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Defense firms research voice commands to speak with drones
“The ultimate goal right now, largely influenced by Ukraine, is to make the interactions between the operator and the drone as efficient as possible,” said Samuel Bendett, res...
By Samuel Bendett
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Meet NATO’s new China-focused intel chief
The intel position at NATO is generally an American job, partly because “we’re the ones that have most of the intel assets,” said JIM TOWNSEND, who spent years working on NATO...
By Jim Townsend
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After death of Russia’s Wagner chief, what happens to his mercenary army?
“Parts may be folded in under the Ministry of Defense, Russian intelligence, or to other oligarchs and leaders found more compliant, but none of those assets will wither at th...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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War sanctions against Russia highlight growing divisions among the Group of 20 countries
“It's a combination of different factors that I think that makes it difficult for the G20 to work in concert in a way that they did in the past," said Rachel Ziemba, an adjunc...
By Rachel Ziemba
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'Unfair Burden': Tuberville Blockade on Promotions Is Stressing Military Families, 3 Service Secretaries Say
Katherine Kuzminski, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security think tank who researches military culture and family issues, told Military.com in an interview ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Why Ukraine is able to embarrass Russia's air defense systems, among the most advanced in the world, with small drones
"Russia boasted of having layered defenses before the war, the sensor electronic warfare, different missile batteries, kinetic batteries, radars, that can sort of identify and...
By Samuel Bendett
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Russians Are Developing An Arsenal Of Deadlier FPV Drones — But Bureaucracy Is Holding Them Back
Samuel Bendett, an expert Russian drones and adviser to both the CNA and CNAS, told Forbes that at present Russian FPVs are mainly used by irregular units from the Russian-con...
By Samuel Bendett
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The US, Allies See Opportunity and Risk in China’s Slowing Economy
“The conventional wisdom seems to be flipping from a concern with the unstoppable rise of Chinese power to a worry about the irrevocable decline of China’s economy and populat...
By Richard Fontaine
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3M settled its combat earplug lawsuit for $6 billion – but don’t get too excited
Hearing problems are common among U.S. troops who served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other Global War on Terrorism battlefields in part because of their exposure to blasts from ...
By Taren Sylvester
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Poland may soon have one of the strongest NATO armies: U.S. defense expert
“This purchase makes a lot of sense. Assault helicopters are great tank killers. And if only Ukraine had an Apache now, it could not only destroy Russian tanks but also fire H...
By Jim Townsend
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US airstrike in Somalia kills 13 al-Shabab fighters
U.S. airstrikes in Somalia can also lead to unintended consequences that actually help al-Shabab, said Jocelyn Trainer, an expert on the Horn of Africa with the Center for a N...
By Jocelyn Trainer
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Any Saudi-Israeli normalization requires clearing major security, defense roadblocks: Experts
“I think it’s important to acknowledge that there doesn’t appear to be much ‘on the way’ other than an agreement to pursue an agreement,” Jonathan Lord, director of the Middle...
By Jonathan Lord
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Charred wreckage, burning questions after Putin calls Prigozhin a ‘man of complicated fate’
If Putin indeed ordered Prigozhin killed, the sheer brazenness of the act would probably deter would-be opponents, at least in the short term, said Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a Ru...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Republican Debate Highlights Uncertain Future of US Aid to Ukraine
In an email exchange, Nicholas Lokker, a research associate in the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, told VOA that U.S. support is “cri...
By Nicholas Lokker
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Top US General’s Trip to Israel Caps Off Years of Improved Defense Cooperation — But Security Concerns Loom
Jonathan Lord, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told The Algemeiner that this shift was probably the most significant development in US-Israel milita...
By Jonathan Lord
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AI Expert: ‘China Mobile’s Work in the UN Is Particularly Concerning Because It Could Shape Norms around the World’
A Chinese state-owned company has submitted proposals to the UN for digital ID requirements for the metaverse. Bill Drexel, an associate fellow for the Technology and National...
By Bill Drexel
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New CNAS Report: Campaign of Denial: Strengthening Simultaneous Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific and Europe”
Washington, August 22, 2023 —Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, “Campaign of Denial: Strengthening Simultaneous Deterrence in the Indo...
By Becca Wasser
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Russia’s New Long-Range Kamikaze Drone Will Be Built In A Shopping Mall
“If this Izdelie 54 is a ‘long-range’ drone, it will probably have to compete more with Shahed, but it all depends on specs,” Samuel Bendett an expert Russian drones and advis...
By Samuel Bendett
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‘We do not assess that the conflict is a stalemate’
Sullivan’s take comes at a good time for Kyiv. Ukrainian forces today said they took Robotyne, moving them closer to Melitopol, the city Kyiv’s troops need to capture to cut o...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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NOTEWORTHY: Multi-Agency Research and Development Priorities for the FY 2025 Budget
The White House Office of Science and Technology sent a memo to heads of executive branch departments and agencies on multi-agency research and development (R&D) prioritie...