Ops Brief 062: Daily Drop - 16 June 2025 (Drones & Alleged F-35 Shoot Downs)

The Pentagon is getting Spiderwebbed, CENTCOM’s begging for a faster arms dealer, and Iran claims it bagged three F-35s (with CGI receipts, naturally). In this no-holds-barred Daily Drop, Jared rips through the absurdity of base security theater, why our military sales process might as well be faxed from 1996, and why trusting SpaceX while threatening to cancel their contracts is peak DoD dysfunction.

Also—Space Force can’t track satellites if you build a Starbucks next to the antenna, China’s nukes are multiplying like rabbits, and apparently 100% ID checks are optional now? Buckle up—this episode’s a napalm blast of reality for anyone still clinging to the myth that we’re “ready” for the next war. Spoiler: We’re not.

🔥 Key Takeaways:

🕷️ Operation Spiderweb proves $500 drones can decimate billion-dollar bombers—Pentagon just realized that’s… bad.
🐌 CENTCOM: “Hey, can we please not take 9 months to sell our allies a flashlight?”
🎭 Iran claims to down F-35s, but forgets AI flight sim footage ≠ real combat footage.
🚫 SpaceX builds our space program, DoD: “We might cancel… because Elon’s mean.”
🎯 Travis AFB airlifted 55,000 lbs of aid while PCS chaos continues to crush morale.
🧠 Gen. Bussiere talks nukes and AI; Jared wonders if any senior leader actually says anything useful on a podcast.
📉 US can't mass 200 fighters without draining the entire planet—awesome.
💥 China’s adding 100 nukes a year while we debate TikTok bans.
🤷‍♂️ Space Force vs. Real Estate Developers: Guess who’s winning?
⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 – Discount code shill (Go get your ATAKALEAK gear)
01:15 – Pentagon wakes up to drone threats after Ukraine’s Spiderweb
02:50 – Why base security is a joke (Nellis fans, buckle up)
03:45 – CENTCOM wants to unfuck Foreign Military Sales
05:00 – Indo-PACOM hits Force Protection Bravo
05:45 – NORTHCOM beefs up security post-assassination
06:30 – U.S. helps Israel block Iranian missiles
07:00 – Gen. Bussiere: Nukes, AI, and the B-21 flex
08:10 – Travis AFB delivers humanitarian aid (C-17 MVP)
08:50 – PCS chaos and why movers keep ghosting
10:00 – Squadron Commander fired less than 30 days in
10:35 – Space Force says "Hell no" to condo builders
11:10 – Space astronaut talks re-entry pain & Space Force roles
11:55 – SpaceX gets Cape Canaveral greenlight (Sorry ULA)
12:30 – Lompoc locals cry over rocket noise
13:00 – White House wants to “review” SpaceX… again
13:40 – Trump allegedly blocks Israeli assassination plans
14:15 – China’s nuclear growth spurt: 600+ warheads
15:00 – Paris Air Show: Everyone wants a B-21 knockoff
15:35 – Can the USAF actually launch a 200-jet strike?
16:30 – Iran’s sketchy “we downed F-35s” propaganda
17:10 – Final Opinion: We’re undertrained, understocked, and underprepared

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