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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…
DIA’s AI-powered intel repository will be fully operational about a year late
An AI-powered replacement for the repository of intelligence on foreign militaries is headed for the Pentagon’s classified network, where it will help pioneer new security techniques and become fully operational about a year later than…
The D Brief: Kyiv hikes taxes; DOD’s space turf war; Smart new drone; Tornadoes shred Florida roofs;…
It’s been 962 days since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Kyiv’s lawmakers just passed the largest tax hike of the war so far, increasing the rate on personal income from 1.5 to 5%, according to the New York…
New AI-powered strike drone shows how quickly battlefield autonomy is evolving
Small drones have been changing modern warfare at least since 2015, when Russia and Ukraine began to use them to great effect for rapid targeting. The latest addition is a strike-and-intelligence quadcopter that its builder hopes…
Russian casualties have topped 600,000 in Ukraine war, US says
More than 600,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded since Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a senior U.S. defense official said Wednesday. Ukrainian drone strikes have taken out large…
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