Washington Post
Washington Post reports: Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López said that Venezuela would put the entire country’s military arsenal at the ready, including its militia and almost 200,000 soldiers.
Last Updated: Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, 8:40 PM PST
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Breaking Defense
• Theresa Hitchens
By Breaking Defense: The satellites will need to be defended "not only from adversary kinetic or local orbital issues, but also from cyber attacks, electronic jamming and laser attacks," said Patrick Binning, a professor at the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering.
Associated Press
• Konstantin Toropin
By Associated Press: A group of 17 transgender members of the Air Force are suing the U.S. government over what they say is the military’s unlawful revocation of their early retirement pensions and benefits.
Aviation Week
• Steve Trimble
By Aviation Week: ISR capabilities may be the deciding factor in a future decision over whether to increase the size of the Northrop Grumman B-21 fleet beyond 100 aircraft.
The War Zone
• Thomas Newdick
By The War Zone: Nuclear propulsion for China's 'Type 004' aircraft carrier would represent a leap in naval capability and another step toward parity with the U.S. Nuclear propulsion would make the so-called Type 004 aircraft carrier China’s most capable so far.
Air Data News
• JCC; Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Airbus Defence workers have called for an end to the company’s partnership with Dassault on the Future Air Combat System (FCAS) program, as disputes.
Bloomberg
• Anthony Capaccio
By Bloomberg: The Pentagon inflated the government shutdown’s national-security impact on a secretive, ultra-long-range missile that’s key to helping the US compete militarily against China, with the Air Force later acknowledging the program was unaffected.
Reuters
• Sam Tobin
By Reuters: A Palestinian NGO was on Wednesday refused permission to appeal a court ruling that Britain lawfully allowed F-35 fighter jet parts to be indirectly exported to Israel, despite accepting they could be used to breach international humanitarian law.
