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Watch live: Perseid meteor shower peaks August 12–13 under moonless skies
August 11, 2026 22:16 UTC
The Perseid meteor shower will reach its 2026 maximum during the night of August 12–13, with the International Meteor Organization placing the nominal peak between 02:00 and 04:00 UTC on August 13.
A New Moon on August 12 will eliminate lunar interference, providing excellent conditions for optical observations.
The broader Perseid maximum extends beyond the two-hour nominal peak.
Previous International Meteor Organization (IMO) observations place the traditional broad maximum in a range corresponding in 2026 to approximately 21:00 UTC on August 12 through 09:00 UTC on August 13.
NASA also places the peak from the evening of August 12 into the early hours of August 13. The New Moon on August 12 will leave the sky free of moonlight, allowing fainter meteors to remain visible where weather and local light pollution permit.
Watch live
The Virtual Telescope Project will broadcast the 2026 Perseid meteor shower live and free beginning at 22:30 UTC on August 12. The feed will use an all-sky camera at Manciano, Italy, in the Maremma countryside.
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will hos their watch party live on YouTube, starting at 23:00 CT on August 12.
Throughout the broadcast, they will show real-time sky imagery from Marshall’s Automated Lunar and Meteor Observatory (ALaMO).
Meteoroid experts from Marshall and guest subject matter experts will join the event to discuss the science behind the Perseids and answer your questions in real time.
IMO lists the Perseids as active from July 17 through August 24, with a nominal zenithal hourly rate (ZHR) of 100 and a meteoroid velocity of 59 km/s (37 miles/s).
ZHR represents the calculated rate under ideal observing conditions with the radiant overhead and should not be read as a guarantee that an observer will see 100 meteors in one hour.
The Perseids originate from material released by comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Earth passes through the comet’s debris stream each year, and particles entering the atmosphere at high speed produce the streaks of light seen as meteors.
The shower takes its name from its radiant near the constellation Perseus.
Viewing geometry favors mid-northern latitudes. IMO says the radiant reaches a reasonable elevation from approximately 22:00–23:00 LT onward at mid-northern sites.
The shower cannot be properly viewed from most of the Southern Hemisphere or from latitudes north of approximately 60° N.
NASA advises observers to find a dark, open site, look generally toward the northeast after darkness falls and allow approximately 30 minutes for their eyes to adapt.
Meteors can appear across any part of the sky, and viewing improves later in the night as the Perseid radiant rises higher.
Calculations cited by IMO place Earth at one branch of an old 1079 Swift-Tuttle dust trail at 16:53 UTC on August 12. Because the trail is very old, the calculation provides no estimate of resulting meteor activity.
A separate calculation places an encounter with a weak Swift-Tuttle filament near 01:00 UTC on August 13, with an uncertainty of ±5 hours. The modeled component has an expected ZHR of no more than 43.
IMO notes that the trail and filament could become detectable if the normal Perseid background rate is lower.
Neither calculation establishes an outburst or meteor-storm forecast for 2026. IMO gives no activity estimate for the 1079 trail and describes the second component as a weak filament.
Enhanced activity after the principal maximum has been recorded during some previous Perseid returns, and IMO recommends including the nights around the main maximum in observing programs.
The New Moon on August 12 leaves the 2026 maximum free of lunar interference. IMO describes the conditions as excellent for optical observations, leaving weather, sky darkness and local light pollution as the main constraints for observers.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVRkkrB4eS0 (NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zIBswePr4I (Virtual Telescope Project)
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‘Project Anchor’ Theory Explained: NASA Denies Gravity Will be Switched Off
updated Aug 12, 2026 at 11:18 AM EDT
NASA has responded again to debunked claims that Earth will lose gravity briefly on Wednesday.
Social media has been awash with claims that our planet will briefly lose its gravity on Wednesday, a theory tied to an alleged leaked NASA project known as "Project Anchor."
What Is 'Project Anchor'?
In a January report, fact-checking outlet Snopes examined the “Project Anchor” claim after it began spreading online.
The rumor alleged that a secret NASA document had leaked in November 2024, warning that Earth would briefly “lose gravity” on August 12, 2026, causing mass casualties and global disruption.
Snopes rated the claim false, reporting that it found no credible search results that any such NASA project leaked.
According to Snopes, the story appeared to pick up steam through copy-and-paste social media posts, including an Instagram video that claimed NASA was preparing for a seven-second “gravitational anomaly” but withholding the information from the public.
The posts included dramatic details, such as an alleged $89 billion budget, predictions of tens of millions of deaths, and claims that only selected officials and specialists would be protected in bunkers.
Solar Eclipse, Meteor Shower Expected Wednesday
Today’s date is of astronomical significance, with a total solar eclipse expected to be visible along a path that crosses Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain and a small corner of Portugal.
Other countries in the Northern Hemisphere will also be able to view a partial eclipse, according to NASA—including parts of the northern U.S. (from Alaska to North Carolina), most of Canada, much of Europe, and northwestern Africa.
NASA’s statement added: “A total solar eclipse has no unusual impact on Earth's gravity.
The gravitational attraction of the Sun and Moon on the Earth, which doesn't impact Earth's total gravity, but does impact tidal forces, is well understood and is predictable decades in advance."
The annual Perseid meteor shower is also expected to reach its peak Wednesday night into early Thursday morning, NASA said previously.
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moar
https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/kennedy/pursuing-a-dream-of-working-for-nasa/
https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/earth-science/quality-assessment-report-evaluates-polar-geospatial-center-earthdem-elevation-products/
https://science.nasa.gov/gallery/hubbles-star-clusters/
https://www.uniladtech.com/apple/iphone/apollo-11-guidance-computer-modern-iphone-millions-times-more-powerful-656217-20260812
NASA Completes Astronaut-Deployed Science Instrument for Lunar Surface
Aug 11, 2026
NASA has declared “wrenches down” on the first completed payload designed for Artemis astronauts to deploy on the Moon's surface.
Engineers working on NASA’s Lunar Environment Monitoring Station, or LEMS, have completed hardware development and testing and the payload is ready for its permanent home near the lunar South Pole.
With the hardware complete, LEMS is ready to support one of the Artemis program’s core goals: enabling sustained lunar science and exploration.
The LEMS instrument package contains two highly sensitive seismometers that will monitor ground vibrations from moonquakes and meteorite impacts, providing scientists with insights into the Moon’s interior and the seismic hazards astronauts might encounter at the surface.
Its modular design allows the system to be adapted or expanded to host new instruments in the future, creating a reusable platform that can evolve as scientific priorities grow.
The payload will remain in a clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where it was built, until it is assigned to an Artemis mission for deployment to the lunar surface.
“The completion of the LEMS scientific instrument is a major step in a new era of lunar surface science.
Innovative science experiments will uncover, measure, and reveal the Moon’s secrets while astronauts open new frontiers for discovery,” said Joel Kearns, deputy associate administrator for exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters in Washington.
“And, behind the scenes, countless teams across NASA and our partners are pushing the boundaries of what surface instruments can do, building the tools that will make future exploration possible and safer.”
The LEMS payload builds on a legacy of lunar seismic tracking. Apollo astronauts deployed a network of seismometers on the Moon’s nearside equatorial region between 1969 and 1972.
Those instruments operated until 1977, recording about 13,000 moonquakes and other ground vibrations that helped scientists begin to understand the composition of the Moon’s interior.
For decades, researchers have hoped to spread more seismometers, updated with new technologies, across the lunar surface.
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Now, LEMS will carry the first seismometers to be deployed by future astronauts to listen for faint ground vibrations, collecting new clues to the Moon’s internal structure and ongoing seismic activity.
The sensors will be the most compact, sensitive, and energy-efficient seismometers ever built for planetary exploration.
LEMS itself is about the size of a small suitcase, weighing 11 pounds in the Moon’s low-gravity environment. It will carry not just these seismic sensors, but everything it needs to function independently of humans after deployment.
LEMS is built to manage its own power production via a lightweight, flexible solar array that conforms to the shape of the LEMS unit. It also will manage its operational activities to ensure continuous data collection based on a preset plan, and monthly data transmission to Earth.
The payload will do all this while maintaining a stable internal temperature throughout the massive day-to-night temperature swings of the South Pole region.
“When we conceived of LEMS, we weren’t just thinking about the next mission, we were thinking about the next generation of lunar exploration,” said Mehdi Benna, a University of Maryland Baltimore County scientist who leads LEMS from NASA Goddard.
“Our vision was to create a scientific buoy for the Moon. Like an ocean buoy on Earth, LEMS is designed to be easy to build, adaptable to different scientific objectives, and capable of operating independently for years.”
