U.S. Army Trains for Battle but Skips Risky Deployment to Theater

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Tactics | The Army rehearses large-scale battle more than the contested movement needed to assemble forces under enemy threat

SpaceX's $4 Billion Satellite Deal Is About Tracking Planes. The Real Target Is China

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AI in Defense | The Space Force's ADS-B satellite buy is less about air traffic control than persistent tracking over the gaps China can exploit

China Is Building a Nuclear Force America Cannot Easily Destroy. Is Washington Ready?

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Defense Hot Topics | China's mobile support network around silo fields is designed to make a disarming U.S. first strike much harder

The Quad's Fiji Port Project Is a Small Bet Against China's Pacific Leverage

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Geopolitics | Fiji's port project is modest infrastructure, but it signals how the Quad wants to contest Chinese influence below the treaty threshold

Churchill's Refusal to Negotiate in May 1940 Was Strategy, Not Sentiment

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History | Churchill's refusal to negotiate in May 1940 was a strategic bet that staying in the war preserved Britain's leverage

The NSA Has Moved AI Cyber Operations Past the Testing Stage. Here Is How You Can Tell

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Intelligence | Public procurement and former officials now suggest U.S. AI-enabled cyber operations have moved from experiment to operational architecture

Rubble Is a Weapon: Why Prepared Urban Defenses Break Attacking Armies

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Tactics | Urban defense turns rubble, buildings, and time into combat power when attackers cannot preserve tempo

Russia's Oreshnik Carries No Explosives. That's the Point, and the Problem

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Hardware | Oreshnik's inert reentry vehicles show how velocity alone can become an effect, complicating warning, attribution, and deterrence

DARPA Wants Robot Medics on the Battlefield. The Hard Part Isn't the Robot

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AI in Defense | Robotic medics target the evacuation gap in high-intensity combat, where the hardest problem is trust, triage, and control

France Just Banned an Israeli Minister. Here Is Why the Relationship Was Already Cracking

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Defense Hot Topics | France's ban on Ben-Gvir is more than a diplomatic spat if it signals stress inside Europe's security relationship with Israel