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Suspended Lauderhill police officer Brian Sguros, accused of using a dead man’s identity to take over his South Florida home after a 2022 welfare check, posted $25,000 bond after his arrest on five felony charges.
A new commercial image shows Russia’s Cosmos 2612 about a kilometer from ICEYE-X36, a U.S.-flagged radar satellite tied to a company that supports Ukraine. The State Department says the satellite’s behavior is consistent with on-orbit weapons operations.
A new report to Congress puts the Air Force’s moderate-risk fighter requirement at 1,509 jets by 2035. The service is 47 jets below its legal minimum today, and 14 of its FY27 F-35s hinge on a reconciliation bill now in doubt.
Prince William County police say a 27-year-old Stafford County man knocked the head off one Marine on the limestone Iwo Jima statue at Marine Corps Base Quantico’s main gate. He faces three charges, including two felonies, and is held without bond.
Iran’s floating oil reserve in Asian waters, which kept Chinese buyers supplied through months of U.S. blockade, is now empty, according to Kpler data cited by The Wall Street Journal.
The Marine Corps has redesignated 1st Battalion, 10th Marines at Camp Lejeune as its first medium missile battalion, built around the unmanned NMESIS anti-ship launcher.
Hours after Putin agreed “in principle” to new three-way talks, Russia fired 21 ballistic missiles at Kyiv, three with cluster warheads. On Thursday, Putin said the talks would aim at a final deal, not a short truce.
Macron called a defence council for Oct. 23 ahead of another nationwide protest day, as France bans non-union marches, feuds with Trump and watches its borrowing costs climb.
Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer starts at Camp Pendleton, Twentynine Palms and Miramar and is expected to visit 21 bases by the end of December as Hegseth’s senior advisor to the Barracks Task Force.
Australia unveiled modular payloads that let Anduril’s Ghost Shark undersea drone lay sea mines, launch Altius drones and drop supply caches, with some being tested at an AUKUS exercise near San Diego.