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A News Roundup for the Week Ahead It's Detectable. Until It's Not. Presented by Northrop Grumman We revolutionized long range strike with the B-2. Now, we're Defining Possible again with B-21 Raider. Drawing on decades of stealth expertise, we've created a platform ready to dominate the battlefields of tomorrow.  Learn More.  Santa Heads To Space Station! By Colin Clark; Thursday, December 24, 2020 4:56 PM Santa's swinging by to help them celebrate the twentieth year of humans living continuously in the station. (As I write this, NORAD has pinpointed Santa swinging by Valetta, Malta)   Aerospace Industries Assoc. To Trump: NDAA Veto 'Undermines Security,' Calls For Congress To Override By Colin Clark; Wednesday, December 23, 2020 4:19 PM "On the eve of Christmas Eve, this veto seems to be Trump's parting gift to Putin and a lump of coal for our troops," Sen. Jack Reed says.   Most Overlooked Defense Stories Of 2020! By Colin Clark; Wednesday, December 23, 2020 6:00 AM The most overlooked story of 2020, including by this publication, is that having a president largely divorced from making military decisions worked pretty well for the US military.   Hey Iran: Israeli Sub Heads To Persian Gulf With Egypt OK By Arie Egozi; Wednesday, December 23, 2020 4:15 AM The Dolphin submarines are armed with a mix of very advanced weapons, including long-range ballistic missiles armed with nuclear warheads.   EXCLUSIVE: Space Is At Heart Of JADC2, Says Maj. Gen. Crider By Theresa Hitchens; Wednesday, December 23, 2020 4:01 AM "As a new service, we have an opportunity here to really establish ourselves in a new way — leveraging digital technologies, and leveraging digital processes and practices in a new way," says Maj. Gen. Kim Crider, Space Force acting chief technology innovation officer.   AF Says Lasers Are Being Field Tested, But NOT THOR Or Other Microwave Weapon By Theresa Hitchens; Tuesday, December 22, 2020 11:53 AM "We do in fact plan to deploy THOR in CY21 for operational field assessment, but will not confirm deployment locations or theaters at this time," an Air Force spokesman says.   Connecting The Joint Force: CJADC2 [Sponsored] By Barry Rosenberg; Tuesday, December 22, 2020 10:36 AM As U.S. military missions transition from anti-terror activities to a peer/near-peer competition, mission success will be found in an all-domain connected battlespace.   Top 10 Stories Of 2020: DARPA Dogfights To Polish Bridges By Colin Clark; Tuesday, December 22, 2020 10:01 AM The list is an impressive marker of the breadth of topics we cover as we chronicle the strategy, policy and politics that decide the weapons America and its allies buy, and how we use them.   Calling SolarWinds Hack 'Act Of War' Just Makes It Worse By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.; Monday, December 21, 2020 5:13 PM The massive hack of federal and private networks isn't an act of war by any definition, experts agree. It's a staggering intelligence disaster. So how do we prevent it happening again?   $2.3T Spending Bill Cuts $2B From DoD Request: $3.7B Shifted For Va. Class Sub & P-8s By Paul McLeary; Monday, December 21, 2020 4:05 PM With a presidential veto hanging in the air, Congress charges ahead on huge federal spending votes.   Breaking Defense 611 Broadway • New York, New York • 10012 unsubscribe