#national-security — Public Fediverse posts
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UK Bolsters Space Strategy with £7.8B Investment
The UK is set to supercharge its space capabilities with a whopping £7.8 billion investment, boosting satellite launches, threat detection, and everyday services while creating skilled jobs and driving growth. This bold move is expected to unlock a new era of opportunities in space, benefiting industries and citizens alike.
#SpaceStrategy #Uk #NationalSecurity #EmergingThreats #SpaceIndustry
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IC Brief Morning — 2026-09-08
Allied democracies are prosecuting adversary espionage cases that converge on digital recruitment channels, but counterintelligence responses remain nationally siloed. At least one EU member state or the UK will very likely propose investment-screening measures explicitly targeting Chinese dual-use component acquisition by March 2027. Moderate confidence reflects active regulatory framing in Belgium and the UK, constrained by EU norms favoring nationality-neutral operative language. No formal multilateral CI cooperation among Belgium, Taiwan, South Korea, and Israel will very likely emerge in that window, leaving adversaries to replicate successful methods across uncoordinated targets.
CISA will very likely not restore critical-infrastructure cybersecurity assessments within six months. Moderate confidence rests on the structural loss of one-third of the agency workforce under an administration sustaining the reduction. The ATF CALEA breach by Qilin demonstrates the cost of unassessed legacy surveillance infrastructure. Defense counsel in affected federal cases will likely file evidentiary challenges within 90 days.
An EU Commission directive mandating nationality-neutral language in screening measures would delay China-specific proposals and shift the screening assessment. Absent that constraint, Belgium's chipmaker prosecution and the UK agricultural IoT report provide near-term regulatory catalysts.
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Australia is spending billions in its Pacific 'contest' with China — but is it worth it?
By Nick SasAustralia is about to sign another wide-ranging, billion-dollar treaty in the Pacific, this time with Solomon Islands. But as it battles its "contest" with China, a question lingers: Is it value for money?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-08/solomon-islands-australia-china-pacific-contest/107127740
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Despite efforts to stay clear of #TrumpsWar with #Iran, #SaudiArabia faced missile attacks from the #Houthis in July, ending a 4-year de facto ceasefire between the rebel group & the kingdom.
Women & #children were among the wounded in Tuesday’s attacks, Al-Maliki said in a statement.
#Trump #IranWar #US #Israel #Yemen #war #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
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A #SaudiArabia led coalition forces vow a resolute response to a wave of attacks from #Yemen’s #Iran backed #Houthi rebels early Tuesday that it said wounded at least 73 #civilians.
Maj Gen Turki Al-Maliki, spox for the Saudi-led Coalition, described the attacks as “senseless,” saying Houthi forces had targeted “civilian & economic sites” in Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan, & Najran.
#Trump #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Israel #WarCrimes #law #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/08/middleeast/houthis-attack-saudi-arabia-yemen-intl-hnk -
@IndyMediaAus
To put it in another way…Australia retains exclusive use of less than half of its own military bases.
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Trump says he made ‘Hundreds of Billions’ on stocks in AI posting spree
US Presid…
#NewsBeep #News #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #BreakingNews:Politics #BreakingNews:Technology #Business #businessnews #DonaldJ.Trump #DonaldTrump #Foreignpolicy #Governmentandpolitics #IntelCorp. #Iran #Nationalsecurity #Politics #robertdeniro #SocialMedia #Technology #TrumpMediaAndTechnologyGroupEqutyWarrantsExp25thMar2029 #UK #UnitedKingdom #UnitedStates
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Trump says he made ‘Hundreds of Billions’ on stocks in AI posting spree
US President D…
#NewsBeep #News #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AU #Australia #BreakingNews:Politics #BreakingNews:Technology #Business #businessnews #DonaldJ.Trump #donaldtrump #Foreignpolicy #Governmentandpolitics #IntelCorp #Iran #nationalsecurity #Politics #robertdeniro #Socialmedia #Technology #TrumpMediaAndTechnologyGroupEqutyWarrantsExp25thMar2029 #UnitedStates
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US government limits travel to Mexican border city amid security warning
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Travel restrictions have been placed on U.S. government employees in…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #locationmexico #nationalsecurity #Travelsafety #UnitedStates #Us #USA #World
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Trump says he made ‘Hundreds of Billions’ on stocks in AI posting spree
US President Donald Trump sp…
#NewsBeep #News #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #BreakingNews:Politics #BreakingNews:Technology #Business #businessnews #CA #Canada #DonaldJ.Trump #DonaldTrump #Foreignpolicy #Governmentandpolitics #Irán #Nationalsecurity #Politics #RobertDeNiro #SocialMedia #Technology #TrumpMediaAndTechnologyGroupEqutyWarrantsExp25thMar2029 #UnitedStates
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UK Food Supply Chain Faces Rising Cyberattack Threats
The UK food supply chain is under growing threat from cyberattacks, with the National Audit Office warning that the sector's drive for efficiency has also increased its vulnerability to disruption. Cyber threats are rising in likelihood and severity, and experts are urging the government to strengthen emergency preparedness plans.
