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Ukraine reports U.S. early warning system shut down amid Russian…

Ukrainian officials told CBS News the system failed during a new wave of Russian strikes on Tuesday; the cause was not stated in the report.

On air: Dale Bearman and Hank Ledger on Should You Be Worried?
Published 2:05 PM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

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First reported by CBS News: “Ukraine reports U.S. early warning system shut down as Russia launched new air strikes”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 2:05 PM ET on Should You Be Worried?, by Dale Bearman and Hank Ledger.
Topics: Russian, Ukraine, Russia, US.
BBN covered this story before: Trump weighs new Iran options as Ukraine runs low on Patriots (October 15).

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CBS NewsUkraine reports U.S. early warning system shut down as Russia launched new air strikes

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOn October fourteenth, twenty twenty-six, Ukrainian officials told CBS News that a U.S. early warning system failed during a new wave of Russian air strikes on Tuesday.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAn alarm that did not alarm. I have waited my whole life for a warning this honest.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe headline calls it an early warning system, and the report says it was reported shut down. That is all the detail we have.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorShut down. First the missile tracker goes quiet, and then the smoke detector in your kitchen gets ideas.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe smoke detector in my kitchen has been chirping since two thousand twenty-two.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd that is the only alarm in this story still working properly.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo, for you at home: the strikes are real, the outage is the claim of Ukrainian officials, and the cause is not given. Mildly worried.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorCan my dread count as the backup system?

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