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The future of China’s new information support force
In December 2024, Xi Jinping made a highly publicized visit to the PLA’s newly formed Information Support Force (ISF), underscoring its strategic importance to the People’s Liberation Army. The establishment of the force earlier that year…
Let’s talk about the next US-Israel military-assistance agreement
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President Trump at the White House this week, the two leaders should announce the launch of negotiations on the next U.S.-Israel military-assistance Memorandum of…
Army aviation was having a bad few years—even before Wednesday’s crash
The deadly Jan. 29 helicopter crash outside Washington, D.C., was the Army’s first serious aviation incident in months—but it came on the heels of a fiscal year that saw the service’s highest rate of serious crashes in over a decade.Army…
The D Brief: Crash update; May or June for next budget?; Navy’s nimble combat tuneups; China’s big…
DC helo collision update: Investigators are beginning to assess the collision of a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger aircraft near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday evening. All 67 passengers and crew perished in the…
Shore-based analysts help US warships fine-tune for imminent Red Sea combat
SAN DIEGO—Sailors aboard the USS Stockdale were tapping threat data analysis from a local naval base hours before their destroyer came under attack by Houthis in the Red Sea—and it was a “game changer,” the deputy commander of U.S. Central…
Gabbard and Patel hearings display diverging views of reality, history along partisan lines
Senate confirmation hearings Thursday for two top intelligence jobs revealed a growing gap between Trump administration nominees and Democratic lawmakers, not just in terms of policy, but in perceptions of reality. Arguments about facts and…
Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’ plan would put weapons in space, at a big cost
President Donald Trump’s executive order to create a “next-generation missile defense shield” that can “defend its citizens and critical infrastructure against—any foreign aerial attack on the Homeland” is technically and budgetarily…
Army secretary nominee talks drones, recruiting, and lawful orders at confirmation hearing
Relatively little was publicly known about Dan Driscoll before he appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday as President Donald Trump’s nominee for Army secretary, other than that he was a friend and law school…
Navy ops centers need AI to sift through troves of intel data
SAN DIEGO—Future naval battles could hinge on how quickly information warfare officers analyze and send information from maritime operations centers to the fleet, the chief of the U.S. Navy has said. And while AI can help with that, there…
Hegseth stands up anti-DEI task force
Like many Pentagon chiefs who have come before him, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is standing up a task force to support his top priority for the department. In this case, it’s rooting out policies, education, and training that relate to…
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