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Special Operations Command Is Experimenting With Bullets That Shoot Through Water

The supercavitating round might allow Navy SEALs to open fire before they break the surface.

To Deter China, Deepen the US-Indian Partnership

Here are some ideas for the upcoming 2+2 defense and foreign affairs ministerial conference.

2 US KIA in Afghanistan; Israel strikes Iran in Syria; USN sends carrier through Hormuz Strait; US ambassador on Trump: it was a quid pro quo; And a bit more.

Israel airstrikes hit dozens of alleged Iranian and Syrian military positions around Damascus this morning as a response to four rockets launched toward northern Israel’s Golan region on Tuesday. …

Too Many CISOs Are Spoiling Feds’ Cyber Response

Adversaries are starting to exploit the paralysis caused when “You have all these people who have slightly conflicting guidance and opinions.”

Volker: I Didn’t Realize White House Was Asking for Biden Dirt

In Tuesday testimony, the special envoy to Ukraine said he was not part of the Giuliani-Perry-Sondland backchannel.

Pentagon Fails Its Second Audit — But Not As Badly

The comptroller’s report said the Defense Department had fixed more than 550 problems — about one-quarter of them — listed in the 2018 audit.

Houthis seize South Korean, Saudi ships; Too-secret space-war plans; Hypersonic nanotubes; China steals tech; And a bit more.

South Korea has sent a warship to the Red Sea “where Yemeni Houthi rebels seized two of its vessels and one from Saudi Arabia, in the latest attacks on sea lines vital to oil shipping,” Bloomberg …

What Does the US Military Need For A War In Space? It’s Hard to Say

The plans for war above the atmosphere remain so tightly classified that industry can’t start building the things that will be needed.

Nanotechnology Is Shaping the Hypersonics Race

New materials to deflect massive amounts of surface heat don’t come from nature.