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on satellites so much almost all of the communications that the US military uses are going to be very you know short range comparatively VHF UHF kind of stuff or satcom stuff which would be UHF so using satellites in an

however General Dynamics did indicate that the blast involved “pyrotechnics”. This extremely large facility provides warheads for Hellfire missiles, and provides the explosives for (and assembly of) Hydra/APKWS rockets.

//The Wire//1800Z September 18, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT OCCURS AT TRUMP RALLY IN LONG ISLAND. UKRAINE STRIKES MAJOR RUSSIAN ARMS DEPOT. ANOTHER WAVE OF EXPLODING DEVICES STRIKES LEBANON.// -----BEG

//The Wire//2200Z September 23, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: RUSSIAN ICBM TEST FAILS. ISRAELI BOMBING IN LEBANON CONTINUES. DOJ RELEASES BOUNTY LETTER FROM WOULD-BE TRUMP ASSASSIN.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -Internationa

-Assad International airport, was host to an Israeli naval bombardment via dozens of missiles which struck the facility. Details regarding exactly what was struck are unclear, however initial Syrian media reports indicat

f debris. No word has been provided yet regarding what caused the satellite to explode in orbit. AC: Satellite failures are more common than one might think, however one exploding in orbit is quite rare. As with most cri

have launched a a a kill vehicle into orbit months ago and just spent months getting it into position for a a an immediate strike right so again I don't know if this is what happened there's no evidence to confirm that o

//The Wire//2100Z November 18, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: TWO UNDERSEA CABLES REPORTEDLY CUT IN THE BALTIC. U.S. AUTHORIZES UKRAINIAN USE OF LONG-RANGE MISSILES IN RUSSIA. BRITISH AIRWAYS AIRCRAFT GROUNDED THROUGHOUT EUR

y involves these aircraft, so no aircraft showing up on flight tracking sites could indicates that aircraft were indeed airborne…but flying with their transponders turned off as they would do in a time of war. These airf

//The Wire//2200Z November 22, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: DETAILS EMERGE FOLLOWING RUSSIA’S MISSILE STRIKE IN UKRAINE. HURRICANE HELENE EFFORTS CONTINUE AS WINTER CONDITIONS SET IN.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -Internati

nk has they're closer to Earth there's more of them and they're moving like really fast so uh in terms of kinetic targeting of satellites this was a strong indicator if we suddenly lost our satellite connections uh if ir

//The Wire//2300Z December 12, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: PENTAGON DENIES NEW JERSEY UNKNOWN AIRCRAFT ORIGINATE FROM IRAN. CHINESE NAVAL DRILLS CONTINUE IN FAR EAST.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Fa

Overnight many plane-watchers and aviation enthusiasts noted the presence of very substantial Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) platforms operating in the vicinity of Mexico. AC: Many eyebrows were rai

//The Wire//2300Z February 6, 2025// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: USAID DISCLOSURE SCANDAL CONTINUES. MINOR AIRCRAFT COLLISION AT SEA-TAC.//  -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Greece: Earthquakes continue as befo

//The Wire//2100Z March 6, 2025// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: SOUTH KOREAN MILITARY BOMBS CIVILIAN TOWN IN TRAINING ACCIDENT. TENSIONS CONTINUE IN EUROPE REGARDING UKRAINE WAR.//  -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events

o depend a lot on standard operating procedure or sop for whichever military unit is doing the interception however generally speaking most military Pilots will try to contact that civilian aircraft on uh the internation

//The Wire//2100Z June 19, 2025// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: MISSILE ATTACKS CONTINUE IN MIDDLE EAST AS USA CONTINUES WARTIME PREPARATIONS. DATA BREACH LEAKS 16 BILLION LOGIN CREDENTIALS.//  -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -Internat

No operational deployment of B-52's would involve the pilots leaving their transponders turned on, so this was 100% intended to be picked up by the Venezuelans. A secondary goal of these flights could either be general t

Similar drawdowns have been observed at Al Udeid Airbase, though Sentinel satellite imagery from yesterday indicates there are still many aircraft at this installation. This will very likely change by the next time a sat

Analyst Comment: These radar arrays are not tiny fire-control systems mounted on a HMMWV, these are major strategic assets for air defense throughout the hemisphere, not just the Middle East. The FPS-132 alone costs over