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AI battleships and killer drones: ‘Terminator future’ of war feared by conflict expertsMajor advancements in AI weapons and defence technology have sparked fears mankind is heading towards a “Terminator future” of war. And as this ultra-tech advance, there are i...
By Paul Scharre
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Zapad military drills showcase Russian unmanned robots’ battlefield breakthroughRussia has employed unmanned ground vehicles in combat formations for the first time, a significant step in the country’s quest to develop an effective all-robot military unit...
By Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
CNAS Welcomes John “Jack” Shanahan to its Technology and National Security Program as an Adjunct Senior FellowWashington, September 14, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Lieutenant General (ret.) John “Jack” Shanahan has joined CNAS as an A...
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Russia wants to launch little drones off of other drones off of shipsRussia wants to replace the helicopter scouts on its existing ships with longer-range drones. Announced earlier this week by Russia’s Advanced Research Foundation (an analog t...
By Samuel Bendett
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House Bill Aims to Bridge Acquisition ‘Valley of Death’ In Race to Counter ChinaTwo provisions in the latest version of a House defense bill seek to bridge the "valley of death," the acquisition-process obstacles that can stop promising technology from ge...
By Martijn Rasser
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Report: China Is Hacking Russia, TooMuch has been made about the emerging relationship between China and Russia, two countries that the National Defense Strategy recognizes as near-peer competitors to the United...
By Samuel Bendett
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Europe was the world’s great tech enforcer. Not anymore.When it comes to taking on Big Tech, there are new sheriffs in town: Beijing and Washington. From enacting the world’s strictest privacy law to placing guardrails against the ...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
China reportedly converted civilian ferries for amphibious assault operationsChina has converted civilian ferries for use in military amphibious operations, potentially enabling the country to significantly surge its amphibious assault capabilities in ...
By Tom Shugart
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Bionic arms and blue-eyed bots: How Russia aims to nurture a tech hub in its Far EastTo see Russia’s ambitions for its own version of Silicon Valley, head about 5,600 miles east of Moscow, snake through Vladivostok’s hills and then cross a bridge from the main...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Heavy-lifting Russian drones could resupply soldiers on future battlefieldsRostec, the massive Russian defense corporation, announced at the annual MAKS-2021 arms show in late July that it wants to make a better fleet of cargo drones, including one c...
By Samuel Bendett
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TikTok a Year After Trump’s Ban: No Change, but New ThreatsSaturday will mark a year since Donald Trump said he would ban the wildly popular and annoyingly addictive short-video app TikTok from millions of US smartphones, citing threa...
By Ainikki Riikonen
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Algorithmic Warfare: Russia Expanding Fleet of AI-Enabled WeaponsRussia — which has made no secret of its artificial intelligence ambitions — is building a cadre of AI-enabled, autonomous weapon systems that could one day threaten the Unite...
By Jeffrey Edmonds & Samuel Bendett
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Russia’s Got A New Stealth Fighter—What’s It For?Russian plane-maker Sukhoi has developed a new single-engine stealth fighter. The jet, which Sukhoi apparently refers to as “Checkmate,” reportedly will make its debut at the ...
By Samuel Bendett
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The U.S.-China Tech Conflict Front Line Goes Through BelgiumThe historic Belgian city of Leuven is known for its centuries-old university and as the headquarters of brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev NV. Less so as the location of a se...
By Martijn Rasser
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After Decades of Catch-up Russia Just Began Building Its Own Killer DronesTwo decades after a CIA-operated MQ-1 Predator drone performed the first modern drone strike, Russia is joining the killer drone club as it begins series production in 2021 of...
By Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
The U.S. says humans will always be in control of AI weapons. But the age of autonomous war is already here.Picture a desert battlefield, scarred by years of warfare. A retreating army scrambles to escape as its enemy advances. Dozens of small drones, indistinguishable from the quad...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Martijn Rasser Named Director of the Technology and National Security ProgramWashington, June 28, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Martijn Rasser has been named Director of the Technology and National Secur...
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Department of Defense AI ethics principles still lack implementation guidanceThe Department of Defense will produce guidance for its artificial intelligence ethical principles by late August, six months after an initial self-directed deadline for the c...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
FBI China spy probe faces backlash as case against professor ends in mistrialAn FBI agent’s admission he baselessly targeted a Chinese Canadian researcher in an economic espionage probe is driving calls for a federal investigation into the Justice Depa...
By Ainikki Riikonen
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A warning to DoD: Russia advances quicker than expected on AI, battlefield techThe Russian military is more technologically advanced than the U.S. realized and is quickly developing artificial intelligence capabilities to gain battlefield information adv...
By Jeffrey Edmonds & Samuel Bendett