Before any surface science could happen, Benna and his team had to ensure that LEMS could survive the trip to the Moon and the harsh environment of its surface.
Over the past five months, LEMS and its components have been subjected to a demanding series of environmental and operational tests.
Engineers verified LEMS can endure the violent shaking of launch, the journey to the lunar surface, and the Moon’s temperature and radiation environment.
The team also showed that the instrument package’s mechanical and electrical design is safe for astronaut handling.
The LEMS payload was built to operate through the lunar night, which lasts two Earth weeks, without external power assistance or a heat source. Past lunar surface instruments relied on radioisotope heaters for warmth and power.
But LEMS instead will withstand temperatures that dip to minus 400 degrees Fahrenheit in some areas by using advanced insulation materials, low-thermal-conductivity cables that minimize heat loss, and a thermal regulator that conducts heat away during the day to prevent overheating and helps retain heat at night.
These innovations reduce mass and power needs, setting the stage for lighter, energy-efficient instruments that can operate continuously at future Artemis landing sites and the NASA-led Moon Base.
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Crew Works Vein Scans For Health and Suit Checks for Spacewalk
August 11, 2026 3:14PM
Vein scans and spacesuit checks were the top duties for the Expedition 75 crew aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. The orbital residents also continued their Earth photography sessions, cargo operations, and life support maintenance.
Station commander Jessica Meir kicked off her shift collecting blood samples inside the Columbus laboratory module for the Venous Flow investigation that is exploring how microgravity affects the circulatory system.
Afterward, she spun the samples in a centrifuge, analyzed the samples for signs of space-caused blood issues, then stowed the samples in a science freezer for preservation.
NASA flight engineer Jack Hathaway took charge of Tuesday’s first set of vein scans operating the Ultrasound 3 biomedical device to observe Meir’s internal jugular veins then measured her blood pressure.
Meir and Hathaway also took part in the second set of vein scans after lunchtime taking turns using the Ultrasound 3 with flight engineers Anil Menon of NASA, Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) and Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, both from Roscosmos.
Doctors on the ground monitored the ultrasound scans in real-time to understand the risk of blood flow anomalies and blood clots during a spaceflight.
Hathaway, Menon, and Adenot also worked together throughout Tuesday servicing spacesuit gear ahead of a spacewalk planned for Tuesday, Aug. 18.
The trio took turns swapping spacesuit components inside the Quest airlock where Menon and Adenot will exit the orbital outpost next week.
The spacewalking duo will spend about six-and-a-half hours swapping out a high-speed data and communications antenna on the station’s Z1 truss segment.
Roscosmos flight engineer Andrey Fedyaev had a busy Tuesday, first starting his shift photographing landmarks throughout Africa and Eastern Europe. Next, Fedyaev spent the rest of his day inside the Zarya module troubleshooting electronics gear and laptop computers.
Dubrov began his day cleaning smoke detectors in the Poisk module then wrapped up his shift loading obsolete hardware inside the Progress 94 cargo spacecraft for disposal when it departs in September.
Kikina worked primarily inside the Zvezda service module maintaining the ventilation system and cleaning areas behind the panels inside Zarya.
https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/08/11/crew-works-vein-scans-for-health-and-suit-checks-for-spacewalk/
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https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/for-kids-and-students/what-is-the-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-grades-5-8/
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/lion-nebula-roars-in-webbs-sights/
https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/community/call-for-white-papers-multi-cycle-treasury-program-concepts-with-jwst/
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman
@NASAAdmin
To realize the future in space that many of us dreamed about as children, it cannot be perpetually funded by taxpayers alone.
Some of the wealthiest entrepreneurs in America, alongside private capital, are contributing resources to solve the hardest engineering problems, for the competitiveness of the nation, for all we hope to discover and achieve, and ultimately for all mankind.
2:16 PM · Aug 11, 2026
https://x.com/NASAAdmin/status/2087287149368312071
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https://x.com/JerryMoran/status/2087353361679139189
SpaceX could make $500 billion in 2028, Elon Musk says
August 11, 2026
SpaceX is an AI company now, and it sees huge money in the burgeoning field.
SpaceX isn't a launch company anymore.
SpaceX is famous for launching, and landing, its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets and sending astronauts to space aboard its Dragon crew capsule.
Recently, however, the company has been transitioning into an artificial intelligence (AI) outfit — and that journey is now mostly complete.
"Our AI revenue will exceed all other SpaceX revenue probably in September — like, next month — and will significantly exceed all other SpaceX revenue in in the fourth quarter," company founder and CEO Elon Musk said during an address to employees that the company posted on X today (Aug. 11). "So, AI has become an extremely important part of SpaceX's future."
Earlier this year, SpaceX bought xAI, a startup that Musk founded in 2023. xAI created the chatbot Grok and also operates a powerful supercomputer cluster in Tennessee called Colossus.
But that was just the beginning. Musk laid out just how deeply SpaceX is diving into AI during his 29-minute talk, which came a week after SpaceX's first-ever quarterly earnings call as a public company.
"Probably in four or five years, AI will be 99% of the value of SpaceX; I'd say five years for sure," Musk said. "And the value of SpaceX will be some astronomical number."
Astronomical is right. According to Musk, the company aims to get 10 gigawatts of AI compute up and running by the end of next year. That's a big jump from its current 1.4 GW, which SpaceX sells to tech companies and AI labs.
"The value per watt is probably going to be 30 to $50, which means if we bring 10 gigawatts of AI online by the end of next year, it will be 300 to $500 billion a year in revenue," he said. "Big numbers."
And those numbers will get even bigger over time, if all goes according to plan.
SpaceX just announced plans to build a gigantic complex in Texas called Terafab, a joint operation with Tesla that will manufacture advanced semiconductor chips for a wide range of applications.
And the company aims to launch a million of its "Starmind" AI satellites to low Earth orbit in the coming years using its fully reusable Starship megarocket, which is still in development.
Over the longer haul, the company plans to establish factories on the moon that will build these off-Earth data centers.
The satellites will be launched into space from the lunar surface via electromagnetic mass drivers — basically, high-powered rail guns.
SpaceX envisions Starmind and its other AI efforts as returning almost unimaginable profits down the road.
For example, in paperwork the company filed just before its record-breaking IPO, SpaceX identified an eventual "total addressable market" of $28.5 trillion, nearly $23 trillion of it in the AI field.
For some perspective: The gross domestic product of the entire United States last year was about $30.8 trillion.
"The future is fundamentally AI and robots," Musk said during his address to employees.
"Assuming civilization continues to progress, I think that AI will probably — the amount of digital intelligence will probably be more than a trillion times the amount of biological intelligence."
He also said he's not just in this for the money.
"It's important that we have an AI that cares about humanity, that fosters humanity and helps take us to other planets and other star systems," Musk said.
"This is why I think it's essential that SpaceX succeed not just with AI hardware but also with AI software," he added. "I think an AI that is sort of SpaceX's baby will be a very good AI.
I think SpaceX is a collection of some of the very best humans on Earth, both in capability and morality and goodness."
He urged SpaceX employees to aid the company's AI efforts in any way that they can, stressing that success could lead to some amazing vacations.
"One of the nice benefits of this also is that anyone at SpaceX who wants to go to the moon or Mars will be able to go in the future," he said. "You have my word."
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https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2087409075009274035
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1pvJu79dPM
Scientists Release Biggest 2D Map of the Universe
10 August 2026
The new DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys map serves as the foundation for the largest-ever 3D map of the Universe, used to investigate dark energy
Hold on to your telescopes: the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys team has released the largest-ever 2D map of the Universe.
The 5.6-trillion-pixel map contains nearly four billion celestial objects, including stars, galaxies, black holes, and asteroids. The data are available for all to use and are publicly viewable through the Legacy Survey Sky Viewer.
Astronomers and citizen scientists can combine the map with their own observations to better understand our Universe.
Researchers can search for rare phenomena like gravitational lenses, observe fleeting events like supernovae, and investigate two of physics’ biggest mysteries: dark matter, the invisible substance that accounts for most of the mass in our Universe, and dark energy, the force driving our Universe’s accelerating expansion.
The new map builds on earlier versions from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys that have already proved invaluable. To date, more than 1800 science papers have been published referencing the Legacy Surveys’ data.
“It’s part of the fabric of astronomy research now,” says David Schlegel, a co-lead of the Legacy Surveys and scientist at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).
“When you're working with astronomical objects today, you often start by pulling up the Legacy Imaging Viewer to see what you’re looking at.”
Covering roughly 75% of the sky in visible and near-infrared light, the updated map provides a deep view of the extragalactic Universe not blocked by the dust and stars of our own Milky Way.
