NYT: US Involved in Attack on Dairy Farm in Ecuador

Kuwait Turns To Anduril For $2 Billion Counter-Drone Shield After Horrifying Airport Attack The moment an Iranian Shahed-136 drone struck Kuwait International Airport last week appears to have been a major wake-up call for Kuwaiti officials. The incident likely crystallized a troubling reality: legacy air-defense systems are not enough to counter the Shahed drone threat spreading across the Gulf, and Kuwait needs to supercharge the deployment of layered counter-UAS systems with both electronic and kinetic defeat capabilities. Kuwaiti officials release video showing the Iranian attack on Kuwait International Airport’s Terminal 1,...

"Answering The Call": Ford Motor Eyes WWII-Style Production Push For Trump's War Economy One month after we reported that the Trump administration was in talks with U.S. manufacturers about converting idle civilian industrial capacity into weapons production, as conflicts across Eurasia deplete critical weapons stockpiles, Ford Motor signaled Monday morning that it is prepared to support a Western defense-industrial mobilization. Much like during World War II, Ford said it is exploring how its commercial vehicles and related technologies could help governments in North America and Europe quickly build up their defense...

Massive Smoke Plume As Tanker Erupts In Flames, Spills Oil Off Russia's Sochi Coast The Black Sea tanker wars have continued Tuesday. In the latest tit-for-tat episode, a large so-called 'shadow fleet' tanker is ablaze close to the Russian Black Sea port of Sochi. The vessel, identified in reports as likely being the Aframax Rio, which was previously sanctioned by Ukraine for alleged involvement in Russian oil exports, is producing a massive smoke plume and has been photographed and filmed by shocked onlookers at Sochi's shores. Images like the below are widely...