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New U.S. Defense Strategy ‘Barely Mentions Technology’
The new National Defense Strategy broadly prioritizes the Trump administration’s plans for protecting U.S. territories and assets and juicing the military’s industrial base, b...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Inside China’s AI Army: Drones Learn to Hunt and Kill like Nature’s Predators
China is teaching its drones to fight like animals. Engineers at Beihang University, a military-linked school, created a system in which defensive drones mimic hawks by target...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Pentagon Broadens Counter-Drone Authorities in Bid to Shore up Vulnerable U.S. Bases
The Pentagon said it consolidated policies around protecting American military facilities from drone threats after unclear guidance that left base commanders scrambling on how...
By Molly Campbell
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China Trains AI-Controlled Weapons with Learning from Hawks, Coyotes
Engineers studying drone combat at one of China’s top military-linked universities needed a way to simulate clashes between drone swarms in real time. They turned to nature fo...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Defense / Middle East Security
Trump’s Move to Send U.S. Ships to Mideast Renews Iran ThreatPresident Donald Trump has dispatched naval assets to the Middle East, prompting fresh speculation that he’ll follow through on threats to attack Iran’s senior leadership amid...
By Becca Wasser
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America’s Defense Industry Is in Trouble, with No Plan to Fix It
It’s hard to dispute that Donald Trump has a knack for identifying problems....
By Becca Wasser
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea BarriersChina quietly mobilized thousands of fishing boats twice in recent weeks to form massive floating barriers of at least 200 miles long, showing a new level of coordination that...
By Tom Shugart
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Trump Signals He’ll Hold off Another Attack on Iran for Now
President Donald Trump indicated that he might hold off on attacking Iran for now after saying he was reassured by sources “on the other side” that the government in Tehran wo...
By Becca Wasser
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Military Experts Reject Trump’s Logic That U.S. Must Own Greenland to Defend It
President Trump’s assertion that the U.S. must own Greenland to expand its defenses there runs counter to decades of policy and undermines the deterrence of its global network...
By Richard Fontaine
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2025 Proved the Case for Drone Defense
As mass-produced strike and FPV drones reshape battlefields from Ukraine to the Red Sea, the United States is scrambling to bend the cost curve, scale affordable interceptors,...
By Samuel Bendett
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The U.S. Weapons That Stole Maduro’s Power
It is often said that a successful military operation resembles a symphony, where land, sea and air forces hit their notes at precisely the right moment....
By Philip Sheers
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Why Trump Is Gunning for America’s Defence Giants
If you want to understand why Donald Trump is gunning for America’s defence companies, a big part of the answer lies in a single, startling estimate....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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U.S. Force’s Presence in Caribbean Has Limits, Despite Trump Vow
President Donald Trump vowed to keep US forces in the Caribbean for the foreseeable future. Yet given the sheer size of the military buildup in Latin America, he can’t maintai...
By Becca Wasser
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
How Europe Is Trying to Rebuild Its Armed Forces for a Long WarEuropean nations no longer assured of US military protection are setting aside hundreds of billions of euros for new weapons, ammunition and advanced defense technology. Findi...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Cubans ‘Scared and Nervous’ After Us Attack on Venezuela Destroys Morale
Cubans are on high alert and the streets are under heavy guard, bracing for what comes next as officials mourned the 32 members of its security services killed in the US opera...
By Becca Wasser
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
China Slaps Export Controls on Japan Military for Taiwan RemarksChina imposed controls on exports to Japan with any military use, intensifying a dispute between Asia’s top economies over remarks Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made ...
By Becca Wasser
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‘This Was Surgical’: The Tactics Behind the Maduro Mission
By Carlton Haelig
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After U.S. Raid on Venezuela, Analysts Weigh Lessons About Russian Air Defenses
Ostensibly speaking about the U.S. industrial base, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth took a short detour on Monday to take a victory lap regarding the surprise US military op...
By Carlton Haelig
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
China’s Plans to Dominate at Sea in 2026China, a top maritime rival of the United States, is expected to continue rapid naval modernization and expand its presence at sea in the new year, following the fielding of n...
By Tom Shugart
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Chinese Military Threat Grows, According to Pentagon ReportChairman Xi Jinping continues to invest heavily in the People's Liberation Army (PLA), as China's military approaches his 2027 "centennial military building goal"....
By Tom Shugart