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✈️ One rescued, one missing after Iran downs U.S. F-15E

Apr 3, 2026

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✈️ One rescued, one missing after Iran downs U.S. F-15E

Iran downed a U.S. F-15E over enemy territory, Hegseth fired the Army chief of staff, and Trump dropped a $1.5T defense budget.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🚀 SpaceX just filed for the biggest IPO ever

Apr 2, 2026

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🚀 SpaceX just filed for the biggest IPO ever

SpaceX targets a $1.75T IPO, Pratt & Whitney locks in $6.6B for F-35 engines, and Trump's Iran address signals harder hits are coming.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🛡️ Iran split a $500M radar plane in half

Apr 1, 2026

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🛡️ Iran split a $500M radar plane in half

B-52s are flying over Iran for the first time, 348 troops have been wounded, and the Pentagon is racing to replenish the interceptors keeping them alive.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🚢 Saronic just raised $1.75B at a $9.25B valuation

Mar 31, 2026

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🚢 Saronic just raised $1.75B at a $9.25B valuation

Iran struck an oil tanker off Dubai, Airbus' Bird of Prey intercepted a kamikaze drone in its first flight test, and Saronic closed a $1.75B round at a $9.25B valuation.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🪖 Pentagon draws up weeks of Iran ground operations

Mar 30, 2026

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🪖 Pentagon draws up weeks of Iran ground operations

Oil hits $116 a barrel, a Virginia-class sub enters service, and the Pentagon's AI targeting architecture gets a hard look.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🔓 Iranian hackers just breached the FBI director's inbox

Mar 28, 2026

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🔓 Iranian hackers just breached the FBI director's inbox

Tomahawk stocks are alarmingly low, bases are being hardened on the fly, and Silicon Valley's moment of truth has arrived.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🪖 10,000 more troops, a judge, and a diamond chip

Mar 27, 2026

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🪖 10,000 more troops, a judge, and a diamond chip

The Iran war is escalating on every axis, and a federal judge just rewrote the rules on AI in the DoD.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🧠 The quiet AI risk no one in the Pentagon is watching

Mar 26, 2026

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🧠 The quiet AI risk no one in the Pentagon is watching

The Pentagon is spending $500M to surge missile production and quietly losing the human judgment needed to use it.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🌊 China is mapping the ocean floor for war

Mar 25, 2026

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11 min read

🌊 China is mapping the ocean floor for war

China's seabed surveillance campaign is eroding the U.S. Navy's most critical asymmetric advantage, one sensor at a time.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🚛 The Army's counter-drone truck now drives itself

Mar 24, 2026

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🚛 The Army's counter-drone truck now drives itself

A self-driving microwave weapon debuts, Trump claims Iran is negotiating, and a new DHS chief walks into a shutdown with 100,000 workers unpaid.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🌊 An armed U.S. drone washed up in Turkey

Mar 23, 2026

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7 min read

🌊 An armed U.S. drone washed up in Turkey

A $57 dual-link drone fix, a $500M IPO pop, and a mystery USV on a Turkish beach, all in today's brief.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🚢 Marines are headed to Iran, and ground invasion plans are on the table

Mar 21, 2026

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12 min read

🚢 Marines are headed to Iran, and ground invasion plans are on the table

Two amphibious groups are converging on the Middle East as Pentagon planners quietly map out what boots on the ground in Iran would actually take.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
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