According to The Gallup Poll, the American opinion about the United Nations has gone down, actually “among the worst ever measured.” Historical data from 1953 show that about half the country thought the UN did a poor job; today about two-thirds of Americans share that verdict. Another interesting tidbit: a majority of Republicans and Democrats agree.
The Air Force’s BACN may be cooked—the service plans to retire its entire E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node fleet in fiscal 2028 and equip aircraft to use satellite communications instead.