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The global munitions crisis requires Foreign Military Sales reform
There are steps the Trump administration can take now to speed up defense sales, supporting both parter countries and the US defense industrial base. ...
Aug 20, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
New White House strategy clarifies military tech priorities: undersea, outer space and AI
The National Security Science & Technology Strategy (NSSTS) also outlines an array of second-tier or longer-term technologies to watch, notably quantu...
Aug 20, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
What to make of Trump’s oddly specific claim that North Korea has 57 nukes
President Donald Trump raised eyebrows Wednesday by putting an unusually specific number on how many nuclear weapons North Korea possesses: 57. The U....
Aug 20, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
In the bear’s paw: How Europeans can loosen Russia’s grip on Belarus
Russia’s growing military intervention in Belarus poses a frontline security challenge for Europe. The EU needs to develop a more pragmatic strategy b...
Aug 20, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
North Korea launches barrage of short-range missiles from Pyongyang
North Korea test-launched around 10 or more ballistic missiles from Pyongyang at around 5 p.m. KST on Thursday, according to Japanese and South Korean...
Aug 20, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
War: Watt Is It Good For?
Military analysts are captivated by how the material nature of war is transforming in Ukraine. Unmanned systems have captured Russian infantry units, ...
Aug 20, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
China’s Military Says AI Can’t Replace Commanders. Xi Is Testing That
For years, the Chinese military’s own newspaper has been making a promise it may no longer be able to keep. Whenever the People’s Liberation Army Dail...
Aug 20, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The anti-ballistic missile shortage
In six months of on-again, off-again fighting with Iran, the United States has effectively exhausted its supply of heavy air defence interceptors. The...
Aug 20, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
How AI Could Hollow Out the U.S. Military
The best soldiers know how to think for themselves.
Aug 20, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Australia’s AI future relies on our scientific capability
This week is National Science Week. When the Minister for Industry, Senator Tim Ayres, launched it at Questacon, he put it well: our scientific capabi...
Aug 20, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Fault Lines – Putin’s Kurils trip, US’s carrier gap, China’s NZ espionage
Welcome to the latest edition of ASPI’s Fault Lines. Every fortnight, ASPI’s Defence Strategy Program monitors the actions and developments shaping th...
Aug 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The ‘Extinct Volcanoes’ Problem: Why Unit Strength Is Not Combat Power
More than a century ago, Aleksandr Svechin warned against mistaking formations that still existed on paper for units that retained real fighting power...
Aug 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail