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  Steve Bannon says 'everything changed' for Musk after Trump publicly denied that the CEO would receive a secret China briefing

  Business Insider - By John L. Dorman

  Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said in an interview with The Atlantic that "everything changed" for Elon Musk after President Donald Trump denied that the CEO would receive a secret briefing on China. Musk, after months as the face of the White House DOGE office, is stepping back …

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  US Navy F/A-18s launched history's 'largest airstrike' from an aircraft carrier — 125,000 pounds of munitions, admiral says

  Business Insider - By Jake Epstein

  US Navy planes recently launched the largest-ever airstrike from an aircraft carrier, dropping 125,000 pounds of ordnance, a top admiral said this week. The USS Harry S. Truman and its strike group "launched the largest airstrike in the history of the world — 125,000 pounds — from a single aircraft …

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  The US Air Force has been tasked with modifying the Qatari jet gifted to Trump. It could cost $1B to upgrade.

  Business Insider - By Tom Porter

  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the US Air Force to begin plans to convert a $400 million Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet gifted to President Donald Trump by the Qatari royal family. The plane is set to be used as part of Air Force One, but the development has come amid mounting concerns over the …

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  The US and South Korea just rewrote the rulebook on salvaging a downed F-35

  Business Insider - By Mia Jankowicz

  An F-35A stealth fighter jet that crash-landed on its belly in 2022 has been given a new lease of life thanks to a dramatic operation to remove and then reattach its wings. The South Korean air force aircraft made headlines three years ago after a catastrophic mid-flight bird strike caused an F-35 …

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  Trump says the Golden Dome, meant to put US weapons in space, will be ready in 3 years and cost $175 billion

  Business Insider - By Matthew Loh

  President Donald Trump officially announced his plans on Tuesday for a Golden Dome system that focuses on countering potential missile threats from China and Russia. The plan is ambitious, with the system meant to officially put American anti-missile weapons in space for the first time. Speaking to …

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  A newly upgraded Raytheon radar is joining US hypersonic missile defense

  Business Insider - By Chris Panella

  Raytheon has given the US Missile Defense Agency a new radar, the most advanced of its kind, that it says can support the difficult mission of defending against hypersonic weapons. The radar is one of the latest examples of how the US is working to strengthen its air defenses against more advanced …