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Speed to Field Starts Below the Prime

I have spent much of my career looking at the defense industrial base from different vantage points: as a warfighter, inside major defense companies, ...

Aug 31, 2026 · Staff
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The US military gets its own ChatGPT today

After months of security testing, Pentagon adds an OpenAI product to the list of AI tools approved for unclassified work.

Aug 31, 2026 · Staff
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US and Iran exchange fire for the first time in over a month

The US hit two rocket launchers, saying they were about to deploy mines into the Strait of Hormuz.

Aug 31, 2026 · Staff
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Japan’s Record 2027 Defense Budget Request Is Only the Opening Bid

Tokyo is building a force around AI, unmanned systems, a high-low weapons mix, and greater staying power.

Aug 31, 2026 · Staff
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‘Every step towards disarmament matters,’ nuclear testing survivors warn

He was born without arms, a legacy of four decades of nuclear explosions at the Semipalatinsk test site in his native Kazakhstan.

Aug 31, 2026 · Staff
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Drone Hits High-Rise Apartment Building in Yekaterinburg as Ukraine Targets Wildberries Hub

Local authorities said at least four people were injured during the drone barrage while several residential buildings were damaged.

Aug 31, 2026 · Staff
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ROK taps veteran general for defense minister as North also names new top brass

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung nominated retired four-star Gen. Kang Shin-chul as defense minister, putting a former deputy commander of the U.S...

Aug 31, 2026 · Staff
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The Quantum Stack and the Countdown to Q-Day

Quantum’s hype obscures a reality with real geopolitical stakes: the technology works and is advancing every day. Cameron Chehreh (IonQ), JD Dulny (Bo...

Aug 31, 2026 · Staff
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Stop Using AI. Start Commanding It

Walk into the Pentagon, climb the escalator, and an Uncle Sam-style poster points at you: “I want YOU to use AI.” It worked. GenAI.mil hit 1.5 million...

Aug 31, 2026 · Staff
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India, UK Fire Up Defense Cooperation With Joint Development

An inter-governmental agreement to develop and incorporate integrated full electric propulsion for the Indian Navy’s four landing platform docks is un...

Aug 31, 2026 · Staff
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Taiwan’s parliament finally passes drone bill to back hedgehog strategy

Belated parliamentary funding for Taiwan’s drone program isn’t likely to satisfy President Lai Ching-te. Nonetheless, pressure from Washington has evi...

Aug 31, 2026 · Staff
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What do current US military ops in Latin America actually look like?

On Thursday, U.S. SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan met with the Colombian and Ecuadorian defense ministers in San Lorenzo, Ecuador. The trio...

Aug 31, 2026 · Staff
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