
Breaking news: The U.S. military gave the president a plan to seize nearly 1,000 pounds of highly enriched uranium in Iran. The mission would require the airlift of potentially hundreds or thousands of troops and could take weeks. wapo.st/3PWVRzs
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Breaking news: The U.S. military gave the president a plan to seize nearly 1,000 pounds of highly enriched uranium in Iran. The mission would require the airlift of potentially hundreds or thousands of troops and could take weeks. wapo.st/3PWVRzs

The latest Economist cover says it all.

JUST IN: Artemis II crew experiences issues with Microsoft Outlook on their way to the Moon, asks ground crew for assistance.

What could possibly be the military rationale for this. There isn’t one.



Army ‘pauses’ plan to close more than 20 base museums trib.al/W4UoYY5

More of this. Other examples are NASA in Houston, CDC in Atlanta, and BLM in Grand Junction.

NEW! Trump admin overhauls Foreign Service to focus on 'America First' diplomacy DoS announced a sweeping modernization of its recruitment and training processes, reinstating written exams and pivoting toward a curriculum rooted in strategic competition and classical American history

.@DeptofWar officials gave new details at the @AFCEA & @DoW_CIO recent #CyberWorkforceSummit about the hands-on-keyboard skills-based hiring assessments they are piloting to grow applicant pool, getting away from using certs & qualifications. My story: govinfosecurity.com/pentagon-pilot…

An upgraded Ukrainian M1A1SA of the 47th Brigade, equipped with cope cages and a significant amount of K-1 ERA, also added to the UFP. 1/


I really need Japanese people to know I’ve never met a single American of any political persuasion, race, or religion who expressed anger about what happened at Fukushima. It’s unthinkable. I’d never ever heard of that before today on Japanese twitter.

"The U.S. Army and Amazon are creating an online storefront to buy drones as the technology transforms the battlefield." I support the idea, will be interesting to see how it is implemented. fortune.com/2026/03/27/dro…

Military planners are moving beyond whether AI can support battlefield medicine to a more critical question: when will humans trust it to decide? thedefensepost.com/2026/03/30/ai-…


U.S. Air Force Pushes E-7A Wedgetail Into Service Planning After First E-3 AWACS Combat Destruction

Army approves combat patches for soldiers in Iran war zone taskandpurpose.com/military-life/…

I’m no military expert but the demonstrated ability of middle powers to produce incredibly cheap precision drones capable of destroying billions of dollars of U.S. military equipment really does suggest the era of American global dominance is over.



Rob Schneider says the United States “must restore the military draft for our nation’s young people” amid the ongoing war with Iran: “Being a citizen of the United States gives us unparalleled Freedoms and opportunities that are the envy of the world. However, these Freedoms that we cherish do not come without a cost.” variety.com/2026/film/news…


That's it. That's the best picture from Saturday's No Kings protests in the USA. The literal Statue of Liberty being detained by police. It doesn't get much more poetic than this.