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Assuming that this is not an ill-judged April Fools joke on the part of someone at the Daily Telegraph, this does not bode well at all for the survival of NATO: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/01/donald-trump-strongly-considering-pulling-us-out-of-nato/

https://breakingdefense.com/2025/09/diu-asks-industry-for-non-kinetic-tech-to-help-coast-guard-navy-disable-small-boats/

From the first link in the excerpt:

Though it might be more accurate to describe most of the OTV designs here as expendable payload busses, though in at least in some cases they will have cislunar capability. https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-six-companies-to-provide-orbital-transfer-vehicle-studies/...

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/trump-military-drug-cartels.html https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-directs-pentagon-prepare-military-options-drug-cartels/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07pdel9vyjo

I think NASA research into this goes back a good while now, and certainly across a few presidential administrations. Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/04/nasa-china-space-station-duffy-directives-00492172 View...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2l7dey54zjo ORIGINAL CAPTION: A rendering shows what the outside would look like of the renovated East Wing of the White House. The right portion of the building is the East Wing.

https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2025/06/armys-not-sure-what-its-new-executive-innovation-corps-will-actually-do/406325/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rvq1eg8w9o

Trying to ignore any political aspects, this could have some serious implications for the US Military (and their allies): https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhartung/2025/05/31/pouring-funds-into-untested-weapons-is-a-recipe-for-failure/?ss=aerospace-defense...

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-removes-ntsb-vice-chair-sources-2025-05-06/ Not a good look. Regards,

I just read the "top level budget proposal" linked here: https://spacenews.com/white-house-budget-proposal-would-phase-out-sls-and-orion-scale-back-iss-operations/ (it was suggested by Flyaway in post #98 of the thread White House may seek to slash NASA’s science budget by 50 percent). In the...

So a 3rd 747 might be modified to serve as an interim presidential transport until the definitive airframes arrive ? https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/05/01/trump-air-force-one-l3-harris-boeing-delays.html

https://www.workboat.com/trump-signs-executive-order-to-revitalize-us-shipbuilding-industry

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/faa-replaces-leadership-in-d-c-area-air-traffic-control-after-fight/ar-AA1CxZLR https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tim-arel-faa-air-traffic-chief-retires-faa-replacing-dca-managers/ Looks pretty messy............... Regards,

Some of you may remember that in early November of 2023, multiple aviation news outlets reported that the Skunk Works had delivered a secret aircraft to the Air Force, that had also survived the threat of cancellation...

They give this up I cannot see the US ever getting it back. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-admin-considers-giving-nato-command-exclusively-american-eisenho-rcna196503

To summarise the article. This would decimate multiple existing science missions still productively producing data. It could mean killing missions that cost billions of dollars to make. It could be mean the death of missions in development. It would destroy the crown jewel of NASA, something...

The Pale Ale designator refers to a U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) program that operates and maintains Bombardier Q200 (former De Havilland Canada Dash-8-201/202) reconnaissance aircraft as as "Transit Zone Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA)" to support counternarcotics detection monitoring...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce30n52e6p1o