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In the 12/31/2025 edition:

Venezuela

CIA strike escalates the Trump administration's pressure campaign on Venezuela

(NPR) A U.S. official confirms that the CIA struck a dock facility on the coast of Venezuela. Read More

MQ-9 Reapers flying with unusually heavy weapons loads over Caribbean

(The War Zone) Over the past week or so, U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drones have been spotted carrying increasingly greater numbers of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles on sorties from Puerto Rico. Read More

US strikes in Caribbean and Eastern Pacific (updated)

A list of US military strikes against alleged

drug-carrying vessels

(Military Times) Since early September, the U.S. military has

conducted strikes against alleged drug-carrying vessels in the

Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean in support of what

the Pentagon has called continued counternarcotics efforts.

Pentagon

US sanctions Venezuelan firm for

assembling and maintaining Iranian

drones

(Flight Global) Washington has imposed sanctions on a

Venezuelan aerospace company and its chairman for

allegedly facilitating the acquisition, assembly and operation

of Iranian-designed Mohajer-series unmanned aerial vehicles

with surveillance and strike capabilities. Read More

MH370

Search For MH370 Resumed Tuesday

Ocean Infinity begins intermittent mission in targeted area of Indian Ocean.

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Seleksjon av flygere - VR briller mulig hjelpemiddel i prosessen

Navy Studies Pilot Screening With Virtual Reality

ASANA project offers data-rich insights into aviator performance.

Sjekk saken her: https://tinyurl.com/4xydw24b

Nye fly

Hvorfor ikke flere F-35? (Red.)

Pentagon Awards Boeing Contract For F-15 Aircraft For Israel

Agreement includes production of up to 50 fighter jets through 2035.

The F-15IA will be based on the F-15 models currently in Israel’s use, which were developed specifically for the Israeli Air Force in the 1990s and first entered service in 1998. The new aircraft version will include long-range attack capabilities, increased armament carrying capacity of up to 14 tons, and fly-by-wire guidance systems that allow for high maneuverability. The new jets also will include various Israeli defense systems.

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I følge media er denne typen en del av SAABs håp om å få Canada til å svinge seg mot Gripen i stedet for F-35. Det betyr produksjon i Canada med mange arbeidsplasser, noe de trenger sårt etter at arbeidsledigheten har øket i takt med Trumps tolljusteringer. (Red.)

France orders two Saab GlobalEye surveillance aircraft

(Flight Global) France has ordered two Saab GlobalEye surveillance jets in a SKr12.3 billion ($1.3 billion) deal, with options for two additional aircraft, as European demand for reconnaissance platforms continues to strengthen. Read More

Iran er i krig med USA og Israel

Iran leader says country in ‘full-fledged’ war with US, Israel, Europe

Pezeshkian is ramping up rhetorical attacks on what he sees as unfairly repressive measures emanating from Washington and its allies. Read More

Droner

Amazon Halts Plans for Drone Delivery in Italy

By The Editor on Jan 01, 2026 07:53 am

– Amazon announced recently that it has decided not to pursue plans to deliver ‌goods by drone in Italy, saying that while ‌it had made good progress with aerospace regulators, broader business regulatory issues did not support the project. The Italian civil aviation ⁠ENAC called the ‌decision unexpected, saying in a statement on Saturday the […]

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US Army’s 10th Mountain Division stands up new drone attack unit

The newly formed company will also work alongside the division’s innovation unit to develop and produce in-house drone components. Read More

Colombia’s cocaine smugglers employ a deadly new weapon — drones

(The Wall Street Journal) Shortly before Christmas, a swarm of drones killed seven soldiers as they rested inside a military compound in the country’s northeast, unaware that a cocaine-trafficking guerrilla group was about to strike. Read More

USA i dag

GA

GA: General Aviation - Småfly. Cirrus er kjente for sitt fallskjernsystem som har reddet over 200 mennesker. Kan det skyldes at motoren stopper oftere enn i andre maskiner? (Red.)

Cirrus Eclipses 11,000 Deliveries of SR Series Aircraft

Since its first delivery in 1999, the SR Series has become one of the most popular GA planes of all time.

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NATO

Patrick Lane
Senior digital editor

Security chiefs in western Europe are warning of the possibility of conflict with Russia—and that their countries are far from ready for a war. The gap in military preparedness with countries farther east is stark, and in civilian readiness starker still.

Kriegstüchtig—a German word meaning “war-ready”—is one of the non-English terms that have featured in some of the big stories of 2025. Check out the full list, as well as our word of the year in The Economist’s mother tongue.

Norwegian soldiers on patrol

War readiness

Europe’s generals are warning people to prepare for war

But western European societies are in denial

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US allies need to ‘become porcupines’

(Foreign Policy) As U.S. allies and partners adapt to the revolution in U.S. foreign policy under Trump, one word best captures the grim strategic calculus they now confront: porcupine. Read More

No signs of Russian plan for attack on NATO, Estonia spy chief says

(Stars and Stripes) Russian provocations in Eastern Europe are on the decline, according to Estonia’s spy chief, who says President Vladimir Putin shows no signs of wanting to attack NATO in the coming year. Read More