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New Delhi’s Mecca Pact calculus
Pakistan reads the Mecca Pact as deterrence – India reads it as one more variable to manage.
Aug 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Contested Logistics and the “Last Unmanned Mile”
In a Pacific war, the U.S. military cannot assume uncontested access to its depots and supply lines for munitions, spare parts, food, water, and energ...
Aug 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Managed Instability: Why the Wars Against Iran and Ukraine Can Go On and On and On…
The Iran war is beginning to resemble the Ukraine war in one important way. Operationally, the wars themselves are still very different — Ukraine is a...
Aug 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Proving the Negative: Three Warnings from Arms Control for the Age of AI
In early 1963, a single number characterized the difference in the positions of the United States and the Soviet Union on a comprehensive nuclear test...
Aug 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Indonesia’s China exercise was a judgement failure, not an alignment shift
News about an Indonesian frigate exercising with a Chinese warship 130 to 150 km east of Taiwan was always going to raise eyebrows. The exercise last ...
Aug 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
To win the AI rush, Australia needs expert humans
Artificial intelligence leaders think the technology might get smart enough to improve itself without human help within a year. But they’re not sure. ...
Aug 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
US-South Korea cuts military exercise length by half after Trump’s demand
The United States and South Korea have shortened their large-scale annual military exercise and scaled back some combined field training at Washington...
Aug 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
North Korea is learning from war. The US–South Korea alliance must keep pace
President Donald Trump’s instruction to the Pentagon on Sunday to ‘substantially reduce’ joint military exercises with South Korea comes at a particul...
Aug 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
China understands the power of AI. Understand Chinese AI with ASPI’s AI Under Heaven
China’s leadership recognised nearly a decade ago that AI is power. It gives militaries an edge, economies access to fast-track development, and gover...
Aug 18, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
How Feasible Is a European Nuclear Deterrent Without Washington?
In 2025, James Cameron wrote, “Eurodeterrent: A Vision for an Anglo-French Nuclear Force,” where he argued the United Kingdom and France should cooper...
Aug 18, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
What happens when interceptor missiles run out
The growing shortage is causing panic in Ukraine and elsewhere
Aug 18, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Diving into Trump’s unusual shipbuilding plans, plus an SMD expo floor tour
The Breaking Defense team unpacks three new directives from the White House that could influence the future of the Navy.
Aug 18, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail