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Australia's Bushmaster Gets a Dutch Encore After Proving Itself in Ukraine
19+ hour, 1+ min ago (668+ words) Australia is selling a fleet of Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles to the Netherlands. I've covered the Bushmaster before and it's one of my favorite exports from down unda, mainly because several survived numerous Russian drone strikes in Ukraine and kept…...
The Pentagon Released 162 UAP Files. I Guess We Need to Talk About UAPs
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (151+ words) Eyes Only with Wes O'Donnell The Pentagon Released 162 UAP Files. I Guess We Need to Talk About UAPs I've been staring at them for two days. I'm a skeptic. I worked on the E-3 Sentry AWACS, one of the most capable…...
Video: What Happens After NATO?
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (158+ words) Eyes Only with Wes O'Donnell Video: What Happens After NATO? NATO's deterrence is being doubted. Not by Russia. By Europe. Trump pulled 5, 000 troops from Germany without telling NATO command first, then said he's cutting far more. Hegseth just cancelled a…...
Ukraine's War Against Russia Has Gone Expeditionary
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (1678+ words) A fisherman in Greece found the future of the war sitting in a cave. On May 7, an armed unmanned surface vessel turned up on Lefkada, a Greek island better known for its pristine teal waters and jaw-dropping snorkeling opportunities. Greek…...
Ukraine Built an Automated Turret That Shoots Fiber-Optic Drones on the Front
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (738+ words) The blurry footage is not dramatic in the way you'd expect. There's the normal royalty-free techno music customary of videos coming out of Eastern Ukraine, along with some targeting of Russian junk. But once you understand what you're watching, it…...
This is the Truck You Bought For Ukraine!
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (430+ words) Hey friends, sorry for this unexpected email send. There are weapons that look dramatic on camera, and then there are the machines that actually keep armies alive. This is about one of the second kind. Thanks to the generosity of…...
A Stage, a Shelter, and a Russian War Crime
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (1507+ words) I remember exactly when Ukraine stopped being just "another headline" to me: It was early 2016, and I was catching up on the excellent field dispatches of then-Vice journalist Simon Ostrovsky and his series called "Russian Roulette." By the way, it…...
The Weekly Preflight: 5 Things to Watch in Global Security | Week of May 11, 2026
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (592+ words) If you want to understand how I build my OSINT dashboard, I wrote about my workflow here: I hope everyone had a grand Mother's Day. I'm fortunate to still have several moms in my life to celebrate. But I still…...
The Australian Quantum Battery Breakthrough That Has Military Planners Paying Attention
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (137+ words) Every few months, a physics lab does something genuinely impressive that forces me to want to write about it. This is one of those moments. Today, it's a battery that can charge instantly, coming out of Australia. Australian scientists have…...
Denmark Skipped Patriot. Ukraine Is About to Prove Why
1+ week, 1+ day ago (101+ words) Eyes Only with Wes O'Donnell Denmark Skipped Patriot. Ukraine Is About to Prove Why Denmark just ordered Europe's answer to Patriot: the SAMP/T NG. But here's what nobody's talking about: Ukraine may test the exact same system against live…...