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The Pentagon’s revised press rules are unacceptable, journalists’ group says The Pentagon Press Association said the government’s policy still appears “designed to stifle a free press and potentially expose us to prosecution.”

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Trump suggests using US cities as ‘training grounds’ for military Trump told a gathering of military leaders they should use American cities as “training grounds” to fight against what he called a “war from within.”

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German military to invest $41B in space capabilities - Breaking Defense "Satellite networks today are an Achilles' heel of modern societies. Whoever attacks them paralyzes entire nations,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said.

This is a big deal for Germany. I remember when no German politician would be willing to mention the words space and military in the same paragraph, much less the same sentence. breakingdefense.com/2025/09/germ...

Breaking Defense now has an encrypted in box for tips and shy sources: breakingdefense@proton.me

Stormy weather: DoD faces dearth of data from planned NOAA cuts - Breaking Defense The Space Force repurposes NOAA's older GOES weather imaging satellites to monitor weather over the Indian Ocean for Indo-Pacific Command.

Second and third order consequences are real. Sigh. breakingdefense.com/2025/08/stor...

Pentagon terminating JCIDS process as part of larger acquisition reform: Memo   - Breaking Defense “So, the way I read the memo is great, we can go a lot faster now but the big question that remains is, ‘Are we moving faster in the right direction?’” a service official said.

RIPS JCIDS, the US military's long-hated process for setting weapon system requirements. It remains to be seen if the proposed new plan will do any better, or slide off the deep end of pursuing speed at the expense of rigorous analysis about commanders' needs. breakingdefense.com/2025/08/pent...

Wow. That is awful

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to begin shutting down its operations CPB said it would cut a majority of its jobs by the end of September.

Sad Day: abcnews.go.com/Politics/cor...

Pete Buttigieg warns Democrats can't go back to status quo after President Trump Steve Inskeep speaks with former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg about distrust in government and the status of the Democratic Party.

If you haven't heard this NPR interview with Pete Buttigieg, take a listen. He's soooo good in this. www.npr.org/2025/07/28/n...

Chinese sats appear to be attempting first-ever on-orbit refueling, sat tracking firms say - Breaking Defense "While this type of close approach activity does not automatically signify a military mission, it obviously could provide a co-orbital counterspace capability," expert Victoria Samson told Breaking De...

Catching up with Chineses shenanigans on orbit. breakingdefense.com/2025/06/chin...

Space Force is contracting with SpaceX for new, secretive MILNET SATCOM network - Breaking Defense The MILNET contract with SpaceX is being paid for by the Space Force but managed by the National Reconnaissance Office, sources said.

Space Force's MILNET revealed. breakingdefense.com/2025/06/spac...

Senate Republicans 'very close' to deal to protect key DoD spectrum in reconciliation language - Breaking Defense Democrat Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington, where Boeing is headquartered, continues to raise concerns about potential interference with civil and military aviation.

The latest skirmish in the long-running DoD war with the telecoms industry over spectrum access. breakingdefense.com/2025/06/sena...

EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon's RDT&E budget revealed - Which next-gen systems get a cash influx in FY26? - Breaking Defense Breaking Defense obtained a copy of the Defense Department's FY26 budget request for RDT&E Programs. Here's what you should know.

Breaking Defense got the scoop on the admin's DoD RTD&E budget, both FY26 base and reconciliation. Surprise (not): Space Force is a big winner in the reconciliation stakes for Golden Dome related programs. breakingdefense.com/2025/06/excl...

Amid Trump, Musk blowup, canceling SpaceX contracts could cripple DoD launch program - Breaking Defense Elon Musk's SpaceX is already expected to conduct more than two dozen national security-related space launches over the next few years.

While the Trump-Musk social media trashfire may be great theater (🍿) if SpaceX contracts with DoD actually were canceled, it would be super problematic. breakingdefense.com/2025/06/amid...

DoD S-band needed for Golden Dome, border defense threatened by spectrum auction plans: CSIS - Breaking Defense Selling off the low S-band "is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea," Tom Karako, director of the CSIS Missile Defense Project, told Breaking Defense today.

