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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
Space Force Funding Could Be Record High, If Congress Agrees
The Administration is requesting $71 billion for the U.S. Space Force in FY2027, more than twice what it has now. An analysis by the Aerospace Corpora...
Aug 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Pentagon rebuffed repeated requests for Golden Dome brief: CBO
David Mosher, head of the Congressional Budget Office’s National Security Directorate, stressed that the watchdog office was tasked with estimating th...
Aug 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The view from South Korea on Trump scaling back joint military exercises
Seoul-based Atlantic Council experts weigh in on how US president’s decision to cut short military training is being viewed by the US ally. The post T...
Aug 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Middle powers are reshaping the Indo-Pacific, too
The contest between Washington and Beijing isn’t the whole story.
Aug 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
An Australian gift of guns to PNG must not end up in the wrong hands
Before handing PNG thousands more rifles, Australia must prove the armouries meant to store them are secure.
Aug 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail