The big takeaway for me from this Tom Clancy-like read is that the NSA didn't have in 2019 and likely doesn't have today NSA Sigint coverage over Kim's NK: Times defends report about failed SEAL Team 6 mission into North Korea share.google/rNuj5hyOfXIhz6…

We break on new declassified GAO report on Sentinel Icbm: AF tells agency extending MM III life through 2050 is feasible but with parts/supply chain risks..it's studying the option

New on US ICBM:Air Force officials have told congressional auditors it’s feasible to extend, until 2050, Boeing’s aging Minuteman III nuclear missiles bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Hmmm. Who is doing the w 'Tracking' ? NSA, PFPA? Using AI? Hegseth says Pentagon 'tracking' service members, civilians who celebrate Charlie Kirk killing share.google/Eo7Pj6zDO1Zqzf…

Just in from GA0: DoD has nearly 500 agencies involved in "cyberspace ' ..so the potential for overlap seemd high? How did DOGE miss this?

We break: The general leading President Donald Trump’s effort to build the Golden Dome air and space missile defense network has completed a blueprint for the program, but the Pentagon declined to give any details about its scope or cost bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

We break on Trump's Golden Dome: The Pentagon has repeatedly failed to disclose the assumptions behind its Golden Dome cost estimate bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

On the mystery 'why' for next week's Hegseth-brass meeting ..former members of his inner circle speculate DefSec may lecture on importance of info-security..to get ahead of the IG report on his Signal-snafu. It may be a hard-hitting report as the acting IG has nothing to lose

Hegseth mystery meeting explained via Post. Now questions will turn to cost/security/why not VTC/was WH kept in dark? Next up-- how the media credential fiasco ends then maybe IG Signal-snafu report, NDS release, Aukus review completion. So, busy time for SecDef

We break on MoP bomb: Boeing will receive a contract valued at as much as $123 million to replace the 14 massive bunker-busters dropped in June on Iran’s nuclear enrichment and processing facilities, according to a budget document and three sources bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

DOD/MDA should be ready as this film will likely jumpstart a public debate on US missile defense/cost to date/test record/lack of details on Golden Dome and its low-ball $175b cost estimate: A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE | Official Trailer | Netflix youtu.be/_wpw2QHJNco?si… via YouTube

Palantir rebuts story based on 9/5 Army memo: Palantir's stock fell more than 8% on Friday following a report that its battlefield communications system, along with that of defense tech firm Anduril, was seriously flawed bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

We break on the first US Hypersonic weapon: The US Army is planning to deploy its first hypersonic weapon by the end of the year, even though the Defense Department’s test office said it hasn’t proven to be effective in combat bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The plot of A House of Dynamite, the new thriller from Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow, hinges on — spoiler alert — US missile defenses failing to knock down a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile headed for Chicago. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Just in: The US military is close to fielding two new weapons designed to temporally jam Chinese and Russian intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance satellites, giving the Pentagon three counter-space capabilities, according to new Space Force data bloomberg.com/news/articles/…