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What game theory says about a MAGA military
What should be made of Donald Trump’s avowed longing for senior military officers who will do his bidding without question? To answer that, we must contemplate a scenario rarely considered by civil-military theorists, let alone military…
Eighteen ways Palantir wants the Pentagon to change
The Defense Department is a sclerotic monopsony whose communist approach to acquisition has the United States on a precipice, writes Palantir’s chief technology officer, who prescribes a “painful” but “necessary” reformation based on…
How did Hayat Tahrir al-Sham come to prominence in Syria’s civil war?
A major offensive has seen rebel groups in Syria retake the country’s second city, Aleppo– and demonstrated the growing prominence of the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in the 13-year-long civil war.The surprise advance was…
The D Brief: Seoul declares martial law; Biden rushes to arm Ukraine; Meet Aleppo’s conqueror; Last…
48 days to arm KyivThe Biden administration is racing to send weapons to Ukraine before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20. An estimated $725 million in arms was announced Monday, including “substantial quantities of…
Proposed rule would bar sale of Americans’ financial data to adversaries
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday proposed a long-anticipated rule that would require data brokers to comply with credit bureau reporting standards, in an effort to prevent Americans’ financial data from being obtained by…
New AI tool for air defense takes on advanced missiles and drone swarms
A new AI tool from GDIC that quickly fuses data from multiple air-defense sensors could transform how militaries defend against emerging aerial threats such as hypersonic missiles and drone swarms.The proliferation of drones and highly…
China gains, US loses ground in Mideast arms market
The Middle East’s share of U.S. arms imports has declined in the past decade, thanks in large part to the U.S. policy of ensuring Israel’s qualitative military edge. From the five-year periods 2014-18 and 2019-23, the Middle…
The D Brief: Jihadists seize Aleppo; Taiwan leader visits Hawaii; More Chinese chip chokepoints;…
After a four-year freeze, jihadist rebels in Syria seized control of the country’s largest city of Aleppo on Friday and Saturday, prompting Russian airstrikes across the city—allegedly including at hospitals and medical facilities—as the…
Army aims to move its pay system to the cloud by 2027
The Army is moving its personnel and pay system to the cloud, an effort that has begun in earnest with the hiring of Oracle to host the HR records of more than 1 million soldiers.Announced last month, the effort will move the guts of the…
Defense One Radio, Ep. 167: How U.S. Navy shipbuilding sank so low
Google Pla Apple PodcastsGuests:
Matthew Paxton, president of the Shipbuilders Council of America;
Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va.;
Brent Sadler, retired Navy captain and senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation;
And Mark Montgomery,…
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