Global Scans · Military · Weekly Summary

• [New] The Trump administration has threatened 100% tariffs and even military action against any country that supplies oil to Cuba. CODEPINK - Women for Peace
• [New] The United Kingdom government affirmed its commitment to police sanctioned vessels in UK waters, while Kremlin officials continue to threaten the use of military force to aid Russian sanction-evading ships. Critical Threats
• [New] AI is expected to displace approximately 92 million jobs. ISACA
• [New] Rosgvardia will issue weapons to prevent various types of drone strikes during the period of the special military operation in Ukraine. Critical Threats
• [New] British defence strategies are increasingly focused on leveraging artificial intelligence to automate complex data analysis, to provide military personnel with more intuitive decision-making tools and faster response times against modern digital threats. Market Data Forecast
• [New] Germany envisages 100 low-Earth-orbit satellites exclusively for military communications, while the EU project, which aims to deploy 290 satellites by 2029, is designed to establish a unified, space-based communication system. Just Security
• [New] Germany plans to build a €10 billion ($11.6 billion) national military satellite network independent of a parallel European programme. Just Security
• [New] Drone incursions over U.S. military bases and sensitive national security sites have surged in recent years, prompting concerns about threats to public safety even before Epic Fury. DefenseScoop
• [New] Iran launched multiple waves of missiles at Israel, the Israeli military said, after U.S. President Donald Trump postponed a threat to bomb the Islamic Republic's power grid because of what he described as productive talks with Iranian officials. FDD
• [New] The U.S. military is attempting to resolve interagency airspace deconfliction failures before they produce a civilian aviation catastrophe, with the test's automated inhibit function appearing linked to FAA approval requirements that could determine the pace of southern border laser deployment. Drone Warfare
• [New] The U.S. military is translating Ukraine-conflict drone lessons into a purpose-built special operations capability that could reduce small-team dependence on external fire support in contested environments. Drone Warfare
• [New] Predictive Analysis: South Korea will likely initiate formal legislative or military review to reconsolidate counterdrone command authority at the division level, given the documented disbanding of the Drone Operations Command and ongoing public analysis of the resulting capability gap. Drone Warfare
• [New] The US War Powers Resolution deadline represents a structural vulnerability that Iranian strategic planners can exploit by sustaining low-level asymmetric pressure designed to outlast American domestic political tolerance rather than defeat American military capability directly. Drone Warfare
• [New] Russia faces a parallel concern: Ukrainian specialists gaining access to U.S. military infrastructure in Jordan, as Zelenskyy indicated, suggests intelligence-sharing arrangements that could feed back into Ukrainian battlefield adaptations on the European front. Drone Warfare
• [New] Minnesota is considering a bill that would require employers to give workers 90 days notice before deploying AI that could displace jobs, with pay continuing through the transition period and reskilling opportunities required. Kelly Services
• [New] The U.S. military is advancing toward a runway-independent, high-speed VTOL capability that could meaningfully reduce the logistical and survivability vulnerabilities currently constraining special operations and personnel recovery missions in contested environments such as the Indo-Pacific. Drone Warfare
• [New] The U.S. military is accelerating a deliberate industrial strategy to mass-produce low-cost one-way attack drones at a scale that could reshape attrition-based warfare doctrine. Drone Warfare
• [New] The Defense Department's move to cut military education at elite universities will allow foreign adversaries like China to gain a long-term advantage over the U.S. by weakening domestic technological innovation, talent cultivation, and strategic competitiveness. Dog Shirt Daily
• [New] The Pentagon late last year said the U.S. military believed China was preparing to be able to win a fight for Taiwan by 2027, the centenary of the founding of its People's Liberation Army, and was refining options to take Taiwan by brute force if needed. Military Times
• The Defence Innovation Unit, the Pentagon organization serving as a bridge between Silicon Valley and the military, has fast-tracked contracts for experimental drone technology, which the DIU promises will make combat operations less expensive and put fewer people in the line of fire. Brennan Center for Justice
• The US military might use generative AI systems to rank targets and recommend which to strike first. MIT Technology Review
• To strike 1,000 targets in the first 24 hours of the campaign in Iran, the US military relied on AI systems to generate, prioritize, and rank the target list at a speed no human team could replicate. The Guardian

Last updated: 29 March 2026