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Technology & National Security
UAS are everywhere, and it takes all types of technology to defeat themThe drone buzzed over U.S. ground troops in southern Syria. It was big, about the size of a Predator, and it was armed. Without warning, it fired. The munition “hit dirt,” a P...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
ISIS fight shows US military can use lower-cost weapons with lethal resultsThe fight against the Islamic State has become a learning opportunity for the U.S. military as it looks to a future taking on very adaptable and resourceful opponents. There's...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
What will the future of warfare look like?War. War never changes. From ancient Rome to the Second World War, it seems like it’s the same story being repeated. The tools of war might change, but war itself is always th...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Disposable Drones Could Deliver Supplies Under Enemy FireGliders offer many advantages on the battlefield, not the least of which are low cost and silent operation—two things the military loves. That explains their prevalence during...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
How to Manage a SwarmOur interview for the April -- June Critical Thinking with Paul Scharre--he's a Ranger vet who did tours in Iraq and Afghanistan who is now a robotics expert at the Center for...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Trump’s Military Buildup Promises Little For The Working GruntsThe USS Gerald R. Ford, the new aircraft carrier President Donald Trump praised recently, is costing some $13 billion to build. That doesn’t count the airplanes. It’s the most...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
CNAS, Bard College’s Center for the Study of the Drone Launch New Database on UASThe Center for a New American Security and Bard College’s Center for the Study of the Drone have introduced a database designed to help the public and policymakers learn about...
By Ben FitzGerald, Paul Scharre & JaRel Clay
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Center for a New American Security and the Center for the Study of the Drone Release “The Drone Database”The Center for a New American Security has released The Drone Database, a tool aimed at helping policymakers and the public understand the scope and implications of global dro...
By JaRel Clay
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Press Release
Defense / Technology & National Security
CNAS Releases Report on Automation and the Patriot Air and Missile Defense SystemThe Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Future of Warfare Initiative has released a new report, “Patriot Wars: Automation and the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System....
By Neal Urwitz
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Watch the Pentagon’s new hive-mind-controlled drone swarm in actionIn what will probably be considered a step forward for autonomous military technology, the Pentagon said in a statement Monday that it had successfully demonstrated “one of th...
By Paul Scharre
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Press Release
Defense / Technology & National Security
CNAS Commentary: Trump Administration Defense PrioritiesAs President-elect Donald Trump weighs his options for the next secretary of defense and for his defense agenda, CNAS Future of Warfare Initiative Director Paul Scharre and CN...
By Paul Scharre & Lauren Fish
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Defense / Technology & National Security
CNAS Press Note: What Does a Trump Administration Mean for Defense?Washington, November 17 – As the transition to the Trump administration begins and markets predict a growth in defense spending, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Defe...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Pentagon is worrying about 'Terminator' coming true. Seriously.Senior fellow Paul Scharre discusses the risks of autonomous weapons systems in the Christian Science Monitor....
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
How Technology Could Create 'Super Soldiers'In National Defense, senior fellow Paul Scharre discusses the use of performance-enhancers in the military....
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Attack of the Killer RobotsIn BuzzFeed, senior fellow Paul Scharre explains the meaning and importance of "meaningful human control" when discussing autonomous weapons systems....
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program / Technology & National Security
On Ivy League campuses, military brass find a warmer welcomeIn Reuters, Bacevich fellow Katherine Kidder praises Ivy League schools for introducing ROTC to the elite. ...
By Katherine Kidder
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Defense / Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
Global Perspectives on Israel and RussiaThis week on the Proliterated Drones website, drone experts explain how Israel and Russia use drones and see drones being used in the future. ...
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Defense / Technology & National Security
CNAS Press Note: Autonomous Weapons at the United NationsCNAS experts Paul Scharre and Kelley Sayler have written a press note on autonomous weapons at the United Nations....
By Kelley Sayler & Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Arms Control Groups Urge Human Control of Robot WeaponryIn The New York Times, Senior Fellow Paul Scharre discusses human involvement in lethal force....
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Going for the ZAPIn USA Today, Senior Fellow Paul Scharre discusses the benefits of using directed-energy weapons on the battlefield....
By Paul Scharre
