Weekly News Update: May 31, 2024

25 - 31 May 2024

Good morning,

Break out the Tropical White uniforms. Memorial Day is behind us, and summer is here and this summer is heating up (just like the Second Cold War could heat up into Hot Shots! Part Deux).

Congress is continuing to push forward with record defense authorizations, with some leaders wanting to give more money to the military than the DoD’s requested budget. This comes even as the services continue to explore novel ways of creating coherent innovation and modernization strategies.

Aid is flowing into Ukraine, once more, as the US and its allies are letting the beleaguered country take off its gloves—sort of. Announcements of allowing Ukraine to use western weapons to strike into Russia highlights the absolute stupidity of previous policies and also comes even as the United States and Germany rebuke Ukraine’s use of donated Patriot air defense systems for its protection, without prior coordination with the west.

US adversaries are continuing to neutralize our technological ad…