Researchers expect it will remain the most comprehensive 2D map of our Universe for years to come.
More than 160 scientists contributed to data collection for the project, and a team of 20 produced the final dataset released today. It was built by combining 263,407 telescope exposures from three ground-based sky surveys:
The Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey (DECaLS), conducted by the 570-megapixel Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera (DECam), mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Victor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at NSF Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a Program of NSF NOIRLab.
The Mayall z-band Legacy Survey (MzLS), conducted by the NSF Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at NSF Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), a Program of NSF NOIRLab.
The Beijing-Arizona Sky Survey (BASS) at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory, conducted with the UA Bok 2.3-meter Telescope at KPNO and supplemented by years of data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite mission.
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In addition to the extended file collection, the DESI Legacy Surveys’ full catalog of data is made available as a searchable database via the Astro Data Lab at the Community Science and Data Center (CSDC), a Program of NSF NOIRLab.
These services are accessible to the entire astronomy community to facilitate data access and analysis.
“Explorations of our Universe always start with images of the night sky. The DESI Imaging Legacy Surveys are just one step in this venerable human tradition,” says Arjun Dey, co-lead of the Legacy Surveys and an astronomer at NSF NOIRLab.
“For our team, these data are fundamental to the investigation of the expansion history of the Universe and the formation of our galaxy. But the skies belong to everyone, and this survey gives everyone the chance to marvel at their wonders.”
The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys were originally conducted to prepare for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) survey.
The Legacy Surveys’ 2D map is essentially a deep photograph of the sky; it records where galaxies and stars appear and how bright they appear.
This crucial step enables DESI to select objects and measure their light in different wavelengths to determine their distances, building the largest high-resolution 3D map ever made.
Scientists use this map to study the way galaxies have clustered at different ages of the Universe to track dark energy over time.
In April 2026, DESI completed its original five-year survey ahead of schedule and with vastly more objects than expected.
The early results have shown surprising hints that dark energy’s impact may be weakening over time — a paradigm shift that could potentially shape the predicted fate of our Universe.
DESI expects to publish improved results using its first five years of data in 2027 and is continuing observations into 2028.
Beyond supporting DESI, the Legacy Surveys will be a foundational reference for the next generation of telescopes.
As new observatories like NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, jointly funded by the NSF and DOE’s Office of Science (DOE/SC), and NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope come online, researchers can compare their observations with one of the deepest and most comprehensive views of the sky ever assembled.
The Legacy Surveys’ data will also help scientists train artificial intelligence tools to analyze petabytes of astronomical data and accelerate new discoveries.
It will be among the datasets used in an astrophysics pilot project within the American Science Cloud, part of the DOE’s Genesis Mission.
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Army Space, Golden Dome take center stage on opening day of SMD Symposium
August 12, 2026
The 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium opened Tuesday with a message that carried from the first military briefing of the morning to one of the most anticipated updates of the afternoon: the threat is changing quickly, and the military and defense industry have to move with speed.
Lt. Gen. John Rafferty, commanding general of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, delivered the first major military update of SMD after Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle welcomed attendees to the Von Braun Center.
Rafferty was followed by U.S. Space Command and international space panels before Gen. Michael Guetlein, direct reporting program manager for Golden Dome for America, took the stage Tuesday afternoon.
Rafferty: Huntsville a ‘strategic advantage’
Rafferty began with Huntsville itself, pointing to the concentration of military, government and private industry surrounding Redstone Arsenal.
“I don’t think the visionaries of Operation Paperclip who brought those captured scientists here to North Alabama could have imagined the type of ecosystem that they would create,” Rafferty said. “It really is a national treasure and definitely a strategic advantage.”
Operation Paperclip was a U.S. government program that brought more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers and technicians to the United States after World War II to advance American military and space research.
Among them was Wernher von Braun, who came to Huntsville with his rocket team and helped establish the foundation for the city’s emergence as a center of U.S. space and missile technology.
Rafferty’s focus quickly turned to a rapidly evolving threat environment.
“The threat and the pace of change is remarkable,” Rafferty said.
Among Rafferty’s updates and priorities:
SMDC has added the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command and 263rd Army Air and Missile Defense Command to its forces and established Joint Task Force-Gold to help deliver Golden Dome for America.
Forces under the 32nd have spent the past 14 months in what Rafferty called “the largest air missile defense fight in U.S. history.”
He said 125 ballistic missiles were successfully engaged during the “12-day war” and more than 1,200 ballistic, cruise missile and unmanned aircraft threats have been neutralized during Operation Epic Fury.
SMDC is pushing for a broader missile defeat strategy that goes beyond interceptors to include electronic warfare, directed energy, data and integrated command and control.
Rafferty said the command will seek a closer relationship with the defense industry, telling attendees, “Today I pledge that SMDC is going to be a great teammate.”
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Rafferty also challenged the industry to accept more development risk at home to reduce the risk faced by service members in combat.
“If we really mean it that we’ll never forget, then we’ll be willing to take risks,” Rafferty said. “Not operational risk. We’ll be willing to take schedule risk, investment risk, technical risk, take the operational risk and minimize it and take the risk back here.”
Golden Dome moves from concept to construction
By Tuesday afternoon, attention shifted to Golden Dome, where Guetlein said the homeland missile defense initiative has moved rapidly from presidential directive to contracts, testing and construction.
“Golden Dome did not exist a year ago,” Guetlein said. “It was a concept that came out of the EO, but it didn’t exist.”
Now, Guetlein said, “We are digging dirt around the homeland.”
Among the updates:
Golden Dome has its first operational site and is working toward delivering capabilities in summer 2028.
Guetlein said the program has completed two “phenomenally successful” tests.
Of $22.5 billion available, he said 90% is obligated and 95% committed.
Radars, launchers, space-based interceptors, hypersonic ballistic tracking and a space data network are under contract.
Guetlein continues to estimate the architecture at approximately $185 billion.
He described Golden Dome as a “systems of systems, multi domain layered architecture” designed to counter conventional and nuclear threats approaching the homeland from air, land, sea and space.
But Guetlein also identified a major hurdle ahead: fiscal 2027 funding.
Golden Dome’s initial funding came through reconciliation rather than the regular defense budget, meaning a continuing resolution would not provide the program the same funding bridge available to established programs.
“I will tell you that if they don’t figure it out, there is no Golden Dome because there is no funding,” Guetlein said.
Still, he expressed confidence Congress will find a way forward.
“I believe we’re going to figure this budget problem out,” Guetlein said. “I think the nation’s going to come together in a very bipartisan manner and figure out what needs to be done.”
Guetlein also made clear to the hundreds of companies filling the Von Braun Center have a role to play. He said he has already met one-on-one with more than 500 companies about Golden Dome challenges and potential solutions.
He announced the of an online Ecosystem Hub where companies can submit ideas and capabilities for consideration. Guetlein said submissions are vetted for security and potential foreign influence, with teams also available to help companies protect their intellectual property and networks.
Golden Dome has also created a digital environment designed to bring program data together and allow industry, academia and government partners to work with that data and develop potential solutions.
“We are open for business, we are testing, we are delivering capabilities, we are digging dirt,” Guetlein said.
SMD continues Wednesday, with U.S. Space Command Commander Gen. Stephen Whiting scheduled to deliver a USSPACECOM update at 8:45 a.m. as the command begins its transition to Redstone Arsenal.
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Vance dresses down Zelensky over Black Sea tanker attacks – FT
12 Aug, 2026 15:09 | Updated 12 Aug, 2026 16:58
Washington was unhappy with Kiev launching drone attacks on vessels carrying oil to a terminal co-owned by US companies, the article says
The US has called Ukraine to heel for targeting oil tankers in the Black Sea after Kiev began launching drone attacks on vessels sailing to a partly US-owned Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal in Russia, the Financial Times has reported.
Ukrainian drone raids targeting the CPC – which funnels Kazakh crude across southern Russia to a marine terminal near Novorossiysk, from where tankers carry it onward to Europe and Asia – have tested Washington's patience to the limit, prompting US Vice-President J.D. Vance to press Vladimir Zelensky to shut down the attacks during a July 31 phone call, unidentified Ukrainian officials told the FT.
The CPC route incorporates a combination of Russian, Kazakh, and Western interests, with Chevron and ExxonMobil among the heavyweight US shareholders.
According to the newspaper's sources, Vance told Zelensky that Ukraine was not only harming the interests of American companies, but also rattling oil markets, which are already under strain due to the still-ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran.
Zelensky appears to have quickly caved and called off strikes on tankers near the CPC terminal, as long as they are not under Ukrainian sanctions or carrying Russian cargo.
