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Tag: Pentagon
By the numbers: US missile capacity depleting fast
By Mike Fredenburg (Responsible Statecraft)
Our industrial base isn’t keeping up with the pace of weapons transfers to Ukraine and Israel
Related:
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft’s donors
Mike Fredenburg’s profile at Falun Gong’s Epoch Times
Trump Promised to End the War in Ukraine. Now He Must Decide How.
Trump Promised to End the War in Ukraine. Now He Must Decide How.
Like in Trump’s first term, different factions are set to compete to influence the Republican’s foreign policy. More traditionally minded allies such as Mike Pompeo, the former secretary of state now in contention to lead the Pentagon, are likely to push for a settlement that doesn’t appear to give a major win to Moscow. Other advisers, particularly Richard Grenell, a top candidate to lead the State Department or serve as national-security adviser, could give priority to Trump’s desire to end the war as soon as possible, even if it means forcing Kyiv into significant concessions.
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Haitian Government Hires the Mercenaries of a U.S. Security Contractor, but Questions Remain
Retired U.S. General Wesley Clark, who sits on Studebaker’s board, traveled to Haiti in March 2023 to meet with Ariel Henry’s government officials.
Haitian Government Hires the Mercenaries of a U.S. Security Contractor, but Questions Remain
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A friendly fire death, a platoon’s 20 years of trauma
Bryan O’Neal has spent two decades grinding his way up the U.S. Army ranks, from lowly private to command sergeant major — the highest rank for a non-commissioned officer. He could write a textbook on modern warfare history — and his own unique place in it — but much of what he’s seen and done could be hard for anyone to hear. Significant numbers of the men and women under his command weren’t even born until after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that inspired him to enlist.
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In the spring of 2004, perhaps the last thing President George W. Bush’s administration needed was another war-related PR problem. No one could find Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, which the administration had used to build a case for war. Less than a month before Tillman’s death, four contractors for the Blackwater private security firm in Iraq were ambushed and dragged through the streets, and their corpses were hung from a bridge. In April came shocking images of torture at the Abu Ghraib prison.
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Read More »Nothing will change under Trump
Trump’s transition team has ties to the front organization Atlas Network through the America First Policy Institute.
Read More »There is No Quick Fix for Rebuilding America’s Arsenal
Washington, DC is a place of short attention spans. Political appointees have short tenures and efforts fizzle out over time.
Largest U.S. Drone Manufacturer Says It Will Need To Ration Batteries For Customers After Sanctions By China
Bry said China sanctioned his company for selling drones to Taiwan—noting the Taiwanese National Fire Agency is its only customer in the country—but said Skydio was “proud to support critical infrastructure operators, first responders, and allied militaries.”
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The blog post sharply attacked the Chinese government, saying the sanctions show that the Chinese government “will use supply chains as a weapon to advance their interests over ours.”
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Bry also accused the Chinese government of attempting to “eliminate the leading American drone company” and increase the “world’s dependence on Chinese drone suppliers.”…
According to the Financial Times, Skydio’s list of customers includes the Ukrainian military, and the company has sent over 1,000 of its drones to Ukraine to aid with gathering intelligence in its ongoing war with Russia and record instances of war crimes by the Russian military. Skydio’s X10 drone—which is affected by the battery rationing—is reportedly hard to jam, and Ukraine has sought to acquire thousands of them.
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[04-10-2024] How American Drones Failed to Turn the Tide in Ukraine
The Silicon Valley company Skydio sent hundreds of its best drones to Ukraine to help fight the Russians. Things didn’t go well.
Skydio’s drones flew off course and were lost, victims of Russia’s electronic warfare. The company has since gone back to the drawing board to build a new fleet.
GOP lawmakers sound alarm on military voting ‘deficiencies’ ahead of Election Day 🤷🏼♀️
GOP lawmakers sound alarm on military voting ‘deficiencies’ ahead of Election Day
Active duty service members claim the Pentagon has not allocated enough resources to let them cast their ballot on time and that the stockpile of write-in absentee ballots on at least one military base is depleted and has not been replenished, according to three GOP congressmen.
The ballot is available for download, below. 🤦🏼♀️
Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP):
Vote as a backup using the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB)
The Kims Are Coming!
After a few cat and mouse days of Defense Secretary Lloyd “Raytheon” Austin’s denials, the Pentagon finally yesterday affirmed that there was evidence of a North Korean military presence in Russia. Asked what they were doing in Russia, Austin replied, “What exactly they are doing? Left to be seen. These are things that we need to sort out.”
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