Some Pentagon pencil pushers contend that the Air Force has a “weak” commitment to space programs, so they want, according to Defense News, to move responsibility for the highly successful Global Positioning System from the Air Force to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration. It sounds like someone is in search of a mission. At any rate, per Defense News, Air Force officials are aware of a draft memo outlining such a shift and, as far as we can tell, don’t seem too impressed.
DOD Still Has No Plan To Stop Using Russian Gas in Europe
April 17, 2024
The Defense Department has not fulfilled a Congressional mandate to submit a plan for weaning U.S. military bases in Europe off of Russian energy, which could “be helping to fund the Russian war effort to the tune of a million dollars a week,” according to researchers.