NYTIMES (Michelle Goldberg) - Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse
Silicon Valley’s strange new theology.
REDSTATE (RedState) - New: Anthropic Foils Houthis' Bid to Build Missiles With Claude AI — For Now
AF (Jena Calvitti) - FVEY A4 Collaboration Forum synchronizes global allied logistics at Scott AFB
Senior logistics leaders and experts from partner nations convened at the forum focused on a transition from basic interoperability to interchangeable logistics and sustainment.
AMERICANGREATNESS (Bryan Hyde) - Anti-Shoplifting Drones Offer Police New Tool to Track, Catch Petty Thieves
Police drones can beat officers to a crime scene by roughly two minutes while providing live footage to officers on the way to the scene in their patrol cars. Source
YOUTUBE (Fox Business) - REVEALED: Crucial detail EMERGES after Iran says it captured US underwater drone
Swarmer Chairman of the Board Erik Prince and Swarmer President and U.S. CEO Alex Fink discuss how battle-tested drone technology from Ukraine is reshaping modern warfare, autonomous defense systems and America's military future.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Leland Vittert) - Navy SEALs used robot boats, night dives to clear mines from Strait of Hormuz
Harward says night dives, not daytime tactics used in past missions, kept divers safe from drones.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Inside the secret Navy SEAL mission to clear underwater threats in the Strait of Hormuz
Retired Vice Admiral Robert Harward joins NewsNation's Leland Vittert to discuss reports of a months-long U.S. Navy mission to clear underwater threats in the Strait of Hormuz. Harward explains what military teams face during nighttime mine-clearing operations, why missions like these are kept secret and how drone warfare has changed the risks for special operators. "On Balance with Leland Vittert" takes a critical look at some of the day's hottest subjects.
STRIPES (Alex Wilson) - Marine Corps turns to virtual battlefield to train troops for drone warfare | Stars and Stripes
The Marines are fielding a new simulator from North Carolina to Okinawa to train on attack drones and electronic warfare without risking aircraft or personnel.
NYTIMES (Andrew E. Kramer, Bianca Pallaro and Evelina Riabenko) - In Ukraine, Fraud and Waste Are Rewarded With More Weapons Contracts
Secret military audits reveal a military procurement system riddled with mismanagement. In 2024 alone, Ukraine lost $1.2 billion to fraud and waste.
AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker Blog) - Taking down drones the old-fashioned way
By J.R. Dunn The Ukrainians have reached back to the absolute beginning of aerial warfare to take down Russian Shahed drones.