Threats
Turkey Opens Its Largest Overseas Military Base in Somalia
The military base in Somalia is also a reminder that despite Turkey’s growing regional and national problems, Africa remains central to its global expansion strategy.
Science & Tech
DARPA-Funded Radar Lets Planes See Through Smoke and Clouds
A promising approach to a decades-old quandary: how to get a clear field of view to the ground?
Science & Tech
The Folly of Tactical Nuclear Weapons
Some soothsayers say they boost deterrence. But the point of deterrence is to have no mushroom clouds, not new, tailor-made ones.
Science & Tech
Soon, DHS Will Have Eyes on Computer Vulnerabilities Across the Government
A governmentwide software dashboard is launching this month.
Ideas
Rex Tillerson Must Go
If he does remain, it will be yet another sign of the collapse of self-respect among those who are now willing to serve in senior positions in government.
Defense Systems
Wired clothing could save troops from frostbite and bulky gear
The Natick Army Research Center in Massachusetts is working on a nanowire heating technology to keep soldiers warm with less bulk.
Defense Systems
DOD launches aggressive new cloud migration effort
Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has directed a new cloud migration acquisition initiative which calls for greater collaboration with the private sector and expedited technology development.
Defense Systems
Air Force Extends the Development of its Cyber Mission Platform
The service continues developing its first unified platform to operate and deploy offensive cyber tools.
Threats
Q&A: Deputy Commander of the War on ISIS
Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Robert Sofge is helping to coordinate a two-front ground war in Iraq.
Defense Systems
Air Force intensifies testing of high powered electromagnetic weapons
Integrating high power electromagnetic technologies with electronic warfare will increase effectiveness of spectrum warfare.
Ideas
Waltzing Toward a Two-Front Global War
The U.S. just might be one step away from a war with North Korea, and two from a fight with Iran.
Science & Tech
Social Media is ‘First Tool’ of 21st-Century Warfare, US Lawmaker Says
And buying Facebook ads is much cheaper than an F-35 fighter jet, said Sen. Mark Warner.
Ideas
What Went Wrong With France's Deradicalization Program?
By training at-risk youths in history, philosophy, literature, and religion, the government hoped to fight terrorism at its root.
Ideas
All That Could Go Wrong When Jihadists Return Home — to China
Once separatists, now jihadists, some Uighurs returning from the ISIS battlefield could threaten — and test — Beijing.
Threats
If North Korea Fires an ICBM, the US Might Have to Shoot It Down Over Russia
Missile-defense physics may require interceptors to fly into ‘the teeth of the Russian early warning net.’
Threats