#FoodSupplyChain #CyberattackThreats #UnitedKingdom #NationalSecurity #EmergingThreats
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IC Brief Morning — 2026-09-07
Iran will likely sustain or escalate dual-domain pressure on US forces within 60 days, combining Strait of Hormuz kinetic operations with publicly attributed cyberattacks on Western critical infrastructure. Moderate confidence reflects assessments of a unified Iranian leadership with intact offensive capacity calculating that Hormuz leverage holds through the midterms. The concurrent domains could decouple if Tehran calculates that cyber deniability outweighs overt dual-domain signaling. A negotiated off-ramp or verified capability degradation would weaken the assessment.
At least one state-directed attack or confirmed disrupted plot against Israeli or Jewish targets abroad is very likely through October 8, compounding Iran's multi-domain pressure. High confidence rests on documented tempo: dozens of foiled plots over the past year and 25 killed abroad since the war began.
At least one NATO or EU state beyond Germany will likely restrict Russian diplomatic presence within 60 days, after Berlin disclosed the Bonn consulate coordinated SVR, FSB, and GRU operations against NATO institutions. A Five Eyes or EU government is very likely to initiate formal security review of Chinese-origin components in a non-telecom sector within 90 days, driven by convergent COSCO maritime SIGINT and UK agricultural IoT disclosures.
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Pacific Leaders Unite to Counter China's Influence
Pacific leaders gathered at the 55th Pacific Islands Forum in Palau, a strategic location that stands firm in its diplomatic ties with Taiwan, to tackle the growing presence of China in the region. With China looming large, tensions ran high as leaders navigated a complex web of influence and diplomacy.
#Geopolitics #PacificIslandsForum #China #NationalSecurity #EmergingThreats
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AUKUS Revitalizes Australia's Submarine Ambitions
As Australia embarks on the AUKUS defence program, a crucial question arises: who's the enemy we're preparing to defend against? The answer lies in the country's complex history of submarine planning, shaped by two distinct policy frames and the looming threats of a volatile region.
#Aukus #NationalSecurity #Geopolitics #DefenseStrategy #Australia
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Reuters: US military turns off ad trackers on devices amid Middle East targeting reports. “U.S. military officials say they have disabled advertising trackers on a range of phones and computers, according to letters released on Friday by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and statements given to Reuters, a development that follows reports that commercially available location data had been used to […]
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More than 80 generals and admirals have been fired, forced into retirement, or had their promotions blocked (behind the scenes) by Pete #Hegseth.
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Daniel Hannan: "The free world has assumed, since 1941, that the U.S. would ultimately side with the good guys. Yet, in Venezuela, as in Ukraine, its attitude is predatory, mercenary, shameless. For the first time in my life, US policy actually resembles the caricature drawn by Latin American leftists. Yes, it is the policy of one man, but it has been enabled by the entire system. Some things are hard to unsee.”
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With the government of the United States under the control of #PutinsPuppet Donald Trump, loyal #NATO nations understand that they cannot rely on help from the United States in any future military conflict against Russia, as this military activity shows:
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/05/nato-iceland-allies-trump-us-01065450
"The absence of American ships or aircraft is striking for an exercise, known as the Northern Viking, that the U.S. has led for decades."
