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The Pentagon’s Favorite Tech Guy Is This Hawaiian Shirt-Wearing FounderWithin minutes of arriving at a security conference with U.S. defense and intelligence officials in December, Palmer Luckey was stopped by a military officer who wanted to tal...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Iranian Drones Challenge Gulf’s Air Defenses
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Iran unleashed hundreds of drone strikes this weekend on Gulf Arab states, damaging U.S. bases and critical infrastructure and presenting a serious challenge to the Middle Eas...
By Samuel Bendett
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Defense / Middle East Security
Trump Faces Race to Defeat Iran Before U.S. and West Run Out of Missiles and InterceptorsDonald Trump was warned that America's stockpile of missiles and interceptors could run dry if his war in Iran is prolonged, sources say....
By Becca Wasser
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Defense / Middle East Security
U.S. Races to Accomplish Iran Mission Before Munitions Run OutWhen the U.S. military’s top general laid out the risks to President Trump of launching a major and extended attack on Iran, one of the issues he flagged was America’s stockpi...
By Becca Wasser
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Iran Strike Marks First Time U.S. Used New One-Way Attack Drones in Combat
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As part of its wave of airstrikes against Iran this weekend, U.S. Central Command confirmed that it had launched its new low-cost kamikaze drones, the first time the weapons h...
By Samuel Bendett
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Defense / Middle East Security
Defensive Munition Shortages to Shape Attack on IranLimited supplies of critical defensive munitions to protect US forces and allies from Tehran’s missiles are likely to shape the military offensive against Iran, according to o...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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New from CNAS | Embracing a Hellscape Strategy to Defend Taiwan
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Developing a Four-Layer Defense to Defeat a Chinese Invasion...
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Does the U.S. Have Enough Aircraft Carriers for All Trump’s Wars?
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As his latest threats to Iran suggest, President Donald Trump has become increasingly comfortable deploying military force around the world. But even with a military as large ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
China’s First Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Will Challenge U.S. Sea PowerNew satellite imagery obtained by Newsweek shows work advancing on China’s fourth aircraft carrier, with defense analysts increasingly convinced the vessel will be nuclear-pow...
By Tom Shugart
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Defense / Middle East Security
IDF Says Forces on High Alert amid Tensions with Iran, No Change to Public AdvisoriesThe IDF addressed the public on Friday through IDF spokesperson Effie Defrin, reassuring citizens about their readiness amid escalating tensions with Iran....
By Becca Wasser
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Defense / Middle East Security
The ‘Incredibly Significant’ U.S. Military Forces Surrounding Iran“This is a build-up like what we saw right before the Iraq war” in 2003, particularly in terms of air power, said Becca Wasser, a military strategy expert at the Center for a ...
By Becca Wasser
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Defense / Middle East Security
Trump’s Threatened Strikes to Push Iran Deal Risk BackfiringPresident Donald Trump said he is considering limited military strikes to pressure Iran into signing a new nuclear deal, but bombing the country may have the opposite effect, ...
By Becca Wasser
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As Dems Push for Briefing on El Paso Incident, Experts Warn It Could Be the ‘Tip of the Iceberg’
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“I think coordination has been lacking, and you're seeing a lot more sort of cowboy behavior, which could be problematic,” Stacie Pettyjohn, a senior fellow and director of th...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Defense / Middle East Security
What Iran’s Naval Exercise with China and Russia in the Strait of Hormuz Actually MeansAs the U.S. flows assets toward the Middle East, including the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (CSG) now reportedly off the Moroccan coast, Iran, China and Russia will hol...
By Tom Shugart
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How Trump Revived Gunboat Diplomacy
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The message to the Islamic Republic is unmistakable: submit to US demands or face the wrath of the world’s most powerful navy....
By Tom Shugart
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The U.S. Is Racing to Build a Drone Shield and This 90-Degree Missile Could Power Trump’s “Golden Dome”
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A missile fires straight up, pivots, and kills a drone midair, JAGM’s latest test hints at a new weapon in America’s race to counter aerial threats....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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El Paso Airspace Shutdown Is ‘Case Study’ in Complexity of Counter-Drone Ops: Experts
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The use of a military counter-drone laser on the southwest border this week—which prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to abruptly close the airspace over El Paso, Tex...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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El Paso: Why Anti-Drone Laser May Have Backfired and Led to Airport Closure
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U.S. forces deployed an anti-drone laser weapon close to El Paso airport in Texas earlier this week, according to new reports, sparking an airspace closure lasting several hou...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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El Paso Incident Highlights Gaps in America’s Drone Defense Industry
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The debacle at the El Paso airport this week is a sign that America’s counter-drone technology — and the ability to deploy it — is still at an early stage, despite billions of...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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FAA Shutdown of El Paso Airspace Triggered by Dispute over Pentagon Laser Weapon
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The abrupt closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas, was triggered by an interagency clash within the Trump administration on the use of a counterdrone laser system from a near...
By Molly Campbell