Long-running DoD 'Spectrum Wars' with telecoms creeps into reconciliation debate, now with Golden Dome concerns added. breakingdefense.com/2025/06/dod-...

Russia's new Cosmos satellite orbiting near US sat; piques ASAT fears - Breaking Defense Based on its orbital pattern, independent astronomer Marco Langbroek said he suspected the new satellite is joining other Russian "sleeping interceptors."

New Russian Cosmos shadowing a US spy sat -- third time is a pattern. breakingdefense.com/2025/05/russ...

Space Force testing space-based sensors to track airborne targets - Breaking Defense Space-based capabilities could put current aerial tracking platforms in question, but top military brass have argued for options "from whatever domain or platform or system that comes [in]."

The Space Force is testing AMTI sats. breakingdefense.com/2025/05/spac...

EXCLUSIVE: US loosens some rules for offensive counterspace ops, wargaming - Breaking Defense Some decision-making authorities, previously closely held by the president or secretary of defense, have been delegated to US SPACECOM, according to sources, but military space leaders want more freed...

Gradual changes largely made in secret have made it easier for the US military to wage war in space. breakingdefense.com/2025/05/excl...

Space Force eyeing international launch sites to increase 'resilience' - Breaking Defense While not necessarily a near-term possibility, Brig. Gen. Kristin Panzenhagen said the Space Force is "looking at increasing the resiliency, increasing the ways that we have to get assured access to s...

Hmm. This could be an interesting challenge given tariffs and all. breakingdefense.com/2025/05/spac...

Space RCO head sees potential 'product line' for orbital warfare satellites - Breaking Defense Space RCO Director Kelly Hammett envisions that his shop will feed tech into the Space Force's new effort to contract commercial firms to replace the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program...

Another subtle, but clear, indication that the Space Force and Space Command are moving out on satellite attack weapons and plans. breakingdefense.com/2025/05/spac...

Latest DoD IG report clears a hurdle for SPACECOM move to Alabama - Breaking Defense Following the release of the report today, Alabama politicians began touting the new OIG report as justifying a Trump move to reverse Biden's basing decision.

The Never Ending Story of SPACECOM HQ basing. breakingdefense.com/2025/04/late...

The US's 2,000-year-old mystery mounds Constructed by a mysterious civilisation that left no written records, the massive site is now open to the public for the first time in more than a century.

All the Way To Go Ohio. (I'm from close to Newark, pronounced Nerk, Ohio.)
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5 Chinese satellites practiced 'dogfighting' in space, Space Force says - Breaking Defense Space Force leaders are sharpening their rhetorical swords regarding the service's need to build space warfighting chops.

Dogfightin in space? breakingdefense.com/2025/03/5-ch...

Trump considering major NATO policy shift The president has discussed possibly favoring members of the alliance that spend a set percentage of their GDP on defense, sources told NBC News.

I'm pretty sure the US would have to withdraw from the NATO treaty to do this, but I'm not a lawyer. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

‘5 bullet points’ email now a weekly task for Pentagon civilians A short explanation of recent achievements is due every Tuesday, SecDef says in additional guidance.

5 Things homework now a weekly task for DoD civvies, Defense One was first to report. www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...

@chenryspace.bsky.social I sent you an email....

NGA suspends Ukraine's access to commercial satellite imagery - Breaking Defense However, several industry sources said that their companies have not been blocked by NRO from taking pictures over Ukraine.

Not a surprise: breakingdefense.com/2025/03/nga-...

Jeff Bezos on X: "I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning: I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages. We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too" / X I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning: I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages. We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too

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The firing of all the JAGs tho is most consequential. They determine the legality of military actions— such as domestic deployment and legitimate targets.

Trump fires CQ Brown, nominates retired Air Force 3 star as replacement - Breaking Defense Trump announced he would nominate retired three-star Air Force general John Caine as his chairman of the joint chiefs.

Let the beheadings begin. (Someone needs to create a guillotine emoji). breakingdefense.com/2025/02/trum...