Ops Brief 061: Daily Drop - 13 June 2025 (We Should’ve Kept the Canal — and Nuked the Budget)
Ops Brief 061: Daily Drop - 13 June 2025 (We Should’ve Kept the Canal — and Nuked the Budget)  
Podcast: Ones Ready
Published On: Fri Jun 13 2025
Description: Send us a textThe 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 micrSupport the showJoin this channel to get access to perks: HEREBuzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.comCollabs:Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLeteDanger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADYDFND Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADYHoist - Promo Code: ONESREADY...