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Meeting aims to accelerate weapons production after recent military operationsPentagon may seek around $50 billion supplemental budget for Middle East operationsTrump administration pressures contractors to prioritize production over shareholder payouts #Trump#Military 👂More on Trump's Ear ⚠️

The U.S. military attacked Venezuela early Saturday morning, abducting its leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, who now face narco-terrorism charges in a New York federal court. Eighty Venezuelan and Cuban citizens were killed by U.S. gunfire and airstrikes. At least one U.S. missile struck an apartment building in the port city of Catia La Mar, killing an 80-year-old woman as she slept, seriously injuring another and displacing residents, according to The Associated Press. Trump described the attack as “successful” and “perfectly executed.” A growing number of legal experts and lawmakers have called Saturday’s bombing of Venezuela and the abduction of Maduro illegal under both international law and the U.S. Constitution. #Trump#Military 👂More on Trump's Ear

President Donald Trump announced the Navy will build a new “Trump-class” battleship as part of the White House push to modernize a fleet that’s been hobbled by years of cost overruns and delays. The new ships are part of Trump’s “Golden Fleet” bid to revive US shipbuilding and address shortfalls in smaller vessels as it seeks to compete against China. The Navy is also pursuing a new frigate based on the Legend-class cutter, dubbed the FF(X), which will be built by Newport News, Virginia-based HII. #Trump#Military 👂More on Trump's Ear

CNN anchor Abby Phillip on Wednesday flagged what she described as "the most telling sign" that President Donald Trump's administration is trying to hide something about the strikes it conducted against alleged drug boats. Phillip opened her nightly show, "NewsNight," with a montage of shifting claims made by administration officials about the boat strikes. She said the comments made by Secretary of State Marco Rubio were the "most telling" because they showed the administration knows it needs to stick to a pre-determined narrative about the event. She played a clip of Rubio telling reporters that one boat the administration struck in September was "probably headed to Trinidad or some other country in the Caribbean." A few months later, Rubio told another group of reporters that the same boat was traveling to the United States. #Trump#Military 👂More on Trump's Ear

Donald Trump has said he wants to use American cities as "training grounds" for the military. In an unusual address to hundreds of military leaders assembled from across the world, Trump described "civil disturbances" as the "enemy from within". He added that the situation "won't get out of control once you're involved". It comes after Trump deployed National Guard troops to Washington DC, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, in a crackdown on crime and to support immigration enforcement. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth also spoke, declaring an end to "woke" culture at the Pentagon and announcing new "male-level", physical fitness standards for military officials. The president repeated his criticism of Democratic-led cities including San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles and indicated he would continue his policy of using military for law enforcement. "They're very unsafe places and we're going to straighten them out one by one," he said, adding that it would be a "a major part for some of the people in this room". "It's a war from within. Controlling the physical territory of our borders is essential for national security. We can't let these people in," he added. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker accused Trump of using military troops and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to "invade and disrupt" US cities. "Our troops and our nation deserve better than you acting as a petty tyrant," he said in a post on X. #Trump#Military 👂More on Trump's Ear ⚠️

🇨🇳The U.S. has used up too many missiles. There won't be enough weapons for a new major war, such as one with China, military analysts warn. In the war against Iran, the U.S. used significantly more expensive precision-guided missiles than initially expected. According to an analysis by the U.S. Center for Strategic and International Studies, thousands of expensive cruise missiles and interceptor missiles were used in just 39 days, with some models using more than half of their pre-war stockpiles. Especially a lot of so-called high-tech systems, such as Tomahawk cruise missiles, Patriot and THAAD air defense missiles, and SM-3 and SM-6 interceptors. They are considered key elements of the US missile and air defense. Here is how much US missiles cost: ▫️Tomahawk: $2.6 million ▫️SM-3: $28.7 million ▫️SM-6: $5.3 million ▫️THAAD: $15.5 million ▫️Patriot: $3.9 million This is the cost of a single missile or interceptor that is fired. In total, this amounts to billions of dollars in costs in just a few weeks. #Military#War 👂More on Trump's Ear ⚠️

Due to the war with Iran, the US may run out of expensive weapons The US has faced a situation in which the mass use of Iranian drones has dramatically changed the logic of combat spending. Drones, assembled from cheap commercial components and costing around $35,000, are launched in large groups and force US forces to respond with high-tech means. As a result, missiles and aircraft are used to intercept relatively simple targets, which were originally designed for completely different types of threats. Responding to such attacks is extremely expensive. Multiple missiles or complex air defense systems are often used to destroy a single drone, which can cost tens or even hundreds of times more than the target itself. Even more cost-effective solutions, such as specialized interceptors or aircraft systems, can be more expensive than the drones themselves, while naval and ground-based systems can spend millions of dollars on a single defense episode. As a result, defense spending is rapidly accumulating and reaching billions of dollars. This imbalance is gradually turning the conflict into an economic competition, where cheap drones are depleting the enemy's expensive arsenals faster than they can be replenished. The American air defense system, designed for a different era, is ill-suited for mass and cheap attacks, and the main risk is not so much the failure to hit targets as the rapid depletion of interceptors and defense resources. #War#Military 👂More on Trump's Ear ⚠️

