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• Trump's new cyber strategy calls for tougher responses to threats

  06-03-2026 23:53 via defenseone.com
  The White House's new national cybersecurity strategy calls for responding more directly to threats and securing critical U.S. technologies.As described in a seven-page document released on Friday afternoon, the strategy has six pillars: shape adversary behavior; promote common-sense regulation; modernize and secure federal government networks; secure critical infrastructure; sustain superiority in critical and emerging technologies; an
  
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• The D Brief: Russia’s helping Iran; Updated strike map; Drone threats; DOD’s new CDO; And a bit more.

  06-03-2026 17:37 via defenseone.com
  US-Israeli war on Iran, day 7: Moscow joins Tehran: Russia is giving Iran the locations of U.S. forces, including warships and aircraft, the Washington Post reported Thursday, citing three anonymous officials. “The assistance, which has not been previously reported, signals that the rapidly expanding conflict now features one of America’s chief nuclear-armed competitors with exquisite intelligence capabilities.” Second opinion: “In Iran’s War, Russia Serve
  
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• The Pentagon’s investment deals draw congressional scrutiny

  06-03-2026 15:00 via defenseone.com
  Lawmakers have questions about the Pentagon’s increased keenness to take partial ownership stakes in companies, demanding details from defense officials while they weigh the need for legislation. Government equity investment adds pressure on companies to “stimulate growth” and production without “pursuing control,” Michael Duffey, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer, said Wednesday during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the defense industrial bas
  
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• The US says it destroyed Iran’s space command. Experts say it wasn’t much of a threat.

  06-03-2026 05:10 via defenseone.com
  U.S. forces destroyed Iran’s military space command, Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of Central Command, announced Thursday, saying the move degraded the regime’s ability to coordinate retaliatory strikes. But experts told Defense One that the country’s nascent space capabilities never posed a significant threat. “We've also struck Iran's equivalent of Space Command, which degrades their ability to threaten Americans,” Cooper said during a press conference.The Islam
  
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• ‘Firepower about to surge dramatically’ over Iran: Hegseth

  06-03-2026 00:57 via defenseone.com
  The U.S.’s war with Iran is about to go up a notch, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday during a press briefing at U.S. Central Command headquarters in Tampa, Fla., as the bombing campaign’s sixth day came to a close.Hegseth batted away concerns about U.S. munitions stockpiles, seeming to suggest that as Iran’s capabilities are weakened, the remaining missiles are stretching further.“Iran is hoping that we cannot sustain this, which is a really bad miscalculation
  
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