The Costly Blunders in the Army’s $533 Million Fiasco
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ProPublica revealed how a rushed effort to arm Ukraine with artillery shells wasted half a billion dollars in taxpayer funding. Here are the biggest takeaways from that reporting.
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NEW: After U.S. missile strikes killed hundreds of civilians in Iran and Yemen, the Defense Department is poised to reinstate a program meant to reduce civilian harm during military operations. Pete Hegseth gutted it over the objections of top commanders.
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#News #Hegseth #PeteHegseth #Defense #Pentagon #Iran #Trump #Military
The U.S. military has killed hundreds of noncombatants since gutting its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response mission last year. After significant blowback, the Defense Department is considering partially restoring the program.Megan Rose (ProPublica)
"Russia has launched a fresh wave of attacks on #European armaments factories under the guise of plausible deniability, according to Western intelligence sources.
The #Kremlin is recruiting local gang members to sabotage #defense manufacturers to test Nato's resolve.
The attacks appear carefully calculated to fall just short of triggering Article 5, Nato’s mutual defence clause"
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#EU #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #War #NATO #Article5 #News #Press #World
Our stories today:
- KYIV UNDER PRESSURE
It's flag day in Ukraine and Nordic and Baltic leaders are in Kyiv to show their continued support for the war-torn country. Norway will provide support with an additional 9 billion dollars next year, but as our defense correspondent, Zuzanna Jurek, points out, its air defense that Ukraine really needs.
Host: Maciej Mikos
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NEWSFLASH: #Ukraine has a new #defense minister
Despite more than 30 days of #protests pushing for Mykhailo Fedorov’s reappointment, the Ukrainian Parliament voted for a new Minister of Defense: Yevhenii Khmara.
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Despite more than 30 days of protests pushing for Mykhailo Fedorov’s reappointment, the Ukrainian Parliament voted for a new Minister of Defense: Yevhenii Khmara.Oleksandra Poda (The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak)
Congress considering the president’s proposal to increase the defense budget to a record $1.5 trillion next year.
To help the public understand what’s really at stake, we need to speak to experts in this world, which means anyone who knows how the Pentagon is spending taxpayer money and what defense contractors are doing with it.
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#Military #Defense #Pentagon #Army #Navy #Government
Many Pentagon projects face delays, budget increases and performance issues. The causes of these problems are often opaque to the taxpayers who foot the bill. Help point us to the most important stories.Emily.Goldstein@propublica.org (ProPublica)
The $1 Trillion Black Box
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The U.S. military budget is vast and opaque. Projects touted as engineering marvels end up facing years of delays and ballooning costs. ProPublica has launched a series to report on the Pentagon’s spending.
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Vor einiger Zeit wurde ich im #anthropic
#cvp angenommen und konnte seit dem ausgiebig damit experimentieren.
Abseits der Marketing-Blogs aller möglichen Unternehmen: Wollt ihr einen Artikel dazu? Was das wirklich freischaltet, was Dual-Use ist und wie mein Setup dafür aussieht? Oder auch eure Fragen direkt als Antwort hier unter dem Toot
#cybersecurity #defense #ai #security #secops
The country’s Ground Self-Defense Force will conduct field tests of Helsing drones through the end of September, according to a Rakuten spokesperson.Katria Alampay (The Japan Times)
NEW: General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking.
Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a real-life dumpster fire.
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#News #Defense #Military #Ukraine #Government #Technology #Tech
General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a real-life dumpster fire.Jesse Coburn (ProPublica)
A #Belgian factory continues to operate in #Russia's special economic zone known as a key #defense production site despite #EU requirements to leave the zone by late January 2026.
Drylock Technologies, Belgian company came under scrutiny in investigation into Western companies that have continued operating in Russia's Alabuga Special Economic Zone.
The zone is home to the country's largest factory producing #Shahed attack #drones — #weapons that have terrorized #Ukraine's #civilians for nearly four years.
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#BoycottRussia #RussianAggression #RussianInvasion
A Belgian factory continues to operate in Russia's special economic zone known as a key defense production site despite EU requirements to leave the zone by late January 2026.Alisa Yurchenko (The Kyiv Independent)
#Trump backtracked on Friday from a promise to let #Ukraine make Patriot missiles, a sorely needed #defense interceptor against #Russia’s deadly ballistic missile attacks.
On July 8, Trump had unexpectedly assented to sharing technology behind the missiles to allow Ukraine to build them, saying that “we’ll give them the right to make Patriots” during a meeting with President #Zelensky on the sidelines of the #NATO summit. He added: “We’ll show them how to do it.”
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🏰🛡️ In 1315 #Scotland's King Robert the Bruce decided to lay siege to #England's Carlisle Castle but retreated after just 11 days.
The siege is a prime example of how #medieval European #castles could stand firm against enemy onslaughts with concentric walls, round flanking towers, and active gatehouse defenses.
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Germany to activate Arrow 3 missile shield this week
This event, as reported by German media, will mark the first deployment of Arrow 3 outside of Israel.
#defense #miltodon #defence #defense_news
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Donald #Trump wants to kick #Spain out of #NATO for not spending enough on #defense (which is neither legal nor making any sense).
But instead all other NATO countries should in earnest discuss kicking the #USA out of the alliance for breaching it's treaty obligations, starting with article 1:
"The Parties undertake (..) to settle any international dispute in which they may be involved by peaceful means in such a manner that international #peace and security and #justice are not endangered"
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