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Ukrainian Suicide Drone Boats Packed with Bombs Are Threatening Russia’s Once Feared Black Sea Fleet, and It May Not Be Able to Stop Them
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Stacie Pettyjohn, a senior fellow and director of the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security, said Ukraine has already shown with its Sevastopol attack that...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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US Air Force to Deploy Nuclear-Capable B-52 Bombers to Australia as Tensions with China Grow
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The United States is preparing to deploy up to six nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to northern Australia, a provocative move experts say is aimed squarely at China. An investigat...
By Becca Wasser
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Unpiloted Military Helicopter Flies 134 km in Simulated Mission
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This was the latest milestone in a US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program called ALIAS that is testing Sikorsky’s MATRIX technology – a drop-in kit that can conv...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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What the US Navy Must Learn from Ukraine’s Bold Drone Attack on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet
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A Navy spokesperson declined to comment when asked on Monday what steps the service was taking to protect its vessels from attacks by unmanned boats and aircraft, from Iran, C...
By Tom Shugart
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New Photos Show China’s Artificial Islands Are Highly Developed Military Bases
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Fiery Cross Reef appears to be one of the most developed, with a fully operational airfield, hangars, other large buildings and radomes, or domes with radar equipment inside. ...
By Tom Shugart
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US Plans to Deploy B-52 Bombers to Northern Australia: Report
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Analysts told ABC the move was a warning to China amid fears it could invade the self-ruled island of Taiwan. “Having bombers that could range and potentially attack mainland ...
By Becca Wasser
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The Pentagon’s New Defense Strategy Is Out. Now the Real Work Begins, Experts Say
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Stacie Pettyjohn, director of defense programs at the Center for a New American Security, agreed that the strategy lays out a “sound vision,” but will require the Biden admini...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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In The News
Defense / Middle East Security
Five Things to Know about Putin’s Increasing Reliance on IranRussia’s use of Iranian drones in Ukraine — first documented earlier this month — is an example of “the greatest degree of military cooperation that the two countries have had...
By Becca Wasser & Jonathan Lord
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Stealthiest U.S. Submarine Makes Rare Appearance in Arabian Sea
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Former submariner Tom Shugart noted that the Arabian Sea is roughly the same distance from Beijing and Moscow, and that the messaging could be to both. Technically, the locati...
By Tom Shugart
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
Israel Holds Fire amid Mounting Pressure from UkraineBecca Wasser, senior fellow for the defense program at the Center for New American Security, said one reason the U.S. may not send its own Iron Dome is that it only has two, a...
By Becca Wasser
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Paul Keating Slammed as Out of Step on Quad, AUKUS
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US experts such as Center for a New American Security chief executive Richard Fontaine also hit back at the idea Washington was “ungrateful” to Australia.“Nothing could be fur...
By Richard Fontaine
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Three Key Takeaways from the Biden Administration’s National Security Strategy
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While an unclassified version of the National Defense Strategy has not been released yet, Pentagon officials — including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in a statement on the N...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Press Release
Defense / Technology & National Security
New CNAS Report: "Artificial Intelligence and Arms Control"Washington, October 12, 2022—Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, "Artificial Intelligence and Arms Control," from authors Paul Scharre ...
By Paul Scharre & Megan Lamberth
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US Army Juggles Effects of Ukraine, Recruiting and Inflation on Budget
The big question in FY24 is “just how much [the Army] is going to be investing in missiles and ammunition that they have cut in the past years,” Stacie Pettyjohn, a defense an...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Preventing Nuclear ‘Armageddon’ Hinges on Us Policy of Ambiguity
President Joe Biden warned Thursday the US is trying to find an “off-ramp” for Putin, and worried Russia’s threats to use tactical nuclear weapons are real and could lead to “...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Putin Faces Limits of His Military Power as Ukraine Recaptures Land
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How much territory the Russians lose before the reinforcements arrive isn’t entirely down to Moscow. Ukraine has been beating back the Russians on two major fronts for more th...
By Chris Dougherty
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Indian Ocean Rivalry: China’s Naval Maneuvers Irk New Delhi
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Tom Shugart, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) think tank, said: "While we don't have any direct indications of intentions to specifica...
By Tom Shugart
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Retired Army Colonel from Omaha Embarks on Cross-Country Bike Ride to Honor Fallen Soldiers
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The retired Army colonel is with his guys: the six paratroopers who gave their lives in Afghanistan in 2007 while serving under his command. Pfc. Chris Pfeifer. Sgt. Adrian Hi...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
U.S. and Philippines Increase Military Ties over China ThreatLisa Curtis, an Indo-Pacific expert at the CNAS think-tank in Washington, said Manila was “wary of getting stuck in the middle of increasing US-China competition” but the new ...
By Lisa Curtis
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The New India: Expanding Influence Abroad, Straining Democracy at Home
The United States, which two years into the Biden administration still does not have an ambassador in New Delhi, is reeling from former President Donald J. Trump’s assault on ...
By Lisa Curtis
