The US Navy’s Nuclear Proliferation Problem

The US Navy’s Nuclear Proliferation Problem
The US Navy’s Nuclear Proliferation Problem

US Navy reactors currently use about 100 nuclear bombs’ worth of HEU each year, more than all of the world’s other reactors combined.

Sen. King Urges ‘Reimagining Conflict’ On Eve Of Cyber Nominees Hearing

Sen. King Urges ‘Reimagining Conflict’ On Eve Of Cyber Nominees Hearing
Sen. King Urges ‘Reimagining Conflict’ On Eve Of Cyber Nominees Hearing

“Someone told me I was like Chicken Little, but I prefer Paul Revere,” said Sen. King, who co-chaired the commission that recommended creating the national cyber director.

Biden Orders Fed Cybersecurity Boost; Targets Prevention, Reporting

Biden Orders Fed Cybersecurity Boost; Targets Prevention, Reporting
Biden Orders Fed Cybersecurity Boost; Targets Prevention, Reporting

“It reflects a fundamental shift in our mindset — from incident response to prevention, from talking about security to doing security,” a senior administration official says.

White House Winds Down SolarWinds, Exchange Cyber Teams

White House Winds Down SolarWinds, Exchange Cyber Teams
White House Winds Down SolarWinds, Exchange Cyber Teams

“The innovations… and the lessons learned from these responses will be used to improve future unified, whole of government responses to significant cyber incidents,” the White House says.

US Slaps Russia With Sanctions Plus For SolarWinds Hack

US Slaps Russia With Sanctions Plus For SolarWinds Hack
US Slaps Russia With Sanctions Plus For SolarWinds Hack

The White House Executive Order comes on the same day that CISA and CNMF issue SolarWinds-related malware analysis and NSA-CISA-FBI issue a joint advisory warning of ongoing SVR exploitation of known vulnerabilities in common products.

Signaling China, White House Floats Putting Hypersonic Missiles On Destroyers

Signaling China, White House Floats Putting Hypersonic Missiles On Destroyers
Signaling China, White House Floats Putting Hypersonic Missiles On Destroyers

“This is a terrible idea for several reasons,” Bryan Clark of the Hudson Institute said. The oldest ships would need to undergo a service life extension, while the newer ships would have to undergo expensive upgrades for a complex new mission.

Pentagon Gives Up Huge Slice Of Spectrum For 5G

Pentagon Gives Up Huge Slice Of Spectrum For 5G
Pentagon Gives Up Huge Slice Of Spectrum For 5G

An unprecedentedly quick 15-week review identified 100 mHZ of spectrum, now heavily used by military radars, that will be auctioned off in December 2021.

Bipartisan Backlash Scuttles Senate Hearing For White House Favorite

Bipartisan Backlash Scuttles Senate Hearing For White House Favorite
Bipartisan Backlash Scuttles Senate Hearing For White House Favorite

Anthony Tata was facing across-the-board Democratic opposition and increasingly shaky support among Republicans due to inflammatory Tweets deriding then-President Obama, Islam, and accusing former CIA director John Brennan of attempting to order the killing of Trump. 

Coast Guard To Deliver Nuclear Icebreaker Plan to White House

Coast Guard To Deliver Nuclear Icebreaker Plan to White House
Coast Guard To Deliver Nuclear Icebreaker Plan to White House

The plan will include options to lease new breakers or build new nuclear-powered ships as Russia and China leap ahead of US capabilities in the Arctic.

HASC Talks To Army, Guard About Protests; Waits For Esper and Milley

HASC Talks To Army, Guard About Protests; Waits For Esper and Milley
HASC Talks To Army, Guard About Protests; Waits For Esper and Milley

“We came right up to the edge of bringing active troops here, and we didn’t,” Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said. Both active duty and Guard troops are being sent home.

HASC’s Langevin Pushes White House Cyber Coordinator, ‘E-Congress’

HASC’s Langevin Pushes White House Cyber Coordinator, ‘E-Congress’
HASC’s Langevin Pushes White House Cyber Coordinator, ‘E-Congress’

By pushing work online – and partially paralyzing Congress – COVID-19 has highlighted shortfalls the co-founder of the Cyber Caucus has warned about for 19 years.

JEDI: Democrats Link IG’s Ouster To Investigation Of Trump

JEDI: Democrats Link IG’s Ouster To Investigation Of Trump
JEDI: Democrats Link IG’s Ouster To Investigation Of Trump

President Trump fired the Pentagon Inspector General last week. Was the real reason the IG’s attempt to investigate White House interference in the JEDI contract?

JEDI: Inspector General Clears DoD – But Not White House

JEDI: Inspector General Clears DoD – But Not White House
JEDI: Inspector General Clears DoD – But Not White House

While the Defense Department IG said the award to Microsoft was fair, it was not allowed to ask vital questions about pressure from the Trump White House. That could trigger a congressional investigation, one expert told us.

Will Trump Keep Turkey In F-35 Program? Washington Mum on Russian S-400 Delivery

Will Trump Keep Turkey In F-35 Program? Washington Mum on Russian S-400 Delivery
Will Trump Keep Turkey In F-35 Program? Washington Mum on Russian S-400 Delivery

No one is talking at DoD, State or the White House about today’s delivery of the Russian weapon system. Is the president considering looking the other way?