Kushner, Witkoff to restart talks with Iran in Pakistan — without Vance

The vice president will be "on standby" to return to Pakistan for negotiations.

Politico
This is who's developing Golden Dome's orbital interceptors—if they're ever built

If boost-phase intercept from space is not affordable and scalable, we will not produce it."

Ars Technica

2026 “Jen Golbeck, a professor at the University of Maryland who studies #ConspiracyTheories, said the idea of a sinister connection between tragedies involving scientists is a common trope within #ConspiracyTheory communities.” [1]

VS

1987 “LONDON -- The mysterious deaths of six #scientists and the disappearance of a seventh -- all of them working at one time on secret defense projects -- have put police under pressure to mount a new investigation.

Police in the Oxford area said Sunday metallurgy expert Peter Peapell, who worked for the Defense Ministry until 1984, was found dead in his garage February 22.

He was the fifth scientist with a background in secret defense projects to die under suspicious circumstances since August and the sixth since 1982.

Three of the six scientists who died were linked to a firm involved in work on submarines, and the missing scientist -- who disappeared in January -- was doing research on submarine warfare.”

The counter-conspiracy mob need to read more history.

#UPI / #history / #Marconi / #Defense / #espionage / #uap / #Zeropoint / #gravitics <https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/04/06/Mysterious-deaths-of-British-scientists/1516544680000/>

Reference
[1] AP News, <https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/04/24/dead-scientists-conspiracy-theories/>

Mysterious deaths of British scientists - UPI Archives

The mysterious deaths of six scientists and the disappearance of a seventh -- all of them working at one time on secret defense projects -- have put police...

UPI
By taking a wrecking ball to the global rules-based order, Donald Trump has thrown the entire world into chaos, reminding us why our post-World War II forebears laid the foundation for that order. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/04/24/world/trump-and-international-law/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #middleeast #iran #straitofhormuz #israel #lebanon #defense #icc #un #securitycouncil #humanrights
Trump has made the case for international law

The task now is to re-imagine an international legal regime that works more reliably for more people, without exception for the powerful.

The Japan Times
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) expressed optimism regarding the current return rates of questionnaires for young men and women concerning the new milita... https://news.osna.fm/?p=43261 | #news #admits #defense #draft #error
German Defense Minister Optimistic on Draft Draft Recruitment Numbers, Admits Legal Error in New Service Rules - Osna.FM

Defence Minister Pistorius reports high optimism regarding the response rate for the new German military service questionnaires. Learn about Germany's readiness.

Osna.FM

Space Force picks firms to develop Golden Dome’s space-based interceptors

Defense giants and startups vie to create orbital defenses—even as the program’s czar concedes they may be unaffordable.
#defense #miltodon #defence #defenseone
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2026/04/space-force-picks-firms-develop-golden-domes-space-based-interceptors/413118/

"[...] A modern defense economy cannot be built by government ministries and bureaucracies alone; it requires a “Team Europe” approach, a strategic alliance of governments, armed forces, industry, finance, and research.
[...] Europeans must act as anchor investors in their own security, not as bystanders. [...]"

#Europe #defense #economy #NATO

https://cepa.org/article/make-europes-defenses-great-again/

Make Europe’s Defenses Great Again

New approaches must be agreed upon to meet the continent’s need for rapidly evolving defense technology products.

CEPA
Europeans must recognize US, China and Russia are ‘dead against’ us, says Macron

French president also said he expected tensions with the U.S. to outlast Trump

POLITICO

Ukraine to field 25,000 ground robots in push to replace soldiers for frontline logistics

Ground robots ran more than 9,000 frontline missions in March, triple November's count, and captured their first Russian position last summer.
#defense #miltodon #defence #defense_news
https://www.defensenews.com/unmanned/2026/04/24/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics/