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The Endless Chip War
This exclusive Cogs of War interview is with Rakesh Kumar, the author of Chip Age: How Semiconductors Became the World&#…
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Deception in Mass Autonomous Warfare
“[T]he exigencies of desperate survival do stimulate wise leaders to seek such unorthodox solutions.” —…
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The West Is Thinking Too Small About Ukraine’s Victory
Since fall 2023, Ukraine’s supporters have fallen into a pattern: Ukrainians warn that Russia is targeting its ene…
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Air Force needs 1,509 combat-ready jets by 2035, service tells Congress
Lt. Gen. David Tabor also confirmed reporting that the Air Force is considering a new build F-16, but said that decision…
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Saudi Arabia’s nuclear program could outlive its government, so plan accordingly
Nuclear technology can outlive the strategic assumptions that justified its transfer, two experts caution US lawmakers.…
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Israel’s Elbit acquires Canadian company focused on autonomous underwater systems
“ISE’s underwater technologies will further strengthen our position as a global provider of comprehensive, integrated ma…
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Fighting in Ethiopia and the Risk of Regional Spillover
In September, fighting broke out in Ethiopia’s Tigray region between Ethiopian government forces and the Tigray Pe…
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Critical flaws in ubiquitous website software draw urgent warning from NSA, FBI
Organizations should imediately update to the latest version of PHP or take systems offline, agencies say.…
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Turkey, Qatar, Indonesia, Pakistan ink defense cooperation MoU
The countries will seek developing “solutions and industries compatible with the development of modern defense systems,”…
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Australia marks missile, cyber ‘firsts’ in exercise with Indonesia
The Keris Woomera exercise comes during a busy month for Australia’s military, as forces participate in drills fro…
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Army’s tech chief talks autonomy, acquisition and the future of drones
CTO Alex Miller sits down with Breaking Defense’s Carley Welch to discuss the Army’s unmanned initiatives. …
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Establishing Battery Supply Chain Resilience for Drones
Militaries have spent more than a century operating with fuel and ammunition as limits of combat endurance. They are onl…
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Tehran is a Different Beast Now
The Tehran that the world knew is gone. It died in the fires with former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on the first day of…
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Add ‘post-AI’ encryption to your to-do list
OpenAI’s trove of 400+ math results suggests traditional encryption may be at risk.…
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Military power rising as power of diplomacy falling, diplomats, crisis monitors, allies say
America is abandoning the rules, and the allies, it once kept safe.…
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Reading Pyongyang Through the Cracks of the International System
In 2023, three North Korea analysts identified what they believe most people studying the country get wrong, and how ana…
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Pentagon weighs force posture, costs of rebuilding Middle East bases
“We’re meeting with CENTCOM and doing the assessments right now from an installation perspective. Part of this is …
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Pentagon to start expanding Greenland bases next year: official
The U.S. is looking at upgrades to support cargo, fighter aircraft, and more troops.…
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State Department orders staff to call AI ‘super intelligence’
An internal cable from the agency extends Trump’s terminology change to emails, speeches, websites and official titles.…
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Norway to receive Chunmoos in 2028, reach IOC in 2029: Norwegian army leader
Another component in deterring Russia, Acting Chief of the Norwegian Army Trond Nilsen told Breaking Defense, is having …
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Northrop sees growing commercial market for microelectronics products
“We could continue to solely invest in it ourselves with the support of our current shareholders. We could think about b…
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Russia’s naval posture in the Mediterranean has ‘significantly decreased’: NATO official
Russia’s maritime forces may be stretched thin now, but one analyst told Breaking Defense that’s unlikely to…
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Turkish defense procurement spending proposed to rise 229% in 2027
Turkey’s proposed budget calls for $44.5 billion in defense spending and a separate $25.2 billion for internal security,…
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Ghost Shark with teeth: Australia unveils underwater drone payloads
The modular payloads will be integrated onto Anduril’s Ghost Shark and C2 Robotics’ Speartooth unmanned unde…
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