“We very carefully listen to our American partners,” a senior Ukrainian official told the newspaper, saying Kiev had installed new ‘mechanisms’ after the US intervened.
Ukraine also reportedly attempted to use the strikes as a bargaining chip in talks with the US. An FT source claimed that Kiev had agreed to Washington’s request because it was seeking a US license to produce desperately needed Patriot interceptor missiles.
While US President Donald Trump promised a license in early July, he later walked back on that pledge, while reportedly declining to send additional air defense missiles due to a shortfall caused by the Iran war.
Russia has denounced Ukraine’s attacks on oil tankers as “terrorist acts,” while accusing Kiev of targeting civilian infrastructure. Kazakhstan also protested the drone raids, though without directly blaming Ukraine.
It called the strikes on civilian vessels moving CPC crude as an “unacceptable infringement” on its economic interests and warned that they risked destabilizing lawful trade, energy markets, and global supply chains.
However, Kiev publicly refused to accept responsibility and urged Kazakhstan and other affected countries to “refrain from making hasty and unfounded accusations.”
https://www.rt.com/news/644171-vance-dresses-down-zelensky-black-sea-drones/
extra RT
https://www.rt.com/russia/644154-putin-western-cargo-ships/
https://www.rt.com/russia/644166-ukraine-patriot-missile-shortage/
https://www.rt.com/russia/644133-novorossiysk-krasondar-drone-ukraine/
https://www.rt.com/russia/644149-moscow-mocks-romanian-evidence-drone/
https://www.rt.com/news/644173-most-poles-want-unemployed-ukrainian-men-deported-poll/
https://www.rt.com/russia/644163-sanctions-payment-a7-fradkov/
https://www.rt.com/news/644164-uk-russia-miiltary-dialogue/
https://www.rt.com/russia/644089-aerospace-forces-day-showcase/
https://www.rt.com/russia/644165-russian-military-drone-pilot/
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/08/12/ukraine-strike-russia-biggest-lpg-plant-tobolsk-fuel-rationing/
https://news.az/news/major-russian-oil-refinery-shuts-down-after-ukrainian-drone-strike
other Russia and Ukraine
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/82213
https://english.nv.ua/nation/ukraine-strikes-russian-drone-control-relay-station-in-occupied-crimea-50632019.html
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/82182
https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/12/russia-calls-off-its-annual-combat-drone-jamboree-worried-ukraine-would-strike-the-event
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-black-sea-attack-9eadff0d7590923e3d98c99e2b61150b
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukrainian-drone-strikes-burn-59-billion-in-goods-at-russias-wildberries-warehouses-21622
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-and-ukrainian-forces-went-head-to-head-in-an-exercise-ukraines-drones-won-cc3663d5
https://united24media.com/world/russian-ships-use-first-and-second-world-war-camo-and-cages-against-ukrainian-drones-21626
Ukraine’s drone strike shut Russia’s biggest LPG plant as fuel rationing returned in 16 regions
12/08/2026
The strike hit the plant’s entry unit 2,200 kilometers behind the front, taking 40% of Russia’s LPG production offline indefinitely.
A Ukrainian drone strike shut the plant that produces 40% of Russia’s liquefied petroleum gas on 10 August, and the country’s fuel crisis snapped back across at least 16 regions within days.
The shutdown of the Sibur ZapSibNefteKhim complex in Tobolsk, western Siberia, removes about six million metric tons of annual LPG capacity from a fuel system that was already under strain.
Gasoline restrictions had begun easing across Russia at the end of July, when Ukrainian drones temporarily shifted to other targets. When the strikes resumed in early August, fuel rationing returned immediately, the independent Russian outlet 7×7 reported.
Three industry sources told Reuters on Tuesday that the complex stopped operations indefinitely “while the extent of the damage and its consequences are being assessed.”
No LPG volumes were offered from the Tobolsk delivery point on Russia’s commodity exchange—a point that earlier this year handled about 4,000 metric tons of propane-butane mix per day. Sibur declined to comment.
A strike on one unit stopped the entire plant
Tyumen Oblast Governor Aleksandr Moor confirmed a fire at an industrial site following a drone attack but did not identify the facility.
Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces Deep Strike units, working with the Russian insurgent movement Chornaya Iskra (Black Spark), claimed the strike. The plant sits more than 2,200 kilometers from the front line.
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Militarnyi’s OSINT analysis identified the specific target as the complex’s central gas fractionation unit—the plant’s entry point, where raw hydrocarbons are separated into usable products before anything else in the production chain can run.
About half of ZapSibNefteKhim’s output feeds Sibur’s own petrochemical complex in Tobolsk; the rest goes to market.
Sibur held contracts to supply feedstock to defense-industry enterprises, including the Kamenskiy Kombinat, which produces solid rocket fuel and motors for the Grad, Smerch, and Uragan rocket systems.
Sibur also supplied the Perm Gunpowder Plant, which makes charges for multiple-launch rocket systems, air-defense complexes, and cruise missile boosters, Militarnyi also reported. The Sverdlov Plant and Biysk Oleum Plant, both explosives manufacturers, were also Sibur clients.
Fuel rationing returned within days
Across at least 16 regions, the fuel restrictions that had briefly eased in July are back, 7×7 reported.
In Sochi—Russia’s most famous beach resort—Mayor Andrei Proshunin said on Telegram that fuel was available at only 38 of the city’s 58 gas stations. Deputy Mayor Vyacheslav Bauer told residents and tourists to use public transport or stop driving, the Moscow Times reported.
In Bashkortostan, authorities banned gasoline sales in canisters, leaving at least one resident unable to fuel his lawnmower—as he complained to regional head Radiy Khabirov during a televised address, a Bashkortostan outlet reported.
Production at the Ufa petrochemical complex is unaffected by the drone strikes, Khabirov said.
Still, the shortage persists for a different reason: every time a drone-alert protocol is activated, fuel tankers halt en route to gas stations, regional official Elena Prochakovsky explained at a briefing reported by Prufy. T
hree districts remain in a fuel “red zone,” and 19 of 26 gas stations in Sterlitamak are operating.
Lipetsk Oblast Governor Igor Artamonov told residents not to expect improvement for one to two weeks, Lipetsk outlet Ploshchad reported. “If you can leave 10 liters unfilled, the person arriving on empty will thank you,” he said.
Russia’s fuel system was already breaking
The Tobolsk shutdown lands on an already fractured system. By mid-July, fuel rationing had spread to more than half of Russia’s regions.
Ukraine’s drone campaign had struck Russian refineries 194 times in the first half of 2026 alone—eleven times the previous year’s pace—knocking nearly half the country’s refining capacity offline, Ukraine’s General Staff reported on 4 July.
Repair timelines keep slipping because sanctions block the spare parts Russian plants need.
To plug the gap, Russia has banned gasoline exports, permitted lower-grade fuel, and begun importing gasoline from India and Morocco, refined from its own crude—shipping it 14,000 kilometers home because its refineries cannot meet domestic demand.
The Tobolsk shutdown removes more LPG output than any single strike of the war. Russia was already rationing fuel in more than half its regions before this strike.
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https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/2026-08-12/live-updates-905257
other Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-it-targeted-hamas-commander-in-airstrike-on-northern-gaza/
https://worldisraelnews.com/hamas-ramped-up-use-of-torture-on-gazans-after-october-2025-ceasefire-idf/
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h149igq8ze
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/levant-turkey/artc-britain-italy-switzerland-and-indonesia-considered-for-hezbollah-disarmament-verification-mission-report
https://breakingthenews.net/Article/IDF-mistakenly-launches-interceptor-in-south-Lebanon/66900623
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/defense/artc-west-bank-idf-evacuate-settler-outpost-in-palestinian-village-after-two-day-standoff
https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/idf-central-command-dismissal-calls
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1hrwz9ife
https://vinnews.com/2026/08/12/idf-identifies-burial-site-of-soldier-killed-in-cyprus-nearly-78-years-ago/
Live Updates: Israeli defense officials rethinking all war fronts as IDF reportedly strikes southern Lebanon
August 12, 2026
Trump covertly escorted off Air Force One to another plane • Iranian official says US blockade worse than war • Israeli officials say LAF not doing enough on the ground
August 12, 4:06 PM
IDF striking in southern Lebanon, local reports say
The IDF conducted strikes near Tyre in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, according to Israeli media outlets citing Lebanese reports.
August 12, 4:04 PM
Iran, US not discussing ceasefire extension, senior Iranian official says
"There has been absolutely no progress on this issue," the source added.
There were no discussions between Iran and the United States to extend their ceasefire because, from Tehran's perspective, the deal had no start date and therefore had nothing to extend, a senior Iranian source told Reuters on Wednesday.
