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‘Betrayal’: Air Guardsmen, governors pile on criticism of plan to move units to Space Force
In the latest backlash against the Pentagon’s proposal to bypass governors and move space-focused units from the Air National Guard into the Space Force, guardsmen are speaking up—and saying they don’t want to join the service.The…
Marine Corps set to field resupply drones to all logistics battalions by 2028
The Marine Corps will send small logistics drones to every logistics battalion in the service by 2028, officials said at the Modern Day Marine conference—part of the Corps’ overall plan to make its units lighter and harder-to-hit for any…
New details give Replicator a distinct Ukrainian flavor
Ukrainians who read the newly released details of the Pentagon's giant Replicator drone effort may well have said, "Hey, that's what we're doing.""The first tranche of Replicator capabilities include uncrewed surface vehicles (USV),…
A militarized immigrant roundup won’t work the way Trump says
While campaigning in Iowa last September, former President Donald Trump made a promise to voters if he were elected again: “Following the Eisenhower model, we will carry out the largest domestic deportation operation in American…
The D Brief: Putin’s nuke exercises; US halts arms transfer to Israel; Navy’s analog shipbuilding;…
Russian defense officials announced plans for tactical nuclear weapons drills at an unspecified future date. The idea is “to practice the preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons,” the Defense Ministry said Monday on…
Too few planners understand what special operators can do today
U.S. special operations forces have a unique role to play in today’s strategic competition with China and Russia, yet—outside a niche community—understanding of what SOF do is limited, outdated, and under-appreciated. It’s time that…
Paparo takes the helm at INDOPACOM
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii—China is the only country with “both the will and… the capacity to dominate the Indo-Pacific,” and it “continues to engage in increasingly coercive behavior” in the Taiwan Straits, the South China Sea, and elsewhere,…
The Marines want to ‘litter the battlefield’ with anti-drone sensors
The Marine Corps wants to employ more passive sensors and kinetic weapons to find and take down drones, and plans to field personal drone detectors in the next 12 months, officers said Thursday at the Modern Day Marine conference. Some…
Navy slow to adopt modern ship-designing tools, GAO finds
One reason the U.S. Navy is behind on its shipbuilding goals is that it’s been slow to embrace the kinds of digital-design tools that have revolutionized the process of building commercial ships and military aircraft, the Government…
Will Australia’s giant quantum project bring militaries’ fears to life?
The specter of a quantum computer powerful enough to break today’s toughest codes has haunted militaries for years. An Australian project could bring their fears to life by 2027.Earlier this week, the Australian government inked a $620…
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