Guy hosts the show while Ben is on leave, with national security reporter Vaughn Cockayne joining to discuss new developments in the push for a deal to end the Ukraine war. Then, award-winning journalist Jonathan Broder joins the show to break down President Trump's high-stakes White House summit with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, what comes next in Syria and whether a U.S.-backed coup would backfire in Venezuela.

Ben and Guy break down the arrival of the USS Gerald Ford carrier strike group to Latin America and gains by the Russian military in Ukraine, and they discuss the Pentagon's secretive Replicator program. Then, Thomas Akers, founder and CEO of the company Zone 5, joins the show to break down Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's major acquisition reform speech and how it's playing inside the defense industry. Plus, the "Threat of the Week."

Ben and Guy discuss the possibility that the world is entering a new era of great power nuclear weapons tests and examine the likelihood that the U.S. could soon launch military strikes against Venezuela. Then, Bill Wright, the head of global government affairs at the company Elastic, joins the show to talk about cyber threats facing America and how vital it is for private companies to share threat information with the federal government. Plus, the "Threat of the Week."