The source's comments came after Turkey's Anadolu news agency, citing Pakistani government sources, reported on Wednesday that Tehran and Washington had agreed to extend a 60-day ceasefire under their interim deal signed in June.
August 12, 2:33 PM
Hamas intensified Gaza torture, interrogations post-Oct. 2025 ceasefire, IDF Arabic spox says
Hamas employs physical violence, blackmail, psychological threats and harm, prolonged isolation, and a range of other forms of mistreatment, the IDF said.
Hamas has intensified interrogations and torture against Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire came into effect in October 2025, IDF Arabic Spokesperson Lt.-Col. Ella Waweya said on Wednesday.
The IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) say that Hamas has ramped up efforts to bolster its authority over residents throughout the Gaza Strip.
"The torture operations and harsh investigations carried out by the terrorist organization Hamas against civilians from all segments of society do not spare minors or women, and are conducted using public facilities," Waweya wrote in a post on X/Twitter.
August 12, 2:13 PM
Iran, US did not discuss ceasefire extension, says senior Iranian official
There were no discussions between Iran and the United States to extend the ceasefire because, from Tehran's perspective, the deal had no start date and therefore there was nothing to extend, a senior Iranian source told Reuters on Wednesday.
August 12, 1:26 PM
Settler extremists clash with IDF after outpost evacuation, lay siege to West Bank village
Extremists appear to be dismantling fences, blocking roads, and besieging the area near Kusra, in footage seen by The Jerusalem Post.
Dozens of settler extremists clashed with the IDF on Wednesday morning near Kusra, in the northern West Bank, after the military evacuated an outpost that was set up in the area.
The entire area has previously been declared a closed military zone.
Border Police officers were dispatched to the scene, and the IDF brought additional soldiers to reinforce the area.
In footage seen by The Jerusalem Post, extremists appear to be dismantling fences, blocking roads, and besieging the area.
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August 12, 1:25 PM
Iran refined drone, missile attacks to overwhelm air defenses as US ran low on Patriots - report
The IRGC used missiles that could suddenly change course, forcing the US to use scarce interceptor missiles, according to the reports.
As the US-Iran war progressed, Iran adapted how it attacked US military bases in the Middle East, which forced the US to use its already scarce supply of Patriot interceptors, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
During five days in June, Iran launched waves of drones and missiles at US forces on three bases in Jordan, aiming to overwhelm American air defenses. The IRGC used missiles that could suddenly change course, forcing the US to use scarce interceptor missiles, the NYT reported.
On July 17, an Iranian strike in Jordan hit a housing unit on a US base, killing three soldiers.
August 12, 1:24 PM
Palestinian suspects steal pipes near Yellow Line in Gaza, IDF responds too slowly to apprehend
An investigation conducted in the field described the incident as "not good," as concerns were raised over Hamas potentially testing the alertness of IDF troops.
IDF observers identified several Palestinian suspects in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday afternoon as they approached the Yellow Line and managed to steal iron pipes. The information was quickly relayed to a force operating in the area, which deployed a drone toward the suspects, but the attempt was unsuccessful, and the Palestinians escaped unharmed.
The Palestinians did not cross the Yellow Line, but they did manage to steal the pipes a short distance away, a security official familiar with the details of the incident said.
An investigation conducted in the field described the incident as "not good," as commanders on the ground said the IDF's response time should have been faster and concerns were raised over Hamas potentially testing IDF troops' alertness.
August 12, 1:23 PM
US may model Iran uranium extraction on recent Syrian nuclear operation, Israeli officials assess
Israeli defense officials believe that, despite the slim chances, the White House is seeking to signal to Israel that a similar model could be applied in Iran, subject to an agreement with Tehran.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) operation to remove nuclear material from a site in Syria may be used as a model for a similar operation to extract Iran's highly enriched uranium, Israeli security officials assessed this week.
One security official said in a closed forum this week, amid a backdrop of negotiations between the US and Iran, that “the situation with Iran remains tense. We are alert and prepared. It could deteriorate within a matter of days. Within weeks or within months. It is in the air.”
Amid reports in recent days that the United States is working to remove components of a nuclear project from Syria, Israeli defense officials believe that, despite the slim chances, the White House is seeking to signal to Israel that a similar model could be applied in Iran, subject to an agreement with the extremist regime in Tehran.
August 12, 10:51 AM
Three Pakistani nationals killed, one wounded in Houthi attack in Red Sea
Three Pakistani nationals were killed, and one was wounded in a Houthi attack on a commercial vessel in the Red Sea, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar wrote on X/Twitter on Wednesday morning.
I have learnt with deep concern about the unfortunate incident involving an attack on a commercial vessel in the Red Sea. According to the information available so far, three Pakistani nationals have lost their lives and one has sustained injuries in the incident. We extend our…
"Pakistan strongly condemns the Houthi attack on a non-combatant commercial vessel. Such attacks endanger innocent lives, constitute a violation of international law, and pose a serious threat to freedom of navigation, maritime security, and the safety of commercial shipping in the Red Sea," he wrote.
August 12, 10:45 AM
Four drones hit Iranian Kurdish opposition camps near Iraq's Erbil, sources say
Four drones hit three Iranian Kurdish opposition camps near Erbil in Iraq on Wednesday, with no casualties reported, security sources told Reuters.
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Drone disrupts another German airport: "hybrid activity" not ruled out
12 August 2026, Wednesday, 16:31
Main points
Drone temporarily disrupts Hanover airport in Germany.
Investigators do not rule out hybrid activity.
The incident occurred a few days after a drone with an explosive device was discovered at Leipzig/Halle airport.
A drone temporarily disrupted the operation of Hanover airport in Germany, and the detection system did not record it for about two hours. Investigators do not rule out that this could be "hybrid activity".
This is what Die Welt writes.
For two hours on Tuesday night, a drone was able to fly over Hanover-Langenhagen airport without being detected by the federal police's detection systems. The drone was first noticed by an employee of a logistics company before 4 am.
As an airport spokeswoman told the German news agency, the runways were repeatedly temporarily closed between just before 4 am and around 5:20 am. Six tourist passenger flights were delayed as a result.
A cargo plane from Paris was diverted. Flights were back on schedule this morning, the spokeswoman said.
The airport has forwarded questions to the Federal Police regarding the circumstances surrounding the drone's discovery.
The investigation has been transferred to the state security unit of the Central Criminal Police Office in Hanover. In order not to jeopardize the work, no further information on the progress of the investigation will be provided at this time.
Spiegel, citing an internal police report, also reported that "hybrid activity cannot be ruled out." However, the report says it is also not yet possible to answer the question of whether there is a connection to the drone attack in Leipzig.
However, there are indications that this may not have been a standard drone. This is supported by the fact that the drone was not detected by "currently available and operational drone detection devices."
In addition, the relatively long flight time - about two hours - also provides grounds for such assumptions.
The incident occurred a few days after the discovery of a drone equipped with explosives at Leipzig/Halle Airport on the night of August 5.
In this case, the Federal Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation on suspicion of an attempt to cause an explosion of explosives, as well as dangerous interference with air traffic.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, according to Die Zeit, during the drone incident at the German airport, a drone with explosives crashed into the wing of a Ukrainian plane, which usually houses fuel tanks. The explosion did not occur.
Also, DNA was found on the drone with explosives found near the Ukrainian plane at Leipzig Airport, which was previously recorded in another case in Lithuania.
https://ukranews.com/en/news/1168318-drone-disrupts-another-german-airport-hybrid-activity-not-ruled-out
other Germany drones
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/e-boss-warns-drone-attack-144830379.html
https://www.delfi.lt/en/politics/pm-awaits-intelligence-update-on-leipzig-drone-dna-match-120289202
Suspected RSF drones strike Sudan's Khartoum and Al Obeid
12 Aug 2026 16:54
Drones suspected of having been launched by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) struck three cities, including the capital Khartoum, on Wednesday, residents said.
The drones hit an area west of Omdurman, part of the greater capital region and home to large army bases, according to residents. Bahri, another city forming part of the Nile-side capital, was also targeted, The National reported.
Drones also struck the industrial city of Atbara, north of Khartoum, as well as Al Obeid, a key city in the central Kordofan region that has been under partial siege by the RSF for months.
Media reports that could not immediately be confirmed said at least two people were killed and six injured when the drones struck Al Obeid. Residents said the apparent target was a base housing the army’s Fifth Infantry Division.
Residents in the capital reported seeing drones flying over the city before hearing loud explosions shortly after dawn. They could not determine the specific targets that were hit.
Videos posted online showed columns of black smoke rising above the capital, as well as footage of damaged buildings.
