Lucas Meyer

Experts Warn of Serious Escalation After Salt Typhoon Hacks Army National Guard Systems

Experts Warn of Serious Escalation After Salt Typhoon Hacks Army National Guard Systems

A Chinese state-sponsored intrusion set off alarms in Washington this week after investigators confirmed that the hacking unit known as Salt Typhoon burrowed into a U.S. Army National Guard network for nine months and quietly siphoned off the keys to many other government systems. Defense officials briefed on a June 11 Department of Homeland Security memo say the breach represents the most dangerous incursion into a National Guard environment ever recorded.

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Dutch and Norwegian F-35s Deploy to Poland to Secure Ukraine Supply Lines

Dutch and Norwegian F-35s Deploy to Poland to Secure Ukraine Supply Lines

The Netherlands and Norway will send their F-35 fighter jets to Poland from Sept. 1 to Dec. 1 under NATO command. The mission’s single goal is to keep the air route open for trucks, trains, and aircraft carrying weapons and spare parts to Ukraine. The Dutch defense ministry announced the move on Monday, and Oslo confirmed its participation hours later.

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Cost Surge Hits UK Protector Drone Plan

Cost Surge Hits UK Protector Drone Plan

The United Kingdom faces fresh budget pain round its next-gen Protector RG Mk 1 drones. Latest figures show the bill jumping forty per cent above first plan. Ministers stay quiet on why the math went off, yet insiders point at fast-shifting specs and a rough pound-to-dollar rate. Critics fear the rush to sign papers back in 2016 left blind spots that now bite. RAF chiefs, for their part, say the fleet still matters if Britain wants teeth in skies crowded with peer threats.

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