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Dan Driscoll departure as Army secretary amid Hegseth Pentagon clash
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Dan Driscoll’s departure as Army secretary has brought new scrutiny…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Defense #Military #nationalsecurity #pentagondefense #PeteHegseth #Politics #SecretaryofDefense #UnitedStates #Us #usarmy #USA
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Germany accuses Russia of Leipzig drone attack, eyes Baltic task force
Russia’s shadow fleet launches drone campaign across Europe Jennifer Griffin reports on Russia’s shadow fleet launching a drone…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Europe #Germany #nationalsecurity #NATO #Russia #World
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IC Brief Morning — 2026-09-06
Russia will likely sustain dual-track operations against NATO allies' domestic political processes and Ukrainian security infrastructure through October 6. The Pentagon's munitions-leak investigation and Israeli security accountability proceedings show allied counterintelligence organizations managing internal vulnerabilities alongside external threats. We have high confidence in the Russia assessment: Storm-1516's 77-campaign record since 2023 and the September 4 SBU headquarters strike during active ceasefire talks confirm institutionalized tasking on both tracks. A formal ceasefire agreement is the single observable that would constrain this tempo.
The Pentagon investigation and HPSCI testimony on AI data-center vulnerabilities reveal US defense information reaching adversary collection through unauthorized disclosure and supply-chain-embedded access. A senior US official will likely cite Iran-conflict munitions depletion as a constraint on Ukraine support within 60 days. Chinese state media will likely reference disclosed stockpile data to challenge allied military credibility within two months. Moderate confidence reflects the investigation's single-source reporting base.
Israeli media will very likely report additional factual discrepancies in the PMO's October 7 timeline within two weeks. The Kirya arrival-time inconsistency and the omitted wake delay provide anchors for further IDF and Shin Bet-sourced reporting that sustains domestic pressure through the October 7 anniversary period.
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But it’s not a “war” right? 🙄
#US #military hits 3 Iranian #oil tankers after saying Navy warships were targeted with missiles
#Trump #JDVance #idiocracy #kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #Iran #war #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-war-oil-tankers-b3650799901c56a6deeca962cbaa4109?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension -
RE: https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/117218342541410568
The American people have a right to know that the Trump Administration was so reckless in its use of missiles that it now has a shortage of missiles, a shortage which explains how the #IranWar has been hopelessly lost by Donald Trump.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth showed the highest ranking officers in the military of the United States that he does not trust them. Trump's gift to Russia, Hegseth, is "subjecting roughly 50 members of the U.S. military’s Joint Staff to polygraph tests over leaks to journalists, including about how the Iran war has created a shortage of crucial munitions":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/pentagon-staff-polygraph-tests.html
Putin is helped when distrust spreads within the American military.
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IC Brief Morning — 2026-09-05
Iranian state-linked actors' concurrent cyber infrastructure probing and IRGC maritime sabotage recruitment will likely compel a formal US government attribution of at least one Iranian-linked compromise or operational plot by year-end. Russian intelligence-directed sabotage against European defense-sector targets is very likely to produce at least one additional arson or kinetic incident before January, extending the documented disposable-agent pattern. Moderate confidence in both assessments reflects sustained targeting tempo and structural difficulty halting exposed campaigns.
Congressional expansion of counterintelligence mandates over commercial AI or critical infrastructure will likely stall through December, with oversight bandwidth consumed by the Pentagon polygraph investigation, FBI surveillance of a former congressman, and the Round River declassification fight. None of these will resolve within their stated timelines. Passage of CFIUS expansion legislation out of committee would alter this assessment.
Southeast Asian port authorities will likely announce enhanced security measures against IRGC-linked networks by late November, compelled by the public naming of recruited operatives. At least one major US technology firm will likely disclose state-sponsored enterprise compromise by year-end, given concurrent DPRK and Iranian targeting. An Iran ceasefire would shift the attribution timeline, but no comparable mechanism constrains the Russian sabotage pattern.
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Reward: You've received a complimentary Tin Foil Hard Hat. Cosmetic only. Does not block cyberattacks.
#CyberSecurity #Iran #CriticalInfrastructure #APT #NationalSecurity #AchievementUnlocked (3/3)
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Torture and the War on Terror didn’t just fail. It made things worse. Soufan tells how real intelligence got lost.
#books #bookreview #IntelligenceFailures #NationalSecurity
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/torture-and-the-war-on-terror/