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Farewell to China’s Strategic Support Force. Let’s meet its replacements
The unexpected elimination of the People’s Liberation Army unit that handled space, cyber, and electronic warfare missions is all the more surprising because the Strategic Support Force seemed to just be coming into its own.On April 19, the…
Marine special operators are using fiction to envision the future
Out in the Indian Ocean, the maritime militia’s unmanned craft approached the Marine-led international task force, and a young sergeant deployed his own small submersibles to meet the threat. While the Marines’ new systems used…
Another U.S. precision-guided weapon falls prey to Russian electronic warfare, U.S. says
U.S.-provided precision-guided munitions have failed in mission after mission in Ukraine, taken down by Russian electronic warfare. On Wednesday, the Pentagon revealed the latest casualty. A new ground-launched version of an…
The D Brief: Houthis renew ship attacks; More ATACMS to Ukraine; Gaza pier update; Changes at SOF…
The U.S. military officially started building a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid over the Mediterranean Sea and to besieged Palestinians on the Gaza coast, military and White House officials said Thursday. President Biden ordered…
US will ‘continue to provide” ATACMS for Ukraine, National Security Advisor says
The United States is now in a position to provide a “significant number” of long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told a small group of reporters Thursday. And, he said, they can be given to Ukraine…
At Army’s special-ops school, the biggest changes in a generation
FORT LIBERTY, North Carolina—Clustered around a table in a classroom festooned with Ukrainian-language posters, six Army special operations soldiers chatted in Ukrainian with a visitor this month—not without hesitation, but seemingly ready…
Pentagon canceled Northrop’s classified satellite program due to ‘budgetary concerns’
Northrop Grumman’s classified satellite program was canceled because the Pentagon didn’t have enough money to pay for it, the company said. “On the restricted program, there's very little I can say given the nature of that…
The D Brief: Aid heads to Ukraine; Army’s 100K goal; Niger pullout talks; Pentagon test recuses…
The U.S. is sending $1 billion worth of military supplies to Ukraine in the latest tranche of weapons, announced moments after President Biden signed the recently passed $95 billion aid package for Kyiv, Taiwan, Israel, and more Tuesday…
Anduril, General Atomics win more USAF money to develop robot wingmen
Anduril and General Atomics have beat out three defense giants to develop the first slew of Air Force drones that will escort fighter pilots into combat.Anduril and General Atomics will handle “detailed designs, manufacture, and testing of…
Prepositioned stocks will get new aid to Ukraine quickly, top US officer says
The Pentagon had already begun moving new aid toward Ukraine in anticipation of its release this morning by the U.S. president, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs said Wednesday. “Seeing that we were getting closer and…
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