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Space Force plans to put a multisatellite ‘carrier’ into orbit
What’s better than being able to launch satellites quickly to orbit? Having them there already—or so goes the thinking behind a new $60 million Space Force contract to develop an “orbital carrier.”Gravitics received a Strategic Funding…
Shipbuilders swarm Capitol Hill to lobby for aircraft carrier funding
Shipbuilders went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to plead for $600 million in advanced funding to keep aircraft carrier suppliers in production—an ask that comes amid delays, uncertain funding, worries of an aging fleet and recent Pentagon…
Rewind and Reconnoiter: A Continent-Wide Blind Spot Revisited
<!-- category --> March 26, 2025 In his 2022 article, “America Ignores Africa at its Own Peril,” Joe Bruhl made the case that the United States was ignoring Africa to its grave peril while China and Russia operated on the…
How a beatdown at sea turned Russia’s navy into China’s junior partner
Away from the grueling land battles and devastating airstrikes, the Ukraine war has from its outset had a naval element. Soon after the February 2022 invasion, Russia imposed a de facto naval blockade on Ukraine, only to see…
The D Brief: More Yemen-chat details released; Troops patrolling border; Ukraine ceasefire…
Yemen OPSEC fail, cont.After a day of repeated denials in sworn testimony, top White House intelligence officials are back on Capitol Hill for a hearing on worldwide threats before House lawmakers on the intelligence committee. CIA Director…
Lessons Learned from Madame le General—Doctor, Pilot, Hero
She was the woman in the floppy jungle hat, standing in front of a Hiller 360 helicopter—young, with a confident smile, dressed in khaki coveralls.Her photo immediately caught my eye the first day I walked into a warehouse in the San…
A Stroll Through the Indo-Pacific, the Most Important Region in the World
In this episode, we get into what’s driving the Indo-Pacific’s security dynamics, from China’s threats to Taiwan to AUKUS and the Quad to stability (or lack thereof) on the Korean Peninsula to bases in the Philippines. We also touch on how…
The March Massacres Show That Syria Urgently Needs Solutions, Not Sanctions
Early March 2025 was when Syria’s post-Assad transition turned sour. In scenes that resembled the worst moments of Syria’s civil war, hundreds of Alawite civilians were killed, probably by a combination of pro-government forces and…
The South Pacific Is the New Frontline in the Rivalry with China
A few weeks ago, commercial flights over the Tasman Sea — located between Australia and New Zealand — were forced to divert after they were warned by the Chinese navy that its warships were about to conduct live-fire exercises in the area.…
‘Nothing will be safe’ from Army’s kit overhaul
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—There’s no such thing as a standard gear set-up from squad to squad in the Army, the chief of infantry said Tuesday, and none of it is designed to work together.So the service finds itself in a place where a dismounted…
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