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Three fully armed Russian MiG-31s knifed six miles into Estonian airspace toward Tallinn, only to be met by Finnish Hornets and Italian F-35s that herded them out—a brazen, ill-timed probe likely to trigger NATO Article 4 talks and stiffen Western resolve at the worst moment for Putin.
We became the heirs of liberty who preached equality while conquering, cleansing, and corralling a people we called “savages,” and the question still hangs in the air: will we learn from that betrayal—or repeat it?
Free speech isn’t a partisan luxury—it’s the guardrail that keeps America from skidding back into the ditch we saw with the Sedition Act, and any leader who treats criticism as a crime is steering us toward that wall.
As Washington plays chicken with the shutdown clock, Congress brawls over slapping the Moore name back on Benning, and the U.N. snaps sanctions onto Iran—politics colliding with hard power, all at once. Welcome to Saturday, September 27th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.
CTE confirmed in NYC shooter, UN rejects Iran delay, EU plans anti-drone wall. Here’s what’s making headlines this Friday evening.
Anduril is turning Taiwan’s defense from a slow parade of big steel into a swarm-era factory line—eyes in the sky, teeth on target, and a local brain that decides faster than the other guy can swear.
After the winter rains, the Shia south unfurled like a green flag—desert lakes flashing in the morning sun, children in new clothes racing our convoys, vendors offering kabobs, and every smile saying the same thing: Saddam is gone.
In a world where Beijing, Moscow, Tehran, and Pyongyang probe for cracks, we can’t afford partisan whiplash or service parochialism; we need a disciplined, apolitical, truly joint force—built on honor, courage, and commitment—resourced to deter and ready to fight tonight.
When the SECDEF orders 800 of the nation’s top brass to Quantico without a whisper of an agenda, that’s not a meeting—it’s a thunderclap that rattles coffee cups from Ramstein to Okinawa and has every colonel quietly checking his golden parachute.
Trump blocks annexation, Navy retires mine ship, India buys 97 Tejas jets. Your SOFREP intel drop for Friday, September 26, 2025.
Hegseth calls rare military meeting, Dallas ICE attack probed, Iran test suspected. Here’s what’s making headlines this Thursday evening.
Secretary Hegseth’s message, though well-meaning, felt more like recycled political rhetoric than the authentic, forward-looking leadership our troops deserve.