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

Send us Fan MailThe 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 teeSupport the showJoin this channel to get access to perks: HEREBuzzsprout Subscription page:  HERERegister for our Operator Training Summit:  OperatorTrainingSummit.comFind an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.comCollabs:Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code:  ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code):  ATACLeteDanger Close Apparel - Promo Code:  ONESREADYDFND Apparel...