Early this year, the Pentagon issued a memo halting development of a new radar meant to protect Guam from high-end air and missile threats, according to a May 22 Government Accountability Office report on the effort to protect the strategic island in the Pacific.“On January 7, 2025, the Deputy Secretary of Defense [Kathleen Hicks] directed the [Missile Defense Agency] to cease development of one of the elements, the AN/TPY-6 radar, but to retain the currently fielded panel as an experimental asset with potential to develop for operational use within the [Guam Defense System] in the future,” the report states.While Hicks’…
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal believes his relationship with Pentagon and Veterans Affairs leaders has never been as adversarial as it is right now. “I’ve been in the United States Senate for almost 15 years, and throughout most of my career … my requests for information were answered, and the departments have been responsive,” the Connecticut Democrat said during a recent interview with Military Times. “They know our responsibility is to do oversight and accountability, and information is what the public deserves. “Now, it’s stonewalling and stalling and often just refusing to answer at all requests for basic information.”Blumenthal, the top Democrat…
Springfield Armory has just released the Model 2020 Heatseeker, a compact chassis rifle with AR modularity and bolt-action precision.Springfield Armory’s latest addition to its Model 2020 line is the Heatseeker. Unlike previous Model 2020 rifles, the Heatseeker is chassis-based and more of a tactical or competition gun than a traditional hunting rifle.At its core, the Heatseeker features the same Model 2020 action as its cousins. It comes sporting a Coyote Brown Cerakote finish and is available in 6.5 Creedmoor .308 Winchester. Where it differs is its Sharps Bros. chassis. Made of a single piece of high-strength 6061-T6 aluminum, it features…
This article was originally published by Rhoda Wilson at The Expose. US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Argentine Minister of Health Mario Lugones signed a joint declaration to reaffirm their countries’ withdrawals from the WHO and build a new global health cooperation model. The new system aims to be based on scientific integrity, transparency, sovereignty, and accountability, and will be free from totalitarian impulses, corruption, and political control. The US Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and his Argentine counterpart, Minister of Health Mario Lugones, have signed a joint declaration reaffirming their…
The old saying “Necessity is the mother of invention” rings true when you look into how Americans filled their bellies during the Great Depression.After the stock market crash in October 1929, the nation headed into an economic slide that lasted an entire decade. Unemployment was high, and many Americans had to find ways to survive on little to no income.But Americans are nothing if not creative. Flour sacks became dress material. Cardboard became shoe insoles. And in the kitchen, families came up with new recipes that made use of whatever foods they had on hand.Although some of these recipes would…
Advanced stealth capabilities, new weapons and possibly even an unmanned piloting option could be in the works for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 as the company seeks to boost the jet with sixth-generation technology.In a webcast of a Wednesday discussion at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference in New York, Lockheed CEO Jim Taiclet expressed confidence the company could have a “meaningful increase” of capabilities for the F-35 ready in two or three years.Lockheed originally developed these technologies as part of its pitch to the Air Force for a Next-Generation Air Dominance, or NGAD, fighter. But the Air Force ended up going with…
Five U.S. Navy ships now have working Augmented Reality Maintenance Systems that allow technicians to remotely troubleshoot problems from a sailor’s point of view. Within less than a week, the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division installed the systems, also known as ARMS, on the aircraft carrier Nimitz and the guided missile destroyers Curtis Wilbur, Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee, Gridley and Fitzgerald. The new systems are designed to circumvent the costly need for subject matter experts, who are often based ashore, to physically travel to ships to provide tech support. The Augmented Reality Maintenance Systems use mixed reality technology, such…
Tatyana Dovgalenko, deputy director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for Partnership with Africa, claimed on Thursday at the 13th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues in Moscow, that Ukraine is training “terror groups” in Africa. Dovgalenko said that Kiev is employing Western-supplied weapons to radicalize people across the continent. Representatives of 104 countries, including African delegations, have gathered at the event in Moscow to discuss a new global security architecture. But the talks eventually led to the idea that Ukraine is radicalizing the African continent. Arms provided to Kiev by Western allies are being transferred to groups…
Former 1st Lt. Mark Bashaw announced the pardon on social media, thanking Trump and all his supporters who “took a stand against tyranny.” He also posted a picture referencing conspiracy theories that the COVID-19 virus was a planned event by global elitists for unspecified, nefarious reasons. Bashaw was convicted but given no prison sentence after refusing to obey orders designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19.He had previously worked as an entomologist at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland and commanded the headquarters company for the Army Public Health Center.Military investigators said Bashaw refused to telework and traveled to his office…
The Trump Administration has cancelled the $766 million contract with Moderna to develop an mRNA “vaccine” for an influenza plandemic. This cancellation will include ceasing research on a bird flu “vaccine” as well. The funds were awarded through the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA, a program that focuses on medical treatments for potential pandemics. Wednesday, Moderna announced that the contract with Health and Human Services had withdrawn funding awarded in July 2024 and in January to pay for the development and purchase of its investigational/experimental influenza vaccine. “While the termination of funding from HHS adds uncertainty, we…