Threats
The port-call situation is wearing out Navy warships
Diego Garcia is the only safe place for ships fighting Iran, but the remote atoll can’t provide the maintenance they need.
Policy
Financial aid for Ukraine is getting harder to find
Helping a European neighbor remains politically popular, but rearming amid economic stress leaves less money to give.
Policy
The Army’s only remaining SFAB helped broker a ceasefire in southeast Asia
The service’s last train-advise-assist unit is working to counter Chinese influence in the Indo-Pacific theater.
Science & Tech
At last, Army seeing progress in Pacific network
Recent exercises suggest the service and its foreign partners are moving closer to a single-screen data system.
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Policy proposal would require firms to disclose how they use AI to develop new models
The framework from Americans for Responsible Innovation would give Washington a closer look at AI’s role in developing new models as Jay Clayton’s task force shapes the government’s relationship with developers.
Threats
Funding, force-structure issues could hinder Hegseth’s new autonomous command
The money to start AUTOWARCOM is to come from a reconciliation bill whose passage is in doubt.
Science & Tech
Navy’s tech playbook serves as ‘toolkit’ for rest of government
The U.S. Navy dramatically upped its use of pilot tech programs, shuttered old technology systems and moved into the modern tech arena—and it is sharing its lessons learned from along the way.
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Are yearlong deployments the Navy’s new normal?
That's what officials are telling sailors' families in Japan, where two destroyers are slated for 12- and 14-month cruises.
Policy
Qatar looks to bolster its military power with new hub, partnerships
The Kingdom has spent decades cultivating its reputation as a place where enemies can sit down and talk. Apparently, even that requires an air-defense system.
Voices
Threats
Critical flaws in ubiquitous website software draw urgent warning from NSA, FBI
Organizations should immediately update to the latest version of PHP or take systems offline, agencies say.
Science & Tech
Add ‘post-AI’ encryption to your to-do list
OpenAI’s trove of 400+ math results suggests traditional encryption may be at risk.
Threats
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.
Policy
Pentagon to start expanding Greenland bases next year: official
The U.S. is looking at upgrades to support cargo, fighter aircraft, and more troops.
Policy
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.
Threats
Trump appointees asked a federal cybersecurity agency to secretly hack a voting machine
The request shocked staffers, who feared they were being asked to take part in political interference.
Threats
Hundreds of federal websites lack key defense against spies, senator says
The list includes sites for FBI tips, intelligence job applications, and the Veterans Crisis Line.
Ideas
Russia has moved past ‘hybrid war.’ Why hasn’t Washington?
Europe is adapting to Moscow’s increasingly brazen and kinetic operations. The US should catch up.
Ideas
US withdrawal won’t end the region’s ISIS dilemma
Iraq, Syria, and their regional partners must cooperate to replace what U.S. troops once provided.
Threats
Marines fielding new tech for prolonged medical care on the battlefield
Mobile blood refrigeration, ultrasounds, and power generation will keep troops alive beyond the “golden hour.”
Policy
The real job of the Army’s new ‘robotics technicians’ is constant adaptation
The age of battlefield autonomy demands more than just drone pilots and mechanics, Special Forces’ training chief says.
Ideas
The lack of a shared lexicon is undermining responsible AI-military integration
We need a common way to talk about military AI—across services, agencies, and indeed, the world.
Business
Fast-flying Shahed drones spur new class of interceptors
Drone tech company Powerus eyes rocket or jet-powered interceptors as the next product target.
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