Biden Orders Pentagon To Include Climate Change In New Strategy & War Games

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Biden Orders Pentagon To Include Climate Change In New Strategy & War Games Biden's order directs the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to include climate risk assessments in developing a new National Defense Strategy, due in 2022, along with the Defense Planning Guidance, the Chairman's Risk Assessment, "and other relevant strategy, planning, and programming documents and processes."

Space Acquisition Office Takes Shape, But Status Remains Unresolved The question about who ultimately will be in charge of making decisions about what the Space Force buys will now fall to the incoming Air Force secretary, DoD Secretary Lloyd Austin and the Biden White House.

IDF Steps Up Iran Preparations; $1.2B More Sought A senior Israeli source who talked with BD on condition of anonymity said the $1.2 billion will mostly be spent on "improving Israel's capability to perform standoff attacks," which involves acceleration of some very highly classified  "black programs" that address this capability "with breakthrough technologies." Some will be spent on Israel's missile defense systems, as well.

State Dept. Pauses New Arms Exports; UAE, Saudi Deals Hanging The Biden Administration is hitting the brakes on the relaxed weapons sales policies of the Trump administration – at least for now.

Trilateral Cope North Exercise To Test 'Agile' Air Ops On Austere Airfields The Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept uses a 'hub and spoke' network of permanent, well-established 'hubs' and more remote, austere 'spokes'," says Air Force Brig. Gen. Jeremy Sloane, commander of the 36th Air Wing in Guam.

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