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Ops Brief 070: Daily Drop - 4 July 2025 (Midnight Hammer Drops Truth Bombs)
Peaches returns with a scorched-earth breakdown of America’s latest military moves—and screwups. From counter-UAS task forces to the Pentagon’s \$330M-per-jet regrets, this episode tears into drone threats, Space Force drama, and Operation Midnight Hammer’s massive flex… that also accidentally exposed all our weak spots. We’re talking fleet gaps, busted tankers, munitions shortages, and decision-makers who keep canceling the wrong programs. Plus: the Air Force ditches sit-up alternatives (again), the F-47 enters the chat, and Iran just keeps poking the bear. If you want strategic insights laced with sarcasm, this is your ammo drop.
🔥 Key Takeaways:
* 🛩️ F-22 went from 750 to 195 jets thanks to cost, peace, and bureaucracy—F-47 might repeat history.
* 💥 Operation Midnight Hammer? Impressive strike, but it exposed serious USAF cracks.
* 🚨 ISR gaps, tanker dependency, and stealth shortages paint a grim picture for peer warfare.
* 🛰️ SpaceX bags more USSF cash while China throws a fit about “space weaponization.”
* 🧠 Counter-UAS task force: great idea… still no clarity on execution.
* 💪 Sit-ups are back, shuttle runs are gone, and 2-mile tests might be coming. Because reasons.
* 🔥 Guam gets a \$295M command bunker. Iran hucks missiles at Al Udeid. Trump… has thoughts.
* 🚀 Space Force scrambles for GPS alternatives as satellite data fails and hurricane forecasts suffer.
* 🤕 Military spouses face 2–3x higher depression and anxiety rates than civilians.
* 💸 DOD wants \$150B more. Surprise! Congress kinda agrees.
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