by | Mar 24, 2023 | Security
China’s rapid military modernization has spurred considerable fear that the country could provoke a war with the United States. Such fear may owe to an exaggerated view of the importance of war preparation as a driver of the People’s Liberation Army’s buildup. In...
by | Mar 24, 2023 | Security
STUTTGART, Germany — NATO’s nascent defense technology accelerator is preparing to launch the first several competition-style programs, meant to help the alliance find solutions to emerging technology problems. NATO plans to begin this fall initial “challenges” under...
by | Mar 24, 2023 | Security
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea claimed Friday to have tested a nuclear-capable underwater drone designed to generate a gigantic “radioactive tsunami” that would destroy naval strike groups and ports. Analysts were skeptical that the device presents a major new...
by | Mar 24, 2023 | Security
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine — Skimming the treetops, three Soviet-era attack helicopters bank and swoop down on a field after an early-morning mission to the front lines in the fight against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Each day, they might fly three or four sorties,...
by | Mar 23, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON — U.S. cyber specialists spent three months in Albania working alongside forces there to identify network weaknesses and hacking tools following Iranian cyberattacks on government systems. The so-called hunt-forward operation, a defensive measure taken at...
by | Mar 23, 2023 | Security
BERLIN — Germany plans to buy more than 100 Australian-made combat vehicles as it moves ahead with plans to modernize its armed forces, the government said Thursday. German and Australian officials signed an agreement to cooperate on the procurement of the new combat...
by | Mar 23, 2023 | Security
The news that Poland and Slovakia are to deliver MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine — some of which have reportedly arrived — signals their departure from the long-standing stance of the international community, which had hitherto resisted Kyiv’s calls for more combat...
by | Mar 23, 2023 | Security
ROME — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has vowed to drop Italy’s traditional reticence about discussing defense spending and boost budgets as her generals demand more weapons and personnel. Addressing the Italian senate this week, Meloni said: “We have never...
by | Mar 23, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON — Congress on Wednesday took the first step in what is expected to be a lengthy effort to overhaul U.S. export control laws in order to expedite technology cooperation needed to implement a central pillar of the AUKUS trilateral agreement with Australia and...
by | Mar 22, 2023 | Security
Marine Commandant Gen. David Berger observed recently that logistics has gotten less public attention than other aspects of Marine Corps modernization, because, well, it’s simply less exciting. “What’s not so cool to talk about: logistics,” he said March 14 at the...
