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“It feels like a monster came and just in the middle of the night, took a bite out of a snowpack,” said LaPlante, a journalist and climate scientist at Utah State University.

So it’s fitting that scientists have started calling these kinds of heat waves, marked by unusually high temperatures in the spring and early summer, “snow eaters.”

link to open access paper

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeb3361

Fig. 1. Snow-process differences between snow-eater heat waves, warm spells, and rain-on- snow events. A schematic that contrasts the differences between WUSsnow-eater heat-wave events, warm spells, and rain-on- snow events. these phenomena differ in their synoptic-to-mesoscale atmospheric circulation patterns and surfaceenergy budgets operating at synoptic to microscales (i.e., slope

Latin America analysts tell Responsible Statecraft that while there may be ideological, economic, or security motivations peculiar to each nation, this pivot functions primarily as a way for regional leaders to curry favor with the Trump administration. “In the end, the main interest for all of these countries is the United States,” Marta Tawil Kuri, a professor at College of Mexico who researches the foreign policy of Latin American countries towards the Middle East, told Responsible Statecraft.

“There is a new generation of the right [in Latin America] (...) using rapprochement with Israel as a way of signaling alignment with Washington,” she said, adding that each government filters this relationship through their domestic political factors.

One cannot discount Israel’s own deliberate diplomatic push to shore up ties with friendly governments at a moment when global public opinion is turning against it. For some of these countries, this isn’t a stretch.

According to the Wall Street Journal in an article published on August 13, 2026, Trump signed a national security memorandum requiring the change from USS Doris Miller onward. The newspaper reported that the first three ships in the class will retain EMALS and that Navy officials had resisted a return to steam for several years because of the cost and complexity involved. Trump has questioned electromagnetic catapults since his first term and has repeatedly argued that the system is too complex and performs less effectively than steam. The White House presents the decision differently, describing steam and hydraulic systems as proven technologies that it considers more resilient in wartime and easier to support through an industrial base capable of expanding production. The administration therefore frames the change not only as a technical choice but also as one linked to maintainability, resilience and industrial capacity.

This reasoning comes after a difficult development period for EMALS. The system experienced reliability problems during the construction and initial testing of Gerald R. Ford, contributing to delays and criticism of the carrier program. Its subsequent operational record, however, provides a different set of data. EMALS uses linear induction motors to accelerate aircraft along the catapult track instead of releasing pressurized steam through a piston system. Four electromagnetic catapults are installed aboard Ford and, by March 2026, they had completed nearly 37,000 aircraft launches. The Navy has also stated that EMALS and the Advanced Arresting Gear allow Ford to launch and recover aircraft at a higher rate than the preceding Nimitz class.

Exhibit A: Why Fascists Suck At War

“We found absolute, iron-clad evidence that short-term rental regulations put downward pressure on rent. Lots of things cause housing to be expensive, but this is low-hanging fruit to manage those costs,” said David Wachsmuth, lead researcher and Associate Professor in the School of Urban Planning.

Filipe Ribeiro, MSF’s head of mission in Palestine, said that “what we are witnessing in Gaza is not a series of isolated shortages, it is a policy of attrition by design.”

“For more than two years, we have observed Israel’s policies restricting the entry of supplies,” said Ribeiro. “These policies do not merely delay aid; they dismantle the very systems people rely on to survive.”

Enemy sensor operators easily detect the lineup of 6x UH-60, 4x CH-47s, and 7x AH-64s parked on airbases or in large open fields. Aircraft rotor blades and bodies create distinctive signatures, readily identifiable through both UAS and satellite imagery. Despite this, aviation task forces repeatedly emplace unconcealed aircraft together with zero overhead cover and remain emplaced for days at a time. A peer threat, equipped with drones and space-based sensors will find and target the TAA. During the Russian-Ukraine War, OPERATION SPIDERWEB demonstrated how vulnerable strategic air assets can be when they stay in one place for too long. Helicopters provide superior agility to operate in austere environments compared to the bombers targeted by Ukraine. They maneuver rapidly across the battlefield, offering tactical advantages in contested environments. Ground equipment requires cover and concealment for protection, while helicopter survivability depends on their inherent agility. Commanders should move helicopters every 24 hours, even just 200-400 meters away to keep adversaries in a constant targeting cycle. Concealment requires deliberate planning, rehearsals, and a shift in culture.

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UAS represent the most persistent threat at JMRC. Our OPFOR routinely use drones to locate TAAs and execute call for fire missions. Simulated artillery or one-way strike UAS target and destroy spotted aircraft, sustainment assets, and command posts. Aviation units must develop and incorporate a counter-UAS plan. “Commanders, leaders, and planners must include the simultaneous application of both passive and active measures during operational planning and employment as part of a layered defense strategy against UAS threats.”2This includes early warning systems, layered defenses (small arms, jammers, and if available, kinetic defeat systems), and most importantly, preventative concealment and dispersion. Aviation task forces also must develop and practice scatter plans, which are increasingly rare at JMRC.