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U.S. Deploys Cheap Attack Drone Copied from Iranian Technology
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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China’s New Military Muscle
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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Anduril Makes Mideast Debut in $200 Million Drone Deal with UAE
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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Taiwan Spotlights Anduril Drones, Software in New Arms Deals
Taiwan will develop or buy weapons from six US and Canadian companies that deepen its investment in autonomous systems, including Anduril Industries Inc.’s DIVE-LD underwater ...
By Becca Wasser
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As Drones Swarm Battlefields, Militaries Seek Cheaper Defenses
The proliferation of uncrewed systems in the Ukraine-Russia war has highlighted the importance of drone defense capabilities. But the dilemma militaries around the world face ...
By Becca Wasser
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China Shows Off Nuclear Ambitions With Expanding Missile Arsenal
China revealed the scope of its nuclear weapon ambitions to the world this week when it rolled two new gigantic intercontinental ballistic missile designs through the streets ...
By Becca Wasser
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China’s Military Parade Shows Who’s Calling the Shots
By Becca Wasser
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Xi’s Historic Meet with Putin and Kim Showcases Unity Against U.S.
President Xi Jinping hosted the leaders of North Korea and Russia in Beijing for the first time this week, marking a historic show of united defiance against the US-led world ...
By Becca Wasser
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Lutnick Sparks Rally in Defense Stocks After Ownership Comment
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sparked a minor rally in shares of defense contractors with his suggestion that the US might take ownership stakes in some of them, even as i...
By Becca Wasser
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Defense / Technology & National Security
The World’s Biggest Chipmaker Needs to Move Beyond TaiwanTaipei, a city of over 2m people, stopped moving at 1.30pm on July 17th. Sirens rang out across the capital as residents rehearsed a civil-defence drill for a Chinese invasion...
By Becca Wasser
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Pentagon Thrown into Confusion over Think Tank Ban
A wide swath of Defense Department officials fear that new rules banning employees from participating at think tank and research events — a key way the Pentagon delivers its m...
By Becca Wasser
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Silicon Valley’s $4 Billion Gamble on Defense Manufacturing
Every month Neros Inc. makes hundreds of drones designed to drop warheads on adversaries. By the end of the year, the company wants its new Southern California factory to cran...
By Becca Wasser
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
Fallout from the Ukraine Munitions FreezeUkraine has been struggling to repel a relentless barrage of Russian airstrikes on its cities, and analysts in Washington and Europe are racing to assess the consequences of a...
By Becca Wasser
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Defense / Middle East Security
U.S. Troops in Middle East Will Remain Dispersed and at Elevated Alert, Analysts SayU.S. troops in the Middle East are likely to stay in a dispersed and defensive position amid the fragile ceasefire agreement between Iran and Israel, experts and former senior...
By Becca Wasser
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Trump Heads to Saudi Arabia Soon, Looking for a Repeat of His Trip in 2017
When President Trump heads to Saudi Arabia next week, so will some of the nation's top business leaders. Trump is looking for a repeat of his first foreign trip as president i...
By Becca Wasser
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Trump May Be Triggering the Fastest Nuclear Weapons Race Since the Cold War
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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‘It Was Leaked to Us:’ Army in Chaos over Trump Orders
The Army rushed to satisfy President Donald Trump’s executive orders this week, sparking so much confusion that top officials directed a halt on new contracts and then walked ...
By Becca Wasser
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Defense / Middle East Security
As Middle East Crisis Grinds On, Pentagon Shows Signs of StrainThe open-ended crisis in the Middle East has begun to squeeze the Pentagon, fueling unease over the U.S. military’s ability to balance imminent threats to American interests t...
By Becca Wasser
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A Million People Play This Video Wargame. So Does the Pentagon.
Warfare is changing at a pace unseen in almost a century, as fighting in Ukraine and the Middle East shows. For military commanders, tackling that upheaval demands fast and co...
By Becca Wasser
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America’s Greatest Adversary? Kamala Harris Says Iran Is ‘An Obvious’ Answer
WASHINGTON — Though the Defense Department and the Intelligence Community have long identified China as America’s number one geopolitical challenge, when Democratic presidenti...
By Becca Wasser