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Photos Show U.S. Helicopters Escorting Nuclear Submarine
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The Kentucky is one of the 14 Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines in service with the U.S. Navy. Each submarine, often referred to as a "boomer," can carry...
By Tom Shugart
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RAF Unveils Its Own Plan for New Drones to Fly Alongside Fighters
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The United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force has unveiled a new electronic warfare drone designed to fly with fighter jets into contested airspace, including alongside its fleet of F-...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
U.S. to Discuss Dual-Use Shipbuilding with Japan, Navy Chief SaysThe U.S. will talk with Japan about the option of employing dual-use shipbuilding--building commercial ships with military applications--Navy Secretary John Phelan told Nikkei...
By Tom Shugart
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
China’s Military Spending Has Surged. So Have the PurgesThe grey-painted vessels were a sight to behold. Out of the fog of a late March morning in southern China’s Guangdong province, three giant metal barges, each one larger than ...
By Tom Shugart
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
How Much of a Threat Are Chinese Hypersonic Missiles to U.S. Navy Ships and Sailors?China has “the world’s leading hypersonic missile arsenal” that can threaten U.S. Navy ships, according to the Defense Department’s most recent report on Chinese military powe...
By Tom Shugart
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
China’s New Bridge-Forming Barges Offer New Options for Taiwan InvasionIf anyone was wondering what Chinese troops and armored vehicles disembarking onto Taiwan’s shores could potentially look like, then footage of drills in China’s southern Guan...
By Tom Shugart
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Trump May Be Triggering the Fastest Nuclear Weapons Race Since the Cold War
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Donald Trump has been obsessed with preventing a nuclear holocaust since he was a bumptious boy builder back in the 1980s. Back then Trump reportedly proposed, with typical gr...
By Becca Wasser
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Island Chains: Can the U.S.'s Cold War Strategy Still Contain China?Experts have told Newsweek that the island chain strategy, which was formulated by the United States during the Cold War, remains relevant today in containing Washington's nea...
By Tom Shugart
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‘Invasion’ Barges and Deep-Sea Cable Cutters: Why New Chinese Maritime Tech Is Spooking Defense Watchers
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From a chain of massive barges stretching from a Chinese beach into the sea, to a powerful new design for cutting undersea cables at record depths, China’s latest maritime inn...
By Tom Shugart
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How DOD Could Recoup Its Investment in Ukraine’s Long-Range Drones
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For three years now, the U.S. has dug into its weapons arsenal and shared billions of dollars to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia; now, as peace talks suggest the war...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
Hegseth: Ditch Climate ‘Distraction’ but Prepare for Extreme WeatherA new memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth doubles down on his campaign to eliminate the Pentagon’s work on climate — calling for a review of both mission statements and m...
By Will Rogers
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Why Boeing’s F-47 NGAD Next-Gen Fighter Win Was Existential for the Company
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It’s no secret that Boeing is in a bind. Regulators are scrutinizing the planemaker’s commercial business, whose woes have also attracted the attention of federal prosecutors....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Trump Says Boeing Will Develop the F-47, His Namesake Fighter Jet
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President Donald Trump on Friday touted plans to keep the Pentagon a step ahead of China, unveiling a blueprint for America’s next-generation fighter jet that aims to deliver ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Anduril’s Fury Fighter Jet to Make Global Debut at Avalon Airshow 2025According to Anduril, Fury is designed as a force multiplier for crewed fighter aircraft, integrating collaborative autonomy, modularity, and affordability to enhance the comb...
By Diem Salmon
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Bridge-Forming Barges Could Speed Up a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan, Experts SayChina has built at least six barges capable of forming a bridge hundreds of feet long, an ability that could play a key role in a potential invasion of Taiwan, according to de...
By Tom Shugart
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The Warship That Shows Why the U.S. Navy Is Falling Behind China
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When a Wisconsin shipyard won the contract to build a new class of Navy frigate in 2020, the project was meant to address an embarrassing reality: The U.S. is now the global l...
By Tom Shugart
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No, There’s No ‘Kill Switch’: Pentagon Tries to Reassure International F-35 Partners
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The Pentagon today attempted to reassure its international partners in the F-35 program that there is no “kill switch” on the stealth fighter jet that the US could use to rend...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
China Holds Landing Exercise with ‘Invasion Barges’ In South China SeaChina appears to be conducting amphibious landing exercises with specially built vessels at a beach on the South China Sea, the sort of practice it would conduct if it was con...
By Tom Shugart
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CNAS Launches New Initiative on AI in Future Warfare
Press Release
Washington, March 10, 2025 – The Center for a New American Security’s (CNAS) Defense Program is launching a new initiative examining the critical role of artificial intelligen...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
North Korea to Have First Early Warning Aircraft, Satellite Image ShowsNorth Korea “appears close to completing its first airborne early warning aircraft,” a significant upgrade for its air force, said U.S.-based research website 38 North, citing...
By Tom Shugart
