Day: October 9, 2026

Up to $3.3 BILLION in destroyed or damaged aircraft, a fresh $70 billion request to keep the war and blockade running, and a $1.5 trillion defense budget on the table…

Congress’s nonpartisan researchers now ask whether lawmakers have enough information or time to judge the damage, especially losses like an E-3 radar plane from a small, aging fleet that’s hard to replace.

Meanwhile, every push for a war powers vote has died in the Republican-run chambers.

So who’s checking the bill before it gets paid?

Nov. 3 decides that, because if either chamber flips, war powers fights come back with real votes behind them, and the Pentagon will have to show its full receipts before the next check clears.

Source: NYT, MilitaryCom / Writer: Daniel

Jackson Hinkle says Yemen’s fighters see their sovereignty and faith as worth more than any deal on the table, and their daily air, sea and ground operations show how hard they’ll push back against a growing foreign coalition.

Any coalition planning a quick win in Yemen should ask why nobody has managed one in over a decade.

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  Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal)🇮🇷 Drones hitting 800 km/h could slip past older air defenses and strike the region’s energy and transport hubs.

Jackson Hinkle says these battle-tested variants are fast and nimble enough to beat the mobile systems guarding critical sites, and requests for the technical blueprints point to someone preparing for a big surge in fighting.

At 800 km/h, defenders get only seconds to react… so how many get through?

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  —  https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2108419605962088839