Secretary of War Pete Hegseth spoke yesterday with Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur for the first time since last week’s incursion by several Russian fighter jets into Estonia’s Airspace over the Gulf of Finland. Secretary Hegseth affirmed the U.S. War Department stands with all NATO allies and that any incursion into NATO Airspace is unacceptable, commending the quick response by European allies' air defenses stating it showed NATO at its best, ready and focused on their core mission. The Secretary ensured the Minister that he was in close consultation with the Supreme Allied Commander for Europe about next steps and would continue to closely track the situation in Eastern Europe.

The response by Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister to today’s statement by U.S. President Donald J. Trump, in which he called for NATO Allies to shoot down Russian military aircraft that violate their airspace, following last week’s intrusion over Estonia:

I expect Russia will continue to test and push NATO’s “resolve” in Northern and Eastern Europe over the coming weeks, especially after today, though we will have to see who is willing to actually follow through with today’s suggestion by President Trump. Escalation by Russia against Europe won’t stop until direct action is taken, and such direct action would likely need to entail burning MiGs and/or Sukhois.

Nuclear strike exercises are currently underway in France, with at least 5 Airbus A330 Multirole Tanker Transports (MRTT) currently up over the country alongside an E-3F “Sentry” Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Aircraft and an untold number of Dassault Rafale Bs with France’s Strategic Air Forces. (FAS). The exercise, dubbed Operation Poker, is carried out at various intensities and times throughout the year, consisting of three phases:

1. Preparation
2. Long-Range Raid
3. Simulated Nuclear Attack

While the exercise is usually a solo operation by France, I can’t help but wonder if the recent rare deployment of a U.S. Navy E-6B “Mercury” Airborne Nuclear Command Post and Communications Relay to Ramstein Air Base in Germany is somehow linked to this iteration of Poker or maybe an upcoming snap nuclear exercise by NATO.

To be a fly on the wall and hear some of the conversations between world leaders at tonight’s United Nations Leaders' Reception in New York City.

Very interesting, it appears as though a flight of U.S. Air Force B-2A “Spirit” Long-Range Strategic Stealth Bombers are currently preparing to cross the Atlantic towards Europe. All while nuclear strike exercises are ongoing in France and a U.S. Navy E-6B “Mercury” Airborne Nuclear Command Post and Communications Relay sits at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.

As predicted earlier, the U.S. Navy E-6B “Mercury” Airborne Nuclear Command Post and Communications Relay, going by the callsign: (COST43), is now up from Ramstein Air Base in Germany and flying north towards an expected flight zone over the Northern Atlantic just to the south of Iceland. This, along with the flight of B-2A “Spirit” Long-Range Strategic Stealth Bombers currently crossing the Atlantic toward Europe, suggests final preparations for a major nuclear exercise in Northern Europe under U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM). What makes this even more interesting, is that a nuclear first-strike exercise, Poker 2025-3, has just ended in France.

Reports of an active shooter at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas, Texas, with at least three injuries and police currently looking for a “sniper” overlooking the building.

One shooter has reportedly been found dead on the rooftop of a nearby building, following a shooting this morning at a facility operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Dallas, Texas.

A U.S. Navy E-6B “Mercury” Airborne Nuclear Command Post and Communications Relay, going by the callsign: (COST43), has returned to Ramstein Air Base in Germany, following this morning’s nuclear exercise by U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) over Northern Europe.

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem confirms a shooting this morning at a detention center for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Dallas, Texas, with local media reporting that the shooter targeted detainees, resulting in several injured and possibly killed. The shooter, identified as a white male, has been found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot on a nearby roof across from the ICE Facility.

Two of the detainees shot this morning by a sniper at a facility operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Dallas, Texas, have now died, with at least one other in critical condition, according to WFAA Dallas.

No ICE Agents were injured in this morning’s shooting apparently targeting detainees at an immigration facility in Dallas, Texas, according to an official with the Department of Homeland Security.

A third detainee has now died following this morning’s shooting targeting a facility run by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Dallas, Texas.

The Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, is not happy about yesterday’s post from President Trump, especially the part where Trump called Russia a “paper tiger” against Ukraine.