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The Army Is Turning HIMARS Into a Ship Killer

The U.S. Army is giving HIMARS a new target: enemy warships. Precision Strike Missile Increment 2 is being developed with a multi-mode seeker capable of tracking moving targets, including vessels at sea. If it works as intended, mobile Army launchers positioned along coastlines and Pacific islands could threaten ships hundreds of miles away.

The video examines how PrSM Increment 2 differs from ATACMS and the original PrSM, how soldiers could locate and engage ships beyond the horizon, why the Army is moving into naval warfare, and the challenges that could prevent the concept from working as advertised.

Sources: Task & Purpose (YouTube)

‘Check in with 3’ kicks off Veteran Buddy Check Week

Heroes on the Water has kicked off its Check-In Week, a campaign urging people to check in with veterans. In the video, a veteran describes how a member of the organization reached out to him at a critical moment, saying he was “about to become a statistic.”

He says the “check with three” campaign could spread across the group’s chapters nationwide, and that a single check-in might be enough to help someone reset and make different choices.

Sources: Stars and Stripes (YouTube)

Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain, Explained

New satellite imagery shows the single greatest surge in construction-related activity in the nuclear site’s six-year history, according to CSIS experts Joseph Rodgers and Doug Comstock. Analysis of optical and synthetic aperture radar imagery identified three construction phases, with a major surge beginning in January 2026 following U.S. and Israeli military operations.

The underground facility, buried 80 to 100 meters deep in granite, may be beyond the reach of the U.S.’s largest bunker-buster munitions, the experts say. They note that while striking tunnel entrances could temporarily halt operations, it would not eliminate Iran’s nuclear program, underscoring the need for a negotiated solution.

Sources: CSIS (YouTube)

Frank Garcia, Asst. Sec. of State for African Affairs on Future of U.S.-Africa Commercial Diplomacy

Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Frank Garcia joined a CSIS Critical Minerals Security Program event to discuss the future of U.S.-Africa minerals diplomacy. He outlined his first months in the role, citing recent trips to Zambia, Ethiopia, and Kenya, and emphasized a “trade not aid” policy focused on commercial opportunities.

The event, held September 18, 2026, convened senior U.S. and African government officials, industry leaders, and investors to examine how public and private capital can advance projects across Africa’s minerals value chain.

Sources: CSIS (YouTube)

Chris Wright, U.S. Secretary of Energy, on the Future of the U.S.–Africa Energy Partnership

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright spoke at a CSIS Critical Minerals Security Program event on the future of U.S.–Africa minerals diplomacy, held September 18, 2026. In a keynote fireside chat, Wright argued that energy is central to bilateral cooperation, citing that Africa has the fastest growing population and abundant energy resources.

He emphasized that clean cooking fuels are the biggest and most easily fixable energy challenge in Africa, noting that 600 million people lack electricity access and about a billion lack clean cooking fuels. Wright advocated for more commercial ties and trade over government-to-government aid.

Sources: CSIS (YouTube)

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on the Future of the U.S.–Africa Energy Partnership

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright argues that energy access is central to U.S.–Africa cooperation, saying “energy is life” and that modern living standards depend on growing energy consumption. He highlights that about 600 million Africans lack electricity access and roughly a billion lack clean cooking fuels, calling the latter a “gamechanger” that is more easily solvable than the electricity problem.

Wright advocates for closer commercial ties, saying “we need to get more and closer commercial ties” and to “bring some common sense and some commerce and some business” to the energy space.

Sources: CSIS (YouTube)

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