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Defense / Technology & National Security
America's Secret Weapon for Battlefield Dominance: Build the SwarmThe U.S. military is at a crisis point. We are staring down the barrel of a future where U.S. military technological superiority may no longer be a given wherethe military str...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Superiority at any Price? Political Consequences of the First Offset StrategyMilitary strategies serve political ends. Judgments about their effectiveness cannot be separated from the historical and geopolitical context in which they exist. The first U...
By Van Jackson
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Defense / Technology & National Security
UN Side Meeting in New York on Autonomous WeaponsAs part of meetings held by the United Nations General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament & International Security, the Republic of Croatia sponsored a side event tit...
By Michael Horowitz
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Defense / Technology & National Security
To Save Money, Go UnmannedU.S. Defense Department leaders have called for a renewed effort to sustain America’s military technological dominance, but to do so they will have to fight an uphill battle a...
By Daniel Burg & Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Technology strategy then and now – the Long Range Research and Development Planning ProgramDeputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work has called for a new offset strategy to help maintain the United States’ military technical superiority. But is a third offset strategy th...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Defense / Technology & National Security
The Coming Swarm: Robotics on the BattlefieldThe unfolding robotics revolution is transforming a range of industries, from manufacturing to transportation, warehouse management, household appliances, toys, elder care and...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Offset Strategies & Warfighting RegimesToday’s headlines are reinforcing the alarms sounded by defense policymakers and analysts warning of the perils of cuts to the defense budget, the blind meat-axe of sequestrat...
By Shawn Brimley
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Defense / Technology & National Security
To Save the Navy’s Next-Gen Drone, Kill It FirstThe Defense Department was set to release this summer the final request for proposal for the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike, or UCLASS, aircraft, b...
By Paul Scharre & Shawn Brimley
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Defense / National Security Human Capital / Technology & National Security
Do Drones Have A Future?Thirteen years ago today the Predator drone saw its first armed reconnaissance mission in Afghanistan. Since then, the U.S. military drone fleet has grown by leaps and bounds....
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / National Security Human Capital / Technology & National Security
Hendrix: The Navy Has No Strategy? A Response to Randy ForbesBy all measures Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., is a maritime strategist and a supporter of the United States Navy. He is chairman of the House Armed Services Seapower Subcommittee....
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
An "App" For Peace?: Technology's Role in Asia’s Balance of PowerAsian geopolitics needs tech solutions to help manage the shifting regional balance of power and prevent war. For the past generation, Asia has known greater peace for a long...
By Van Jackson
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Technology & National Security
Cloud computing under siegeThe benefits of cloud computing can hardly be overstated. By pooling computing resources, cloud computing not only offers significant cost savings over traditional software an...
By Bob Butler
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Defense / National Security Human Capital / Technology & National Security
Is the U.S. Air Force Set for a "Crash Landing"?In its recently-released thirty-year strategy document, the Air Force lays out a clear vision for its future. Unlike many government strategy documents, America’s Air Force: A...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Stopping a New Class of MilitantsTechnological improvements are changing the power relationships between non-state and state actors. At War on the Rocks, TX Hammes made this argument with an eye toward Israel...
By Jack Miller
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Technology & National Security
Can America Maintain Its Military-Technology Edge?In a recent NDU speech, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Bob Work, spoke about the need for a third offset strategy in order to maintain U.S. technological superiority. This r...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Left Behind: Why It's Time to Draft Robots for CASEVACWith thousands of air and ground robots in the field, you could be forgiven for thinking that the U.S. military has embraced unmanned systems. The truth is that they are used ...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
The U.S. Needs More DronesAl-Qaeda is morphing and metastasizing, spreading like a cancer in an arc of jihadism from the deserts of Northern Mali through Libya, Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen, Syria, and Iraq...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
How to Lose the Robotics RevolutionThe U.S. military is at the leading edge of the robotics revolution, with some of the most advanced systems on the globe like the autonomous X-47B carrier-based aircraft. But ...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
China Advances on Missile Defense, With Eye on Dissuading RivalsOn July 23, China conducted its third declared ballistic missile defense (BMD) test in the past four years, with the Defense Ministry announcing afterward that the test had “a...
By Richard Weitz
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
MH17 disaster foretells a more dangerous worldThe Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster is a poignant reminder of the randomness of fortune and misfortune. But it also serves as a prelude to an emerging security environmen...
By Kelley Sayler & Patrick M. Cronin