Ops Brief 061: Daily Drop - 13 June 2025 (We Should’ve Kept the Canal — and Nuked the Budget)

The Ones Ready crew is back with your daily drop, and today’s episode is hotter than the LRSO’s payload. Jared breaks down the latest in defense news with a healthy dose of sarcasm, fury, and common sense—none of which were found in the FY26 budget. From the Navy’s sixth-gen fighter dreams to Putin’s never-ending land grab, the episode covers it all. We’re talking U.S. evacuation plans in Bahrain, AFRICOM vs EUCOM turf wars, drone warfare budget gymnastics, and why building a micro nuke in Alaska is finally something to get excited about. Oh, and apparently we’re ready to go to war over Greenland…?

If you like watching bureaucratic chaos unfold in real-time while Jared dunks on generals and defends SpaceX like it’s a religion, this one’s for you.

🔥 Key Takeaways:

🛩️ Navy still wants a sixth-gen fighter… but don’t count on the money.
🇷🇺 Gen. Dan Cain says Putin’s got expansionist dreams—surprise, surprise.
🇵🇦 The Panama Canal is critical, and yeah, Carter may have screwed us.
🌍 AFRICOM might be more about officer jobs than strategic necessity.
🔬 Drone warfare is stuck in budget limbo pending reconciliation.
🚀 Sentinel ICBM testing delayed to 2028… more like “incremental incompetence.”
⚛️ Air Force builds a 5MW nuclear reactor in Alaska—finally, something badass.
💥 The LRSO cruise missile is real, stealthy, and 10x Hiroshima.
🛰️ Space Force gets $29B… but the White House is ghosting on documentation.
🇮🇷 Israel hits Iranian nuke sites while Ukraine experiments with fiber-optic drone defenses.
🏭 Congress wants dual-use defense factories like it’s 1942.
👨‍🚀 Musk vs Trump? Jared sides with SpaceX and the free market.
⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro + Pose Fitness & 18A plugs
01:20 – Navy’s fighter dreams vs Air Force priorities
02:40 – Putin won’t stop at Ukraine? Hot takes from Gen. Cain
03:50 – Greenland and Panama: War games or just posturing?
05:20 – US families get the green light to evacuate Bahrain
06:00 – AFRICOM vs EUCOM: Do we really need both?
07:20 – Drone warfare and budget gridlock explained
08:00 – Sentinel ICBM delay & Nunn-McCurdy shoutout
08:45 – Nuclear microreactors are coming… to Alaska
09:15 – LRSO: 150 kilotons of hell in a stealthy package
10:00 – Space Force funding drama + Peterson lockdown
11:00 – Israel strikes Iran’s nuclear sites
11:35 – Ukraine & NATO’s fiber-optic drone interception tech
12:00 – Congress wants weapons factories fast-tracked
12:30 – Spiderweb strikes & decentralized warfare
13:00 – Musk vs Trump in space: Why Jared sides with chaos
13:28 – Wrap-up & weekend sign-off

🎯 Call-to-Actions:

👍 Like the episode
🔔 Subscribe
💬 Drop a comment with your take
🌟 Leave a review on your favorite podcast app
🪖 Join the Ones Ready Membership
👕 Check out the merch store — you know you want that LRSO tee