STRIPES (Alison Bath) - Unidentified drone found at US Navy base in Italy | Stars and Stripes
Unidentified drone found at NSA Naples prompted security measures before Italian authorities ruled out explosives; investigation into its origin continues.
STRIPES (Jennifer H. Svan) - NATO defenses facing Russian drone test, German military chief warns | Stars and Stripes
The warning follows a series of drone incursions in a country that serves as a major hub for U.S. forces in Europe.
AI:German military leadership is sounding the alarm regarding increased Russian aggression following a surge in drone incursions across Germany, a critical logistical hub for U.S. and NATO forces in Europe. These provocative maneuvers appear to be deliberate tests of Western defensive capabilities amidst heightened regional tensions and ongoing conflicts involving Russia and Ukraine. This latest development follows a pattern of unauthorized aerial activity and electronic warfare threats that have already targeted other NATO members and military installations throughout the continent.Open
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - F-16s Scrambled After Aircraft Try to Fly Over Trump in Restricted Airspace.
F-16 fighter jets were deployed after civilian aircraft entered restricted airspace near President Donald J. Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, while the President was visiting the property.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Two civilian aircraft entered temporarily restricted airspace near President Donald J. Trump ’s Bedminster golf club on Sunday while he was at the New Jersey property. NORAD responded by sending F-16 fighter jets to intercept the aircraft and escort them out of the restricted zone. A third general aviation aircraft also breached the restrictions but complied with authorities without requiring a fighter jet interception. DETAIL: The temporary restrictions were in place because Trump was visiting the area while the LIV Golf New York tournament was being held at his Bedminster club. The breaches resulted in a short delay to the President’s planned flight back to Washington, with his return postponed by…Open
JUSTTHENEWS (Nicholas Ballasy) - NORAD says fighter jets intercepted several general aviation aircraft over Bedminster
Two aircraft were reported connected to the incident which occurred near Trump’s club in the area
NYTIMES (Madaleine Rubin) - While Fighting Wildfires, They’re Also Fighting Illegal Drones
Aircraft violating restrictions have disrupted firefighting efforts in Spokane County, Wash., this week, officials said.
REDSTATE (Nick Arama) - Helicopter Carrying Trump Almost Had a Huge Problem in D.C. Airspace
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - FAA probes potential safety violation involving president's Marine One
FAA officials said the incident was not a close-call and no aircraft were in immediate danger, but it marked a breach in safety procedures, which calls for air traffic controllers to pause commercial aircraft activity at the airport where Marine One takes off.
NYTIMES (Constant Méheut and Lara Jakes) - Poland’s Leader Says Russian Missile May Have Struck Its Territory During Ukraine Attack
Russian missiles have briefly entered Polish airspace during Russian strikes on western Ukraine in the past, but a missile has never hit Poland itself.
SUBSTACK (The Grayzone) - The US indicted Raul Castro for deterring CIA-backed terrorists
The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal reacts to the Department of Justice’s indictment of former Cuban President Raul Castro for shooting down a pair of planes from a CIA-backed network of Miami Cubans, Brothers to the Rescue, who deliberately and repeatedly violated Cuban airspace in 1996.
Blumenthal explains how the Clinton administration warned that the planes were “taunting” the Cuban government, and would provoke it to shoot them down. He then breaks down the network behind Brothers to the Rescue: CIA-backed terrorists who downed a Cuban civilian airliner in 1976, and carried out a series of bombings on Cuban shipping and hotels under the supervision of US intelligence.Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Harrison Berger) - Iran War Ceasefire Begins to Break Down
State of the Union: Iran’s speaker of parliament said the U.S. and Israel violated three clauses of the 10-point plan Trump had called a “workable basis.” The post Iran War Ceasefire Begins to Break Down appeared first on The American Conservative .
The Pakistan-brokered ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran began to unravel on Wednesday afternoon after Israel launched its largest bombing campaign yet against Lebanon, causing Iran verbally to withdraw from their agreement before negotiations could begin in Islamabad. Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran’s parliament, posted a statement on X arguing that the U.S. had already violated three clauses of the 10-point plan: the ceasefire in Lebanon, for which he cited Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s declaration of “an immediate ceasefire everywhere, including Lebanon and other regions, effective immediately”; the reported entry of an Israeli drone into Iranian airspace; and the denial of Iran’s right to uranium…Open