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The Lessons Israel’s Success in Iran Demonstrate for U.S. Defense Planners
By Peter Mitchell, Defense Opinion Writer. Israel’s telegraphed strikes against Iran’s military leadership and nuclear enrichment facilities – dubbed “Operation Rising Lion,” a nod to Jewish scripture and also possibly a reference […]
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Lessons from Russia-Ukraine Front: Autonomous Vehicles, AI-driven Logistics, and Quantum-enhanced Defense Security Recalibrate Military Strategy
By Chris Morton & Bianca Nobilo, Defense Opinion Writers. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, now entering its third year, continues to expose persistent vulnerabilities in Western military readiness — from […]
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Fighting Two Wars in the Indo-Pacific Would Tax U.S. Resolve
By Ju Hyung Kim, Defense Opinion Writer. As tensions escalate in East Asia, a once-theoretical nightmare scenario is rapidly becoming a plausible strategic contingency: simultaneous military conflicts in the Taiwan […]
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UncategorizedCommentary: DoD Zeroes in on Boosting Cybersecurity for Systems that Sustain the Military
By Steve Orrin, Defense Opinion Writer The Department of Defense (DoD) is sharpening its cybersecurity focus on operational technology (OT), the systems that sustain military operations. With hostile actors increasingly targeting these […]
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DoD Zeroes in on Boosting Cybersecurity for Systems that Sustain the Military
By Steve Orrin, Defense Opinion Writer The Department of Defense (DoD) is sharpening its cybersecurity focus on operational technology (OT), the systems that sustain military operations. With hostile actors increasingly targeting these […]
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How to Build Back the Navy: Unmanned Missile Ships Teamed with Larger Ships
By Steven Wills, Defense Opinion Writer. Capt. Wayne P. Hughes, the late naval tactics expert, preached the gospel of distributed operations with unified impact over the course of his entire teaching and […]
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Enough Talk. Time to Strengthen America’s Microelectronics Industrial Base
By Jim Will, Defense Opinion Writer The U.S. doesn’t have an innovation problem in terms of microelectronics, or a talent problem or even an investment problem. What the U.S. has […]
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The Cyber War is Real – Let’s Act Like It
By Scott Orton, Defense Opinion Writer. Adversarial nations such as China, Russia, North Korea, Iran and others are actively targeting the United States through cyber operations, posing significant risks to […]
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With Two Program Reviews Imminent, Marines Deepen Investment in Osprey
By Douglas Thumm, Defense Opinion Writer. The government is releasing two reviews of the V-22 Osprey in the next few months, and they will undoubtedly generate media attention. Program critics […]
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Three Steps for Protecting the AUKUS Supply Chain from Cyber Threats
By Tony Garland, Defense Opinion Writer. The typical view of security pacts among allied nations, like the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) pact, is that they are mutually beneficial agreements that produce positive […]