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The D Brief: Chinese blockade drill encircles Taiwan; Army program cuts coming?; Israel gets THAAD;…
New: China’s military carried out snap drills Monday encircling the democratic island of Taiwan, and it did so with no 24-hour notification, no specific locations announced, and no end date for what it referred to as its Joint Sword 2024B…
The X-Men and Avengers have lessons for international defense cooperation
As tensions rise with Russia and China, America's greatest strategic advantage lies not in any single weapons system, but in our unparalleled network of global alliances. While our rivals struggle to maintain even a handful of true…
Boeing defense will take $2B in 3Q losses; company to cut 10% of entire workforce
Boeing’s defense business continued bleeding in the third quarter of 2024 as troubled programs, fixed-price contracts, and an inability to reach a deal with thousands of striking machinists dragged down the company. On Friday, the…
How many drones does the Army need? More.
The Army is buying hundreds of small drones as it starts to equip its infantry with warfare’s latest must-have weapon, but that’s not nearly enough. The experience of current units suggests the service will need to buy thousands per year…
How Russia, China envision nuking US satellites: from above and below
Nearly six decades after the Outer Space Treaty banned military activities in space, its norms appear to be losing their power. In May, U.S. officials from the Defense and State Departments disclosed the possibility of Russia deploying…
CMMC’s final rule has now landed
The Defense Department on Friday released the final rule for its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, but this is just one of several final steps until CMMC goes into force.DOD will publish the rule officially on…
The D Brief: Israeli strikes in Lebanon, Syria; More Red Sea attacks; Bad online trends; Space…
Israeli forces grind on in Lebanon: Nearly two dozen people were killed and at least 130 others wounded in an overnight attack by Israeli forces in Beirut. According to Reuters, “Security sources said the target was senior Hezbollah…
How the internet is making America more susceptible to rumors and lies
New trends in online interaction are making Americans more susceptible to the rumors and lies that undermine democracies and their militaries.That’s the common thread through three recent studies of online behavior. One found that people’s…
NATO aims to publish its own commercial space strategy next year
NATO is devising a commercial space strategy as allied militaries realize just how much they might need industry’s satellites in wartime. It will resemble the Pentagon’s six-month-old commercial space strategy, said Maj. Gen. Devin…
Secret space plane tests new orbit-switching maneuver
A U.S. X-37B space plane is slated to test a new way of rapidly changing its orbit, part of the Space Force’s quest for fuel-sipping maneuverability.The spacecraft will experiment with aerobraking, which uses Earth’s atmosphere to slow…
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