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At 6pm EST Funker News Network Host @ronnieadkins discusses:
- #russia
- #ukraine
- #sicarios
- #taiwan

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Around the News:
The new National Cyber Security Strategy was released, which will raise the Defensive baseline for critical infrastructure
- There's currently no national baseline for securing critical infrastructure.
- DHS, DoD, IC all have their own "standards" and "toolsets" that are used
- Critical infrastructure is worse, hydro plants have very different standards than the FBI or NSA, for instance. In most cases less-so
- To me, it sounds like we're wrapping more and more red tape around the most dynamic domain that we wage war in
- Agility is a major concern in cybersecurity, zero-days pop up, and need to be shot down rapidly, necessitating less red tape
- I'm a CISSP and C|EH, this also happens to be one of my lanes
Article: https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2023/03/new-national-cyber-strategy-asks-more-industry-and-government/383531/

The State Department just approved a $619 Billion sale of F-16 missiles to Taiwan
- Included 100 AGM88 HARMS
- 200 AIM-120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile)
Release: https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/taipei-economic-and-cultural-representative-office-united-states-f-16
PDF: https://www.dsca.mil/sites/default/files/mas/Press%20Release%20-%20TECRO%2023-09%20CN.pdf

In Other Arms Provision, the US Provided 61 Tons of Ammo and Arms to Somalia:
- AFRICOM's commander General Michael Langley told reporters
- Included AK's and other various small arms
- Last year, Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohammad declared "Total War" on al-Shabab
- US presence in Somalia is somewhere around 450 pax total, drone strikes, intelligence, and training
- For those that don't recall, the US stood up a permanent diplomatic mission in Mogadishu, re-establishment of the US Embassy
Article: https://apnews.com/article/somalia-united-states-alqaida-alshabab-dbe54d6015ad301d1338830a74ed9564

One of the Top Stories out of Ukraine:
- Presence of Russian Volunteer Battalion in Bryansk
- Claimed by Russia, refuted by Ukraine
- No footage of them conducting attacks, just of them in front of geo-locatable buildings:
Video 1: https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1631242033791729667?s=20
Video 2: https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1631243904811925505?s=20
- Many wondering if this is more of Russia claiming that Ukraine has crossed the border in a 'false flag'
Video: https://twitter.com/vidtranslator/status/1631269994523930624?s=20
- Would provide more 'ammo' to lead down the track to full-mobilization
- Russia claims that they killed civilians, releasing this video:
NSFW: https://twitter.com/WarMonitors/status/1631574980893765634?s=20

Honorable Mention Videos This Week:
(NSFW) Interesting video showing the preparing of drone-dropped munitions/spicy christmas ornaments:
https://twitter.com/PaulJawin/status/1631687926256893952?s=20

Ukraine employing robot soldiers:
https://twitter.com/KeriHighBridge/status/1631527058563272704?s=20

Belarus with more choreography:
https://twitter.com/NormskiRoss/status/1631198495934644224?s=20

Last but not least, Myanmar Rebels using their 3D printed guns:
https://funker530.com/video/myanmar-fighters-show-off-3d-printed-guns/

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