The National was not immediately able to verify the authenticity of the videos, and there was no immediate statement from either the RSF or the Sudanese Armed Forces — the other warring party in the civil conflict — regarding Wednesday’s drone attacks.
The attacks came a day after the RSF announced the capture of the town of Qayssan in the southern Blue Nile region, near the South Sudan border.
They also followed last month’s capture by the army and its allies of a key Kordofan city and several areas along a vital motorway leading to Khartoum.
Most of the recent fighting in Sudan’s civil war has been concentrated in Kordofan, where the RSF and its allies are seeking to complete a sweep of the resource-rich region after taking near-total control of neighboring Darfur last year.
The RSF also controls parts of Blue Nile State, while the army controls the capital and the northern, eastern and central regions.
The war broke out in April 2023 after months of tensions between army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah Al Burhan and RSF commander Gen. Mohamed Dagalo over their respective roles in a democratic Sudan escalated into open hostilities.
With the war now in its fourth year, tens of thousands of people are believed to have been killed and about 14 million displaced. The war has also created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with an estimated 20 million people grappling with hunger.
https://news.az/news/suspected-rsf-drones-strike-sudan-s-khartoum-and-al-obeid
Drone strike in western Libya torches a power substation, triggering outages
Updated 10:07 AM PDT, August 12, 2026
CAIRO (AP) — A drone strike ignited a fire at an electrical substation in western Libya on Wednesday, knocking the facility out of service in the latest of a wave of attacks on energy and oil infrastructure that threaten to plunge the country into further chaos.
The state-run General Electricity Company said in a statement that a power substation in the city of Zawiya that links power plants to homes and businesses was completely burned down.
The city of about 250,000 people has been rattled by a series of drone strikes that hit oil and power facilities. Zawiya is home to critical energy infrastructure, including Libya’s largest oil refinery, an export terminal and a power plant.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the drone strikes.
The attacks come as tensions are rising between the government of Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, who governs western Libya, and warlord Mohamed Bahroun, who controls the city of Zawiya. Much of western Libya is ruled by local militias loosely allied to Dbeibah’s government in Tripoli.
The country has been divided for years between rival administrations, each backed by armed groups and foreign governments. Dbeibah governs western Libya and the administration of Prime Minister Ossama Hammad governs the eastern part of the country.
The power company said the attack resulted in outages across southern parts of the city, which is located about 47 kilometers (29 miles) west of the capital Tripoli. Footage shared by the company showed massive flames and fireballs erupting from the facility.
Dbeibah denounced the attacks on energy and power installations as “a serious crime and an escalation that will not go unanswered.”
“We will reach those responsible for this attack, and the accountability will be firm. No one will be protected by their position, status, or influence,” he said in a statement.
On Monday, a drone strike hit a fuel-laden tank at Zawiya’s refinery, igniting a massive blaze which firefighters battled for over 15 hours. The refinery was repeatedly attacked over the weekend and on Tuesday, according to the state-run National Oil Corporation.
The power plant was hit by two drones on Tuesday, with one damaging its firefighting system while the second landed close to the facility’s main fuel storage, setting it on fire, the electricity company said.
After Tuesday’s attack on the power plant, the U.S. company General Electric withdrew its teams from the facility “until security conditions and a suitable and safe work environment are ensured,” the electricity company said. GE performs maintenance and upgrading services for the plant.
GE previously withdrew its staff from the plant over security concerns, prolonging the loss of more than 700 megawatts of the station’s production capacity, estimated at 1300 megawatts, the electricity company said.
The violence came as Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with Dbeibah and Mohammad Younes Menfi, chairman of the Presidential Council in Tripoli on Tuesday, before traveling Wednesday to the eastern city of Benghazi to meet with powerful military commander Khalifa Hifter.
Turkey is the main foreign backer of Dbeibah’s government, but in recent years has also reached out to the rival authorities in eastern Libya in an attempt to mend ties, and as part of regional efforts to unify the North African country.
Libya, an oil-rich country on the Mediterranean, has been wracked by conflict since a NATO-backed uprising-turned-civil war toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
https://apnews.com/article/libya-zawiya-drone-attacks-oil-militias-9865eb3d8e6b805f226aa13f913c7f73
Kuwait Foils ISIS Drone Terror Plot Targeting Vital Infrastructure Facility
Last updated: 12/08/2026 8:18 pm
Kuwait City – The Kuwait Ministry of Interior announced the successful interception of a terror plot targeting key infrastructure within the country, leading to the arrest of a Kuwaiti citizen affiliated with ISIS.
Consequently, the intelligence-led operation underscores the heightened vigilance of national security services in dismantling terror cells before attack deployment.
Furthermore, investigative reports revealed that the suspect received specialized instruction in manufacturing explosives and assembling unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
As a result of continuous monitoring, security personnel apprehended the suspect after he completed the assembly of a custom drone intended for the operation.
Security Readiness and Drone Countermeasures
On the other hand, legal authorities have taken custody of the suspect to complete formal interrogations and pursue prosecution under counter-terrorism statutes.
Additionally, officials refrained from disclosing the identity of the vital facility targeted or specific tactical objectives to preserve operational security.
Consequently, Kuwaiti law enforcement continues to reinforce counter-terrorism protocols, specifically targeting the illicit weaponization of commercial drone technology.
Ultimately, state security forces remain committed to safeguarding critical national infrastructure against emerging threats.
Finally, the disruption of the planned drone strike highlights the effectiveness of preemptive security surveillance in Kuwait.
Ultimately, rigorous monitoring and swift legal enforcement remain essential to maintaining regional stability and public safety.
https://www.voiceofemirates.com/en/news/2026/08/12/kuwait-foils-isis-drone-terror-plot-targeting-vital-infrastructure-facility/#google_vignette
Dr. Phil slams White House's latest UFO files release in firey statement
Published 15:36 12 Aug 2026 GMT+1
TV personality Dr Phil has criticized the Pentagon’s decision to drop files pertaining to UFO activity.
While you probably never expected to read that line, this is no alternative reality, as Dr Phil slammed the White House for its latest release, claiming that it is not telling the full story.
This comes as the Department of War released its fifth batch of records on UFO files last Friday (August 7).
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump announced on his own social media platform Truth Social that these files would be released, writing:
“Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters. GOD BLESS AMERICA!”
The full release from the US government can be read through here.
However, it seems Dr Phil, whose real name is Phillip McGraw, wasn’t too impressed with what was released, arguing that the information was ‘filler’.
In a clip, he said: “I believe the president wants the truth out but somewhere between him saying ‘release it’ and it actually landing on a website, somebody’s deciding what we get to see and what stays locked up. I don’t know who that somebody is and neither do you.”
He went on to say: “If you’re really going to talk about disclosure, then start disclosing.”
This has prompted many people to take to the internet to share their own reactions, with one user writing on Reddit: “This is exactly what it is. Ive spent years of my life listening to witness accounts.
The reason the government will never come out 100% on disclosure is because of all the illegal things they did to cover it up for the past 50 years. There's several reasons why the government won't disclose 100%.”
Another said: “This is the first time I’ve ever said this, and it’s honestly not something I ever expected to say: DR. Phil killed it with this one.”
A third person commented: “Honestly I didnt expect Dr. Phil to be a believer in all of this, strange to see hes on this side of things honestly.”
And a fourth added: “As much as I agree with Dr Phil about the laughable “drops” we’ve been getting… Why TF are we listening to Dr Phil’s opinion on anything?”
https://www.uniladtech.com/news/dr-phil-white-house-ufo-files-release-035850-20260812
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EAJucn2k_M
https://x.com/DrPhil
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-galactic-federation-goes-to-the-movies/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-nf8hUFd98
The Galactic Federation Goes to the Movies
Aug 12, 2026, 10:37 AM
In December 2020, Brigadier General (ret.) Haim Eshed, the father of Israel’s space programme and former head of the Defence Ministry’s space directorate for nearly thirty years, told Yediot Aharonot that governments in Washington and Jerusalem had been in contact with a “Galactic Federation” of extraterrestrials.
The aliens, he said, had signed agreements with both countries, maintained a joint base under the surface of Mars, and counselled against disclosure on the grounds that humanity was not ready.
The world laughed, mostly. Eshed, now in his nineties, retreated from public life. Then the world changed.
In May 2026, the Trump administration launched PURSUE, the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters, and began declassifying nearly two hundred files on unidentified anomalous phenomena stretching back to 1944.
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the goal was “maximum transparency.” A third batch followed in June. Congressional hearings had already forced whistleblowers into the open. The UAP Disclosure Act of 2025 was winding its way through committee.
The laughter had stopped.
Two months later, on 7 July, Hollywood released Black Box, a horror film about Vero Airlines Flight 298 from New Orleans to Seattle.
