The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth
By Thomas Cheney
A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a man’s home in Florida. NASA later confirmed that the object had...
The new attack surface: from space to smartphone
By Jamie Munro
Imagine having seamless mobile broadband access anywhere on Earth, from the most remote deserts and oceans to disaster zones, all without...
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The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth
By Thomas Cheney
A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a man’s home in Florida. NASA later confirmed that the object had...
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The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth
By Thomas Cheney
A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a man’s home in Florida. NASA later confirmed that the object had...
How the US Army’s Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) unifies missile defense across domains
With multiple milestones met for the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS), the U.S. Army’s modernization program for missile defense, the Army now plans to...
The new attack surface: from space to smartphone
By Jamie Munro
Imagine having seamless mobile broadband access anywhere on Earth, from the most remote deserts and oceans to disaster zones, all without...
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What Google’s return to defense AI means
Google has discarded its self-imposed ban on using AI in weapons, a step that simultaneously drew praise and criticism, marked a new entrant in a hot...
Germany’s military build up continues, but personnel shortages remain
By Linus Höller
The German military continued its rearmament but still suffered from serious personnel shortages last year, a report presented to the country’s parliament on Tuesday showed. The paper...
Dismounted Situational Awareness in the Urban Battlespace
Historically, military forces favored battles in open terrain, as the confines of urban terrain, forests, or narrow mountain passages are the defender’s forte. Therefore,...
Russian research on space nukes and alternative counterspace weapons (part 2)
By Bart Hendrickx
Part 1 summarized recent Russian academic literature on the effects of high-altitude nuclear explosions. The bulk of the research in this field seems...
The Microchip Revolution: Avionics at the Speed of Light in 2025
By John Persinos
The aviation industry stands on the cusp of a technological revolution fueled by the introduction of super-fast microchips. These advanced semiconductors are...
Russian research on space nukes and alternative counterspace weapons (part 1)
By Bart Hendrickx
In February, White House officials asserted that Russia is developing a space-based anti-satellite system that would violate the 1967 Outer Space Treaty,...
Is bad data to blame for missing weapons parts?
By Lauren C. Williams
Virtually all of the Army’s weapons are affected by delayed or back-ordered parts—and mismatched computer systems are largely to blame. And...
The new Moon race: Assessing Chinese and US strategies
By James Clay Moltz*
China’s recent advances in cislunar space have spurred US fears. As a report by an influential defense think tank argues, “The contest over...
A Deep Dive Into China’s Military Strategy and Ambitions
The US Department of Defense’s annual report on Chinese military and security developments.
In this post and podcast, we dissect the report, which isn’t just...
The Rise of Megacities Transforms the Nature of Urban Battlefield
Down streets darkened by dust and smoke and through narrow, shadowed alleys, the troops moved in teams, taking back the besieged town doorway by...
US Air Force Special Warfare: How Can Improve Its ‘Soft’ Skills
The Air Force Special Warfare training pipeline produces experts in combat search and rescue, tactical air control, and special reconnaissance who can do their...
Why a European Defense is needed
By Fabio A. Aversa
According to Winston Churchill, golf is ‘a sport in which you hit a very small ball into a very small hole,...

