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Golden Dome: The Astronomical Cost of Defeating ‘Any Foreign Aerial Attack’
In The News
Just days into his second administration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order attempting to do what no other commander in chief has done: build a system for the U...
By Becca Wasser
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Annual Defense Policy Bill Calls for Psychological Study on Drone Operators, Analysts
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The final draft of the annual defense policy bill tasks the Pentagon with conducting a psychological study on troops and Defense Department civilians who use or support unmann...
By Molly Campbell
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Japan Builds up ‘Missile Archipelago’ near Taiwan to Counter China
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As military tensions between China and Japan reach the highest level in more than a decade, the sparsely populated island of Yonaguni finds itself right on the front lines....
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
See How a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Could UnfoldFive miles off Taiwan’s coast, ZTD-05 amphibious vehicles roll out of ships and zip over the water amid a hail of artillery fire. The Chinese soldiers inside have their orders...
By Tom Shugart
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America’s Biggest Defense Contractors Are Fighting for Their Place in the Future of Drone Warfare
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Silicon Valley disruptors and defense industry heavyweights are locked in a fight to shape the future of drone warfare....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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U.S. Deploys Cheap Attack Drone Copied from Iranian Technology
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The Pentagon is deploying an attack drone that’s based on an Iranian model used against American and allied forces overseas, a tacit recognition of how the US defense sector h...
By Becca Wasser
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Interview with Greg Grant
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Proposals for wringing more innovation out of DoD are legion, coming with some velocity from government funded research centers, think tanks, academia. Most are outright ignor...
By Greg Grant
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China’s Shadow Navy Trains to Take Taiwan
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China is mobilizing an armada of civilian ships that could help in an invasion of Taiwan – a mission that could surpass the Second World War’s Normandy landings....
By Tom Shugart
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Chinese Use of Claude AI for Hacking Will Drive Demand for AI Cyber Defense, Say Experts
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In the wake of a report accusing China of using publicly available AI tech to launch cyberattacks, experts are warning cyber defenders they’re going to need some AI help of th...
By Josh Wallin & Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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China’s New Military Muscle
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China spent the past year pairing cutting-edge battlefield technology with traditional military hardware — all at a pace that risks outstripping the U.S....
By Becca Wasser
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From Florist to Drone Maker: How the Weapon Became So Mainstream
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The ongoing conflict in Ukraine is often described as the world's "first drone war". It has led to a continuing huge growth in the production of military drones, both within a...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Anduril Makes Mideast Debut in $200 Million Drone Deal with UAE
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Anduril Industries Inc. and the Emirati defense company EDGE Group PJSC are launching a joint venture to build drones in the United Arab Emirates, as the US startup makes its ...
By Becca Wasser
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What It Would Take to Build Trump’s Golden Fleet ‘Battleships’
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When President Donald Trump told a group of high-ranking military officers in September that he was “seriously considering” building “battleships” for the US Navy, it raised e...
By Carlton Haelig
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The Air Force Wants to Put Private AI Data Centers on Its Bases, Raising Security, Land-Use Fears
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Air Force officials want private companies to build artificial intelligence data centers on more than 3,000 acres of land on five of its military bases, raising questions abou...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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New National Security Strategy Could Redefine Homeland Defense: Experts
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“Defending the homeland” has always been the point of the national defense strategy, experts argue, but the precursors to the forthcoming update hint that the way the U.S. pra...
By Carlton Haelig & Philip Sheers
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JUST IN: Pentagon Stuck in Acquisition ‘Cul-de-Sac,’ New Report Finds
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The Defense Department continues to spend heavily on research and development while struggling to field weapon systems in a timely manner, according to a recent report publish...
By Carlton Haelig & Philip Sheers
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
Senior German General Says Europe Must Do All It Can to Help UkraineAs President Trump prepares to meet President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in the coming weeks to discuss a possible cease-fire, a senior German general warned that if Russia i...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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‘0% Malfunction Rate,’ Until Now: How Military’s Plan to Fire Munitions over I-5 Went Awry
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It was supposed to be a boisterous event at Camp Pendleton celebrating 250 years of the U.S. Marine Corps that included a live simulation of a beach assault by sea and air....
By Carlton Haelig
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Déjà Drones
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Eighty years after the U.S. military first used drones in the Pacific, the idea is back on the table for any future operations in the South China Sea....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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What’s in a Game-Changing Weapon?
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Today it’s Tomahawk missiles under debate. But first it was HIMARS rocket launchers, then Patriot systems, then F-16 fighter planes....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
