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China’s Military Spending Has Surged. So Have the Purges
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The 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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How Much of a Threat Are Chinese Hypersonic Missiles to U.S. Navy Ships and Sailors?
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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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China’s New Bridge-Forming Barges Offer New Options for Taiwan Invasion
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If 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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Island Chains: Can the U.S.'s Cold War Strategy Still Contain China?
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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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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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Anduril’s Fury Fighter Jet to Make Global Debut at Avalon Airshow 2025
According 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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Hegseth: Ditch Climate ‘Distraction’ but Prepare for Extreme Weather
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A 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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Bridge-Forming Barges Could Speed Up a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan, Experts Say
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China 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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China Holds Landing Exercise with ‘Invasion Barges’ In South China Sea
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China 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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North Korea to Have First Early Warning Aircraft, Satellite Image Shows
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North 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
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Black Sea Conflict Informing U.S. Navy Unmanned Systems, Says Admiral
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The Black Sea has become the Navy’s laboratory for rehearsing and operationalizing the best ways to tie unmanned, robotic systems’ effects with the crewed fleet’s combat power...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Russians Lash FPVs Together To Make Frankenstein Heavy Lift Drones
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Russian soldiers have found a novel way to get around their lack of heavy-lift drones: strapping four small drones to a frame to create a device known as “Vobla.”...
By Samuel Bendett
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Trump Wants Attack Subs. The Rest of the $50 Billion Pentagon Budget Shuffle Is a Question Mark for the Navy.
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A $50 billion funding shift ordered by President Donald Trump's new defense secretary makes attack submarines a priority but raises questions for the rest of the Navy....
By Tom Shugart
