We know what’s coming and we are prepared.
⚡️🇺🇸 Some more things coming out for the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Under the preliminary drafts of the bill, the USAF is requesting a release of $57,000,000 USD ($57.0 Million) to retire all remaining 162 A-10 Thunderbolt IIs in current service. Apart of the 2023 NDAA, there was a clause for a few million dollars to be released every so often to gradually retire the (then) 250 airframes by 2034; however due to the push by the Dept of Defense to ‘shed’ obsolete or obsolescent airframes that cannot be overhauled or upgraded further without a whole new airframe, it appears the USAF wants to retire all 162 remaining A-10s by the end of 2026.
The USAF plans to fully divest the 340-total remaining A-10s entirely, including those that currently serve in a handful of Air National Guard units in some states; which will be replaced by F-15EX Eagle IIs (like what is already happening with the Michigan State Air National Guard’s A-10s), or F-35A/Bs.
Included with this, is a halt on the E-3 Sentry’s replacement, the E-7 Wedgetail; as an interim replacement, the USAF is looking to acquire new-build E-2D Hawkeyes as a stopgap until something else can be procured to replace the E-3 Sentry.
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"In Russia, you would be arrested", von der Leyen tells a protestor as he's being arrested.
We live in truly bizzaro times.
EDWARD DOWD
Meet the Unitree A2 — The 'Interstellar Hunter'
Weighing in at 37kg (70lbs), the Unitree A2 can carry a full-grown human, run at 5 meters per second (11.8mph), and climb 1-meter-high (3.3ft) obstacles like it’s nothing. With LiDAR-powered 3D vision, insane balance, and a 20km (12.4 miles) range—this thing is built for real industrial work, not just cool videos.
"Industrial work".... right.
The militarization of robot dogs is on the rise. Even more disturbing is that some of these robots are receiving OpenAI’s ChatGPT upgrades that make them all the more intelligent.
Trump even has some robo dogs at his Mar-a-Lago residence.
The Black Mirror 'Metalhead' episode also comes to mind, check out clip HERE.
The ‘Skynet moment’ is upon us.
https://www.claudiofantinuoli.org/2025/08/07/when-microsoft-ranked-us-first-and-it-wasnt-good-news/
“Not-Us Syndrome” is alive and well.
As Richard Susskind noted in 2025, many professionals suffer from what he called the “Not-Us Syndrome” — the belief that automation can and will affect every profession except their own. Among the reactions to the Microsoft paper, this mindset is palpable. A significant share of the responses downplays the data, misinterprets the concept of task alignment, or dismisses the paper outright as irrelevant to their experience.”
