in space, where companies like Apex Space are trying to industrialize satellite production as the US considers ambitious projects like Golden Dome . But the new defense-tech boom still faces hard questions: will the Pentagon procure quickly enough; will startups scale production; is space-based missile defense technically and financially realistic; and will the future belong to startups, legacy primes, or a marriage between the two? (Source: Bloomberg)
Brazil · Politics Key Facts —The weapons. Federal Police found seven firearms registered to deputy Mario Frias (PL-SP) at an address that is not his, opening a separate case for illegal weapons possession. —The operation. The raid was part of Operation Make Up, authorized by Supreme Court Justice Flávio Dino, with 49 search warrants executed […] The post Police Seize Seven Weapons in Raid Targeting Deputy Mario Frias appeared first on The Rio Times.
The UN atomic watchdog’s board on Wednesday reported Iran to the UN Security Council for the first time in 20 years, citing it for failure to cooperate in a long-running investigation into uranium traces detected by inspectors at undeclared sites. Western officials suspect that the traces could provide evidence that Iran had a secret nuclear weapons programme until 2003. Iran says that it is not pursuing nuclear weapons and that its programme is entirely peaceful. Reporting Iran to the Security...