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Press Release - CNAS Announces Members of Task Force on Biotechnology and American CompetitivenessWashington, November 9, 2022—The Center for a New American Security is pleased to announce the members of its Task Force on Biotechnology and American Competitiveness. The CNA...
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A Drone Made Out of Sticks? In the UAV Space, Anything Flies.The drone is a reminder that such devices can actually be pretty simple. “I think the biggest benefit of this design is that once key materials are available – a battery, a re...
By Samuel Bendett
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Tech Industry Squeezed by U.S.-China Rift: “The Music Is Going to Stop”The new round of efforts to slow China's access to semiconductor technology the U.S. announced last month went further than many people expected. And the Biden Administration ...
By Martijn Rasser
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Russian Videos Reveal New Details Of Its Loitering MunitionsBack in July we reported that Russia urgently needed more loitering munitions for battlefield use. While the larger Shahed-136 kamikaze drones supplied by Iran are mainly targ...
By Samuel Bendett
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China and the US Remain Locked in Mutually Assured Co-operationThe latest clampdown on China shows similar intent in the fields of supercomputing and artificial intelligence. “This is strangling with an intent to kill” China’s AI ambition...
By Martijn Rasser
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Not Even State Media Believes Kremlin Claims That a Russia-Only Internet Is Ready to GoA series of late 2019 tests caused slowdowns and service disruptions, reported Meduza, an independent Russia-language news site. Even CNews acknowledged that the results “were...
By Samuel Bendett
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CNAS Launches Task Force on Biotechnology and American CompetitivenessWashington, November 2, 2022—The Center for a New American Security is pleased to announce the launch of its Task Force on Biotechnology and American Competitiveness. The Task...
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Russian Forces Unprepared to Protect against Drones, Lack Adequate Command and Control, Panel SaysSamuel Bendett said recent sea drone and unmanned aerial system swarm attacks have the potential to seize “the show going forward.” He added that buying commercial drones – pa...
By Samuel Bendett
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The TikTok National Security ThreatOwned by the Beijing firm Bytedance, TikTok has been under a U.S. security review since 2020, and President Joe Biden on Sept. 15 ordered “additional national security factors...
By Hannah Kelley
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How Tsmc and US-China Tensions May Dictate Fate of Global EconomyThe effects of such a halt would be "economically devastating," says Martijn Rasser, a former senior intelligence officer at the CIA who is now a security and technology exper...
By Martijn Rasser
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Iranian Kamikaze Drones: An Economical Solution for Russia Instead of Cruise MissilesBut analysts speculate that the main reason for Russia using them now to attack cities like Kyiv is that the fighting has gone on for much longer than Russia or Putin ever ant...
By Samuel Bendett
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Hundreds of Russia’s Top Software Developers May Have Left the CountryBy the same token, the loss of so many tech workers could be a significant blow to Russia’s long-term prospects. “Their permanent departure from the Russian labour pool or fro...
By Samuel Bendett
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Biden Just Clobbered China’s Chip IndustrySemiconductors are among the most intricate tools that human beings have ever invented. They are also among the most expensive to make. The latest chips — the sort that power ...
By Martijn Rasser
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U.S. Has Viewed Wreckage of Kamikaze Drones Russia Used in UkraineThe drones pose a significant problem, analysts say. Many defensive systems capable of defeating them are costly, designed mostly for bigger threats like jets and helicopters,...
By Samuel Bendett
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Explainer: Killer Drones Vie for Supremacy over UkraineAccording to the Ukrainian online publication Defense Express, which cites Iranian data, the delta-wing Shahed is 3.5 meters (11½ feet) long, 2.5 meters (8 feet, 3 inches) wid...
By Samuel Bendett
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Here’s What We Know about Why Russia Is Reportedly Using ‘Kamikaze’ Drones, and Where They Are Using ThemThe incessant buzzing of the propeller-driven Geran-2 drones — dubbed "mopeds" and "lawnmowers" by combatants — can induce terror for anyone under its flight path because no o...
By Samuel Bendett
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Western Suppliers Cut Ties with Chinese Chipmakers as U.S. Curbs BiteIt is common for Western companies to broadly suspend exports in the immediate wake of new U.S. restrictions, and then resume some later, once they decipher the rules, lawyers...
By Martijn Rasser
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What to Know about the Iranian Kamikaze Drones Russia Is Using to Attack UkraineIran’s government has denied it is supplying drones to Russia to use in Ukraine but their deployment has already been widely documented since September. Ukrainian troops regul...
By Samuel Bendett
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What Are Kamikaze Drones? Here’s How Russia and Ukraine Are Using ThemUnlike many other attack drones, they do not use weapons to destroy their targets. They are the weapon. The kamikaze drones used by Russia are believed to be imported from Ira...
By Samuel Bendett
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China Has a Drone Army to Fight Off Wildfires. So Why Doesn’t America?China’s leading drone makers, including DJI, have been funded by the country’s government and military, including the makers of the drones used to fight back Chongqing's wildf...
By Alexandra Seymour
