The Pentagon

China Is Preparing for a Robot-Led Taiwan Invasion

China’s use of military robotics is a warning to the United States and Taiwan to accelerate robotics deployment and counter-robotics defenses to preserve deterrence.

The Pentagon Is Transforming U.S. Commercial Satellites Into Tactical Battlefield Infrastructure

Contested battlefields can change in seconds. Vehicles move, targets disappear, and outdated intelligence can quickly place U.S. operators at risk.  For special operations forces (SOF) operating...

Spectrum Abundance for Weird Space Stuff

Unleashing American Drone Dominance

Data Centers, Telecommunications Networks, and Space-Based Systems

Modernizing DHS’s SRMA Role for the Communications and IT Sectors

Preserving Israel’s military edge: Strategic steps for the Defense Ministry

Shifting regional alliances, major arms deals, and rising threats are putting unprecedented pressure on Israel’s qualitative military edge, and demanding a new strategy to preserve it.

America Can’t Reindustrialize on Chinese Batteries

Washington has learned, often the hard way, that supply chains once treated as purely commercial can carry real national security consequences. Huawei exposed that risk in telecommunications. Chinese drones...

Trump Administration Requests Extraordinary $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget

After years of bipartisan failures to devote sufficient resources to defense, the Trump administration requested an extraordinary 44 percent increase in defense spending in its roughly $1.5...

Implementing Cybercom 2.0 Should Not Postpone Establishing a Cyber Force

The Cybercom 2.0 initiative to improve cyber force generation does not preclude establishing a Cyber Force—it can lay the groundwork for one.

Russia’s Gray Zone War Against NATO

It’s a battlefield so cold that even Marvel’s Captain America might find himself looking around for a space heater, but that doesn’t mean the fight isn’t warming up. The Kremlin has been waging...

This missile just proved itself in Iran. The US needs more, ASAP

Despite its advantages, the Precision Strike Missile has so far been procured in relatively small quantities.

Will Trump Finish the Job in Iran?

The Islamic Republic has been severely degraded, but it will continue to pose a threat to the Gulf.

There’s Only One Path to Victory in Iran

In less than three weeks, the United States and Israel have destroyed many of the military assets Iran has used to menace the Middle East for decades. The Pentagon reported 15,000 strikes in the first 10 days, which not only blew up launchers, missiles and ships; they also leveled some of the production sites that once replenished Iran’s arsenal.

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Ukraine will help combat Iranian drones in Middle East, Zelenskyy says

Years of Russian bombardment with Iranian drones have provided Ukraine with unparalleled experience in finding cost-effective ways to counter these weapons. Now, that hard-won expertise may be about to...

A battle to make America great again

Guess who that’s making angry

AI-Amplified Narratives: Measuring Propaganda in LLM Citations

Previewing Talks with Iran

Electro-Industrial Stack Vulnerabilities: Surfacing Hidden Huaweis

In 1999, Congress tasked the Department of Defense with publicizing an annual list of Chinese military companies. The task was a concession to those opposed to the hurried – and woefully shortsighted...

Greenland’s Worth a Fight and Russia’s Trying to Start One

The “quickest way for Russia to penetrate our naval defenses is steaming from the Arctic to the North Atlantic.” The Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom (GIUK) Gap is the last place allied forces “have...