Commentaries
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Getting the Right Drones to the Force: The Key to U.S. Military Drone Dominance
By Dr. Morteza Gharib, Founder of Soaring Technologies. The future of warfare isn’t just about advanced weaponry; it’s about rapidly adapting to the drone revolution that is fundamentally reshaping battlefields. […]
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Advances in Artificial Intelligence Require New Level of Cyber Security
By Gary Barlet, Defense Opinion Writer. The Trump administration’s recently signed “One Big Beautiful Bill” allocates $150 billion to the Department of Defense (DoD), with a substantial portion directed toward artificial intelligence […]
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Eight Decades after Hiroshima, Why Nuclear Deterrence Prevails Over Nuclear Abolition
By Michael Rühle, Defense Opinion Writer. On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Three days later, Nagasaki suffered the same fate. The destruction of […]
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Domestic Production of Flat Panel Displays Critical to National Security
By Jim Will, Defense Opinion Writer. The lack of U.S. manufacturing for flat panel displays (FPDs) and the subsequent reliance on Chinese sources present significant, potentially catastrophic risks to the […]
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A Bad Idea: Shuttering Navy Office for Unmanned Systems, Small Combatants
By Steven Wills, Defense Opinion Writer. The U.S. Navy’s program executive office for unmanned systems and small combatants (PEO USC) is potentially on the chopping block for disestablishment, according to […]
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The Long Game: Developing Operationally Ready UUV/C-UUV Capability
INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE – Barbara Supplee, Executive Vice President, Navy Business, SAIC The U.S. Navy has long stood as a formidable force beneath the waves, but as technology transforms the […]
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In Combat Shipbuilding, Allies Show that Cheaper Doesn’t Always Mean Better
By Steven Wills, Defense Opinion Writer. U.S. Navy warships are often more expensive than their foreign nation counterparts. The ship costs of authoritarian nations like the People’s Republic of China […]
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A Disinformation Campaign Takes Dead Aim at Congress
Mark Pfeifle, Defense Opinion Writer. Most Americans have never heard of third-party litigation funding (TPFL), the practice by which an entity that is not a party to a lawsuit nevertheless […]
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As Europe Rapidly Rearms, NATO Must Focus on Drone Protection
By Robert Brull, Defense Opinion Writer. “Russia Is Churning Out Drones,” ran a recent Wall Street Journal headline. “Ukraine Is Feeling the Impact.” Since Russia struck a deal with Iran to produce […]
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To Help Deter China, NATO Should Expand Treaty to Include Hawaii
By André Brunel, Defense Opinion Writer. A dirty open secret of NATO is that, 75 years after its founding, Hawaii is not covered by Articles 5 and 6 of the Washington Treaty, […]