The passengers experience catastrophic electronic failures, mysterious illness, and then encounter alien forces at thirty thousand feet. The timing is more interesting than the film.
Eshed’s version of alien contact was fundamentally reassuring. His aliens were diplomats who signed contracts and ran a bureaucracy sophisticated enough to have a policy on premature disclosure.
Black Box offers the opposite. Its aliens are not interested in collaboration. There is no consent. There is only a metal tube at altitude, failing systems, and passengers discovering that whatever is out there does not have their interests at heart.
Where Eshed imagined a relationship, Black Box imagines a predator.
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The film is fiction. But it lands at a moment when the disclosure debate has shifted from whether governments know anything to what exactly they are withholding. And Israel sits at a peculiar intersection of that debate.
Eshed was not a crank from the internet. He was a three time recipient of the Israel Defence Prize, the highest defence honour the state bestows, and the reasons for those awards remain classified.
When such a man says he has information about extraterrestrial contact, it is not possible to dismiss him on credentials alone. No government has answered the obvious follow up questions.
What Israel has answered, with decades of institutional practice, is how a state should behave when airborne threats are real rather than speculative.
El Al remains the only commercial airline in the world with an integrated missile defence system on its aircraft. Every international El Al flight carries armed undercover agents among the passengers.
The cockpits use double door interlock systems. Reinforced steel separates the cabin from the cargo hold. The airline’s entire security architecture was built after the 1968 hijacking of Flight 426 and hardened through decades of sustained threat.
Most of El Al’s pilots are former Israeli Air Force. The airline does not hope for the best. It plans for the worst and then adds another layer.
Black Box is a film about what happens when almost none of those precautions exist. Vero Airlines Flight 298 is an ordinary American domestic service. There is a federal air marshal on board, but she is overwhelmed before the threat is even understood.
There are no layered defences, no hardened protocols adequate to the situation. When catastrophe arrives, one armed officer is a single point of failure, not a security architecture.
The Israeli viewer watches this and recognises the premise immediately: it is the nightmare of the undefended aircraft, the scenario that El Al’s entire institutional culture was designed to prevent.
El Al was designed to counter hijackers and missiles, not tentacled entities from beyond the atmosphere. But the underlying logic is transferable.
Threats that seem improbable are not the same as threats that are impossible. States that take security seriously plan for the improbable. States that do not end up as horror films.
Israel now occupies both sides of the alien contact narrative simultaneously. It has the most senior official ever to claim cooperative extraterrestrial relations, and the most militarised aviation security of any commercial carrier on earth.
It has Eshed’s benign federation and El Al’s permanent war footing. It has the handshake and the holster.
The Galactic Federation, if it exists, apparently wanted humanity to wait until it was ready. Two hundred declassified files and a creature feature about tentacles at thirty thousand feet suggest that the wait, for better or worse, may be over.
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USA: Marco Rubio with revelations about UFOs, Trump and Cuba
Aug 12, 2026 05:48164
US Secretary of State comments on alien technology and global threats, while the Pentagon admits to civilian casualties in Yemen
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio made a series of key comments concerning both the secret programs for Unidentified Anomaly Phenomena (UFO / UAP) and his unexpected nomination by President Donald Trump.
The #1 US diplomat also shared predictions about the future of Cuba, as well as his personal concerns when traveling abroad. In parallel, new declassified data from the Pentagon and revelations about the new anti-missile shield “Golden Dome“ (Golden Dome) attract global attention.
Alien Technology and UFOs: It's Time to Get Serious
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on the international community and US institutions to take UFO reports seriously.
In his statements, Rubio confirmed his position that objects of unknown origin are regularly detected in US airspace, especially over heavily guarded nuclear facilities. According to him, these devices perform maneuvers that are beyond the capabilities of modern human technology.
News agencies recall his words from the documentary project “The Age of Disclosure“, according to which the US government has probably transferred alien technology to private military contractors (Source: newsnationnow.com).
Rubio stressed that the political stigma on the subject in Congress must be eradicated in the name of national security.
Trump's nomination and the future of Cuba
Marco Rubio made a surprising admission, stating that Donald Trump promoted him to the post of Secretary of State without prior discussion or long political consultations.
Despite the unexpected approach, Rubio demonstrated a complete vision regarding foreign policy and, more specifically, Latin America.
As the son of Cuban immigrants, Rubio expressed a firm opinion that by the end of Trump's current term, Cuba will embark on the path of large-scale historical changes.
Tensions between Washington and Havana have escalated in recent months after economic sanctions and an increased military presence in the Caribbean (Source: bta.bg).
The Secretary of State described the Cuban regime as a direct threat to US security, but added that the goal remains to achieve “a better future for the long-suffering Cuban people“ (Source: news.bg).
The main fear of a diplomat #1 abroad
On a personal level, Rubio revealed what his biggest fear is during foreign visits in his capacity as Secretary of State.
Due to strict security protocols, geopolitical tensions, and potential cyberattacks or physical threats from hostile countries, his greatest concern is related to unforeseen security incidents at the delegation and logistical sabotage that could compromise classified information in transit or endanger American personnel (Source: yahoo.com).
WP Disclosures: Over 150 Civilian Casualties in US Strikes in Yemen
Meanwhile, a major investigation by the “Washington Post“, based on an official Pentagon report to Congress, has revealed the heavy toll of US military operations.
According to documents, at least 153 civilians were killed and another 243 were injured in US air and naval strikes in Yemen against Houthi rebels over the past year (Source: washingtonpost.com).
The operation, codenamed “Operation Rough Rider,” has drawn criticism from human rights groups who accuse the administration of drastically cutting civilian damage assessment teams (Source: cbsnews.com).
Testing the “Golden Dome” missile defense system
Amid global conflicts, Bloomberg reported that American aerospace giants have completed the first key tests of components of the future “Golden Dome” missile defense system.
The project, estimated at over $185 billion, envisages the construction of a large-scale ground, air and space shield against ballistic and cruise missiles (Source: bloomberg.com).
The US Space Force has confirmed that companies such as SpaceX and Northrop Grumman have successfully passed the first phase of developing satellite interceptors (Source: bloomberg.com).
https://fakti.bg/en/world/1073835-usa-marco-rubio-with-revelations-about-ufos-trump-and-cuba
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/theyre-not-ours-marco-rubio-admits-alien-tech-foreign-spies-could-explain-unexplained-uap-1813811
https://nypost.com/2026/08/12/us-news/marco-rubio-dishes-on-serious-ufo-sightings-his-war-with-pete-hegseths-cat-and-why-he-wont-do-the-maha-diet/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09XnM4XHjuk (Katie Miller: Keeping up with the Rubios)
New information about Aztec UFO crash released
Updated Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026 10:00 AM
The truth is out there, and a North Carolina couple has worked for decades trying to uncover it.
Scott and Suzanne Ramsey recently completed and released their third and final book about the purported Aztec UFO crash in March 1948. It is titled “It Came to Earth at Aztec, New Mexico Revealed: The Recovery of a UFO.”
“It’s a chunk of a book at 418 pages,” Suzanne said in a telephone interview with the Tri-City Record. “It is very comprehensive look at everything we’ve gotten over the years.”
The couple’s other books are “The Aztec Incident: Recovery at Hart Canyon,” published in January 2011, and “The Aztec UFO Incident: The Case, Evidence and Elaborate Cover-up of One of the Most Perplexing Crashes in History,” published in 2016.
In those books, the Ramseys just put out the information they had at the time, Suzanne said, adding the new book has “a lot of stuff that’s new. We have more interviews. … There’s more information that we need to understand.”
The information includes a “gadget” found at the crash site by Scott and analyzed through scientific testing.
“We found an item at the crash site, and we are having it analyzed,” Scott said. “It’s been analyzed twice already, but we’re having it analyzed again.”
An entire chapter, which includes color photos, was dedicated to the gadget in this new book.
“We have a lot of colored photographs and diagrams,” Suzanne said.
Scott Ramsey became interested in the UFO crash on a business trip to Farmington in the late 1980s. He was with a client testing a generator and overheard two men talking about their plans for Halloween weekend.
“One was going to hunt in Hart Canyon, out by the old crash site,” Scott said. “I asked what crash type. They said it was an old wife’s tale that something crashed out there.”
Scott asked for a map to the site and his research into the incident began.
“Everything I dug up on it said it was hoax. I thought how can it be a hoax when nobody ever heard of it,” Scott said. “It was written off to be a hoax, with a paper trail behind it.”
There were files on Aztec kept at Maxwell Air Force Base, but Inspection of Public Records Act requests either went unanswered, rejected or denied.
“There’s some really juicy documents down there. … The FBI has an amazing amount of documents on Aztec.
