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How Army special operators use deepfakes and drones to train for information warfare
FORT LIBERTY, North Carolina—With a sample of your voice and a gaming laptop, this Army psychological operations instructor can make you appear to say anything: an order for pizza, a call to the doctor, or just hello. In peacetime,…
Global defense spending jumped in 2023
Total global defense spending grew at its fastest pace in the last decade from 2022 to 2023, as governments respond to security crises unfolding around the world. Combined military outlays jumped 10.4 percent in 2023 on strong growth from…
The D Brief: Aid votes coming?; Ukraine war casualty counts; A plan to restart F-35 deliveries; Navy…
“When you do the right thing, you let the chips fall where they may,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, told CNN Wednesday after he unveiled his four-part plan to pass supplemental aid bills worth nearly $96 billion to support…
Defense One Radio, Ep. 150: The state of the Navy
Defense One Radio, Ep. 150: The state of the Navy - Defense One
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Ukraine doesn’t want A-10s, but another country might, Air Force secretary says
Despite previous calls from Ukraine for more attack aircraft, a top Pentagon official said the country isn’t interested in ex-U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthogs. “Ukraine hasn't expressed much interest. I think they, rightfully, are…
F-35 deliveries could resume in July, but the new jets won’t be combat-ready for a year or more
Nine months after the Pentagon stopped accepting new F-35s, the program has international consensus on a plan: resume taking the jets if their balky software upgrade can be released in a stable if limited form.That could come as early as…
Russian hackers sabotaged Texas water-treatment plant: cyber firm
A group with possible ties to Kremlin military hackers infiltrated a Texas water-treatment plant in January, causing a system malfunction that forced a water tank to overflow and escalating concerns about the network…
The D Brief: 16 die in Russian attack; SecDef, China talk; Missile duels’ price tag; Army…
Russian missiles killed more than a dozen people in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday at about 9 a.m. local. An eight-floor apartment building was attacked in the barrage, which also injured at least 60 people across the…
Mideast missile duels have cost US Navy nearly $1B, secretary says
The U.S. Navy is nearly $1 billion in the hole after defending Israel from Iranian missiles last weekend and fighting off Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping since October, the service’s secretary said Tuesday in a bid to convince House…
Army recruiting on pace to hit goal—and break a years-long streak
The Army is on track to break a years-long losing streak and hit its recruitment goal of 55,000 new soldiers this year, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said during congressional testimony Tuesday. “I don't want to get overly…
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