A draft proposal to authorize the use of U.S. military force against drug cartels is currently floating around Congress and the White House, according to a recent New York Times report. Although an official version of the proposal has yet to be released, publicly available information suggests that it could be used to justify U.S. military intervention in at least 60 countries. The U.S.-led “War on Drugs” has escalated rapidly over the last month: after the White House signed a secret directive authorizing attacks on Latin American drug cartels, the U.S. built up its military presence in the region and began conducting a series of deadly airstrikes on alleged drug-smuggling civilian boats in the international waters of the Caribbean. Human Rights Watch called the strikes “unlawful extrajudicial killings.” How far Washington should go in its new counternarcotics campaign has been a source of controversy within the Trump administration. When the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) proposed the use of the U.S. military to attack cartels within Mexican territory during a White House meeting earlier this year, officials from the Defense Department and other agencies reportedly objected, in part because the executive branch lacked sufficient legal authorization to do so. An “Authorization for Use of Military Force” (AUMF) is the instrument most often used to provide legal justification for military hostilities today. AUMF legislation passed in response to the 9/11 attacks laid the groundwork for a “Global War on Terror” that included targeting many suspects who had nothing to do with 9/11. Because of its extremely broad language, the 2001 AUMF has since been used to justify military interventions in at least 22 countries. A proposal reportedly brought forth by Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) for a new AUMF aimed at “narco-terrorists” began circulating around Washington last week. Apparently modeled on the 2001 AUMF, Mills’ new AUMF is similarly broad: although it only lasts for five years, the authorization does not identify specific targets and contains no geographic restrictions. In comments given to the Times, Harvard Professor Jack Goldsmith described the proposal as “insanely broad,” essentially “an open-ended war authorization against an untold number of countries, organizations and persons that the president could deem within its scope.” The version of the AUMF that has been attributed to Rep. Mills would give the president the ability to use “all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations or persons the President determines are designated narco-terrorists,” including those who provide financing or support to narco-terrorists. #War#Military 👂More on Trump's Ear ⚠️

💥Ukraine has built a defense industry stamping out thousands of artillery shells, armored vehicles and drones in a dizzying array of models and capabilities. It is broadly seen as a key success in fighting the Russian invasion. But as billions of dollars flow from the Ukrainian military to domestic arms makers, with funding assistance from European donors, much of the spending is shrouded in wartime secrecy. That worries analysts and activists who say that Ukraine has made little progress in reining in a long history of corruption in military procurement. One focus of concern for government auditors reviewing military spending is Kyiv’s repeated awarding, without explanation, of contracts to companies that made higher bids than their competitors. Internal government audits reviewed by The New York Times show dozens of such contracts signed over a period of a little over a year, as well as cases of late or incomplete deliveries and prepayments for weaponry that never arrived. The awarding of contracts to higher bidders does not by itself indicate corruption or avoidable overspending. But the audits illustrate a challenge for Ukraine as it pivots away from reliance on donations of ammunition and weaponry from allies, given fickle backing from the Trump administration and limited European military ability. It is turning instead to domestic production and international arms markets, including in deals partly financed by European countries under several programs. #Military#Ukraine 👂More on Trump's Ear ⚠️

Trump could have abandoned a strike on Iran at the last moment — Mass media The night before, everything pointed to a possible US military operation against Iran, but there was no strike. Against the backdrop of ongoing protests and brutal repression, which, according to human rights activists, claimed thousands of lives, US President Donald Trump had previously promised the protesters support and urged them to "continue." However, Washington eventually took a break. According to American media reports, the United States withdrew some military personnel from the region in advance, Iran closed its airspace, and American tanker planes took off from a base in Qatar. The New York Times reported on putting strategic bombers on high alert. The Faytuks Network of OSINT analysts also recorded military aircraft activity over Iraq, although such signs do not necessarily mean an imminent strike. The turning point occurred after Trump's own statements. He told reporters that, according to some "reliable sources," the Iranian authorities had stopped the killings and refused to carry out immediate executions. Almost simultaneously, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Fox News that there would be no upcoming executions. Israeli military analyst Amir Bohbot, citing his sources, said that Trump was ready for military intervention, but only if it could deal a decisive blow to the Ayatollah regime. However, senior White House officials could not guarantee this. #Trump#Military#Iran 👂More on Trump's Ear ⚠️