I’m hoping under this new Trump law they will free up a little more,” Scott said, adding he even made requests at the National Archives, but was told the documents were in Maryland not Washington, D.C.
“When you start having people slam the door in your face when you say you want these operation reports,” Scott said, “and they say they are not releasable to the public, if this thing is a scam or a hoax why not? That keeps me going.”
Scott helped the Aztec Library develop a UFO Symposium, which raised enough money to construct a new library, and that is how he met and married Suzanne.
Her family moved to Aztec when she was young, because her mother had read about the UFO crash in the 1950 book “Behind the Flying Saucers” by Frank Scully.
Incidentally, X-Files creator Chris Carter named character Dana Scully after Frank, and he wrote the Aztec crash into an episode.
Carter also reportedly has read the Ramsey’s books.
However, when the family arrived in Aztec no one would talk about the crash. “She started asking people, and people didn’t want to talk about it. She was so disappointed,” Suzanne said.
The crash has been a topic that many feared discussing. “It was worse than talking politics, religion or sports,” Scott said.
The Ramseys did get people to talk and many of those interviews are found in the book.
“We’ve met a lot of wonderful people who shared their stories – some were scared too. It’s a topic that up until recently was off base,” Suzanne said, adding that many “of the witnesses who never met each other had the same terminology or description.”
In the new book, “the story originates and is focused on Aztec, and there are parts of it with the documentation that take you all over the country,” Suzanne said, adding that after years of gathering information “we realize now that the world is more prepared for it.”
The Ramsey’s believe that the Aztec UFO crash is “a very special piece of history,” that needs to shared.
“We just put all our heart and soul into this book,” Suzanne said.
For more information visit www.theaztecincident.com.
https://www.tricityrecordnm.com/articles/new-information-about-aztec-ufo-crash-released/
'Alien Technology': Harvard Scientist Warns Declassified Pentagon Files Reveal Huge UFO Discovery
12 August 2026, 3:52 PM BST
Extraordinary claims regarding unidentified anomalous phenomena have re-ignited global interest in extraterrestrial life after declassified FBI and Pentagon files revealed a bizarre military encounter in the western United States.
According to newly released documents from a fresh wave of transparency measures ordered by the executive branch, two individuals believed to be US military service members watched glowing, shape-shifting lights perform impossible aerial manoeuvers during an evening reconnaissance drive earlier this year.
The encounter escalated when a solitary red orb perched at high altitude was quickly joined by a fleet of up to ten additional craft moving in precise synchronisation.
Most bafflingly, after fleeing the scene, one witness discovered that his traditional analogue timepiece had mysteriously jumped forward by a full 25 minutes while digital electronics remained entirely unaffected.
Renowned Harvard theoretical physicist Avi Loeb evaluated the chilling report, suggesting the anomaly could stem from powerful electromagnetic disruptions, classified government black projects, or potentially groundbreaking alien technology.
FBI Files Detail Triangular Light Pattern Sightings
The incident began when the two individuals spotted a strange red light at the crest of the mountain range to their west.
Perched between 5,000 and 7,000 feet in the sky, the solitary orb did not remain alone for long. It was quickly joined by a fleet of six to ten additional craft appearing directly above their position, turning a routine evening into a wild experience.
According to the explosive FBI documents, the newly arrived lights and the first-observed object appeared to synchronise before travelling to the east and southeast. One orb suddenly plunged downward, while the rest regrouped and vanished into the darkness of the night sky.
Squinting through a night optical device, the observer reported that each red glow appeared to consist of three separate lights moving closely together in a triangular or diamond-shaped pattern.
Moments later, two more mysterious lights flickered close to the ground just 1,000 feet away before disappearing from view.
Bizarre UFO Time Slip Confounds Military Personnel
Another surprise hit the pair after they safely drove away from the scene. Checking the time, one witness, presumed to be a service member based on details in the report, discovered his traditional analogue watch was suddenly running a full 25 minutes fast.
This stark leap in time happened while the companion's digital watch, their dashboard clock and mobile phones were reportedly unaffected. The witness maintained that he had been looking at his watch throughout the day and night and that it had been accurate up to that point.
The reported watch discrepancy added another unusual detail to the account.
Harvard Scientist Evaluates Suspected Alien Technology Claims
Evaluating the baffling report, Loeb suggested a powerful electromagnetic effect could have disrupted the mechanical timepiece while leaving digital gadgets intact.
The prominent physicist laid out a few potential realities regarding these airspace incursions. 'If these are technologies developed by adversarial nations, we need to know about them because it's a matter of national security.
It could also be that we're dealing with some "black projects"… Finally, it could be a manifestation of some alien technology, in which case it would be a huge scientific discovery,' Loeb stated.
Pentagon UFO Files Expose Chilling Afghan Encounter
The time warp is one of many chilling accounts exposed in Donald Trump's fresh wave of UFO releases.
In another jarring incident, a pilot stationed at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan recalled watching a silent, 500-foot triangle drift past in 2002 at 4.30am as the stars suddenly vanished. The pilot reported that it appeared as if something huge went overhead.
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the Department of War was in lockstep with President Trump on transparency regarding UAP.
'These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fuelled justified speculation, and it's time the American people see it for themselves,' Hegseth noted.
With federal agencies continuing to unseal decades of classified flight records, the pressure mounts on researchers to separate mundane atmospheric clutter from genuine technological mysteries.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-military-ufo-encounter-time-discrepancy-1813836
moar Avi Loeb
https://avi-loeb.medium.com/what-does-downing-of-uap-orbs-imply-about-their-nature-a9bb77a5565d
https://avi-loeb.medium.com/numerical-simulations-of-the-glowing-orbs-surrounding-warp-drives-in-the-earths-atmosphere-23ccdb6e80db
Kinda like the Onion, but British
https://www.suffolkgazette.com/declassified-ufo-documents-aliens-run-norfolk-council/
Billionaire Names The Office He Says Buried UFOs
August 12, 2026
Robert Bigelow, the aerospace founder who once ran the largest government-funded UAP investigation in United States history, has publicly accused the Pentagon’s current UAP office of working against disclosure rather than for it.
Speaking on episode 2 of the Bigelow Podcast with longtime investigative reporter George Knapp, Bigelow said that after a private meeting with President Trump, he came away believing that AARO, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, was built as what he called a disguise and probably a fraudulent effort to squash disclosure.
According to the podcast, Bigelow drew a contrast between the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s July 2021 assessment, which stated it could not rule out that these objects physically exist, and AARO’s first director Sean Kirkpatrick, who testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee in April 2023 that AARO had found no credible evidence of extraterrestrial activity or off-world technology.
Bigelow pointed to that shift in tone as evidence that something changed once AARO took over the investigation.
Later in the same conversation, Bigelow and Knapp discussed a separate claim involving a craft that reportedly crashed in Kazakhstan, which Russia is said to have used to reverse engineer a directed energy weapon.
Per the podcast, a senior source inside the Russian program brought this information to American intelligence. Bigelow connected this claim back to the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program, the Defense Intelligence Agency contract he ran through his company, Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies, between 2008 and 2010, which he said produced roughly 7,500 pages of reports still largely unreleased to the public.
Separately, Secretary of State and acting National Security Adviser Marco Rubio addressed UAP on the Katie Miller Podcast, stating that he has handed off the issue to someone else in the administration and that even he is told the details are classified.
Rubio referenced a colleague by first name only, and reporting from Liberation Times identifies White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller as the official currently overseeing the administration’s UAP work.
Rubio also acknowledged that his own UAP advocacy as a senator doubled as a way to redirect reporters from political questions, a comment that adds context to his earlier 2023 statements to NewsNation, in which he said whistleblowers, including Navy pilots, admirals, and generals, had come to his committee seeking protection.
https://www.ufonews.co/post/who-is-really-running-ufo-disclosure-right-now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJeSxBZh92U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz7jHEgYzQw (The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2)
James Fox
@jamescfox
UFO/UAP whistleblower David Grusch claims to have seen highly classified videos and photos of recovered UFOs and their nonhuman occupants (aliens!).
He and other UAP whistleblowers request immunity from @POTUS so they can share with the American People.
I’m calling on every influencer, podcaster, reporter and politician to ask @POTUS to make this happen!
THE TIME FOR DISCLOSURE IS NOW.
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5:08 AM · Aug 12, 2026
https://x.com/jamescfox/status/2087511564878332398
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https://x.com/camelotQKerry/status/2087560805676200177
https://x.com/SaraBondink/status/2087623443214963088
https://x.com/ChrisUKSharp/status/2087459941632147884
https://x.com/rosscoulthart/status/2087368039901892916