Stephen Bryen

On August 6, 2026, there was a town hall meeting between US Navy officials including Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao and more than 200 family members of the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln, at the naval air station on North Island, San Diego. North Island is the home port of the Lincoln.

In 1991 President George H.W. Bush announced unilateral, sweeping reductions in U.S. tactical nuclear forces.

In 1991 President George H.W. Bush announced unilateral, sweeping reductions in US tactical nuclear forces. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was

There is very little information on CIA Director Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow. Even so, there is enough information to make some observations.

There is very little information on CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow. Even so, there is enough information to make some observations. One

We are only beginning to understand the full potential of drone warfare. But they are having an impact at many levels, and drone technology keeps evolving.

Mystery continues about the strange visit by CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Moscow, flying there in a massive C-17 Globemaster, a military airlifter. While the Globemaster has a specially designed secure roll off and roll on module for top officials, keeping them harnessed to Washington and the President, the choice of aircraft, instead of a much smaller VIP aircraft, helps us understand this was a highly sensitive but visible, urgent mission.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned airlines, insurers and foreign governments that Russian airspace “will be de facto closed” because of Ukrainian drones.

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner wound up their visit to Kyiv on September 6 after visiting Moscow the day prior. The US special diplomatic duo met with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, respectively. Both offered solutions that the Russians seemed to like, and the Ukrainians did not.

While much attention is given to Ukraine and Russia's use of drones, just south of the United States, Mexico's cartels are using drones in significant numbers, some of which surveil the United States and move drugs and cash across the border. They are also used to attack Mexican government and army organizations and competing cartels.