onsdag 24. juni 2026

Da tar jeg kvelden.......

...... og reiser til Andøya med Crew 10 i morgen

Det betyr ikke et pip mens det pågår, men jeg er tilbake igjen mandag den 29. med noen drypp før jeg får litt sving på sakene igjen tirsdag. Da er jeg tilbake på hytta som kattevakt.

Ha fredelige dager fremover.

Donald Trump dropper å skrive under lov

USAs president Donald Trump avlyser en signering av en boliglov som skulle finne sted onsdag, skriver Reuters.

Lovforslaget hadde bred tverrpolitisk støtte og skulle sørge for raskere bygging av boliger og større tilgang til rimelige boliger.

Trump sier at han ikke vil skrive under lovforslaget før et annet lovforslag, «Save America Act», er vedtatt, som Trump mener det er «desperat behov for», skriver nyhetsbyrået.

«Save America Act» skal gjøre det obligatorisk å vise fram bevis på statsborgerskap når man skal stemme i et valg. Men det er allerede et krav om statsborgerskap for å stemme, og det er sjelden at ikke-statsborgere får stemt, ifølge Bipartisan Policy Center.

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Dette har Senatet forsøkt minst to ganger tidligere, men nå lyktes det med flere "overløpere". (Red.)

US Senate joins House in voting to halt Iran war

(Military Times) The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Tuesday directing President Donald Trump to halt U.S. military action against Iran, the latest rebuke of the Republican president from an increasingly restive Congress. Read More

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: The latest

‘The deep state firings have begun.’ Large-scale cuts underway at the office under Trump’s acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte, source says. Declines to give details on number of jobs cut.

Key lines from CNN’s report by Kristen Holmes, Zachary Cohen and Katie Bo Lillis:

Several political appointees who were considered close to the prior director Tulsi Gabbard were among the first to be fired, multiple sources told CNN. One of the sources said some of those people had already been walked out of the building as of Tuesday.

Sources had previously told CNN that Bill Pulte, Trump’s pick to serve as director of national intelligence in an acting capacity, was looking at cutting hundreds of jobs at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Last week, Pulte showed up to his new job a day early after asking for a list of every employee in the office, sources told CNN, catching even outgoing director Tulsi Gabbard off-guard.

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Downed US Pilot Reported Seeing Iranian Drones Swarm in ‘Jellyfish’ Formation

By The Editor on Jun 24, 2026 06:50 am

A US fighter jet pilot rescued by special forces after being shot down over Iran in April described a shocking sight before ejecting from his aircraft: multiple Iranian drones hovering in the air, moving as one, in a formation that resembled a jellyfish, according to four sources familiar with the matter. The account, which has […]

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Israeli Startup Launches Pulse Laser C-UAS System

By The Editor on Jun 24, 2026 06:40 am

In addition to the Iron Beam laser interception system from Rafael that was delivered to the army five months ago, another Israeli laser system for countering drones has appeared. This is Dronelight, developed by Omer-based Esh-Tech Systems, which up to now has operated below the radar. Esh-Tech was founded six years ago, and deliberately maintained a low […]

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Renault Teams with Thales to Boost France’s Drone Production

By The Editor on Jun 24, 2026 06:40 am

Thales and Renault Group (RG) announce the signing of a partnership agreement to jointly develop and industrialise the large-scale production of Thales’ TOUTATIS loitering munition. This announcement follows the unveiling of the innovative 4 TROOP tactical vehicle, presented by the two Groups. This strategic partnership combines Thales’ cutting-edge defence expertise with Renault Group’s industrial engineering […]

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France Selects Latvian Interceptor Drone System

By The Editor on Jun 24, 2026 06:35 am

Following a multi-vendor evaluation process organized by the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA), France is set to become the fourth NATO member state in Europe to adopt the BLAZE autonomous interceptor drone system, developed in Latvia. At Eurosatory 2026, the international defence and security technology exhibition taking place in Paris, Latvian defence technology company Origin […]

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Denne lange artikkelen trykker jeg i sin helhet på grunn av viktigheten av innholdet. (Red.)

Ukraine’s Drone Campaign Is More Than a Military Operation — It’s a Political Strategy

By Frank A. Rose
June 22, 2026

Ukraine fired hundreds of drones at St. Petersburg last week — the second attack on the city and its surrounding region in less than seven days. According to press reports, the strikes targeted oil depots and refineries across the Krasnodar region in southern Russia, following an earlier attack on an oil terminal and naval base near St. Petersburg — launched just miles from where Vladimir Putin was hosting Russia's International Economic Forum, the Kremlin's answer to Davos. On Friday, Putin told the assembled audience he had rejected Ukrainian President Zelensky's request for a direct meeting.

The juxtaposition was not accidental. It was the point.

These attacks tell me two things — one operational, one strategic. Together they suggest that Ukraine has developed a level of political-military sophistication that deserves serious attention in Washington and every allied capital.

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Iran - Hva F-15 flygeren så før nedskytingen

Just one in four Americans believes the Iran war was worth its costs

(Reuters) Just one in four Americans believes President Donald Trump’s war with Iran was worth its costs and a majority worry that a truce with Tehran is unlikely to last, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. Read More

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Saken her har vært på bloggen tidligere, men her en litt annen vinkling og dybde. (Red.)