Science & Tech

Israel Is Stuck in a Security Limbo

Even as Israel's neighbors grapple with internal turmoil, the fate of the negotiations with Palestine stands on a knife's edge. By Frida Ghitis

Science & Tech

China's Military Hackers Are Trying to Break into America's Infrastructure

Systems at power plants and water facilities especially vulnerable to infiltration. By Gwynn Guilford

Science & Tech

About Those Chinese Aircraft Carrier Pics: What We Know and What We Can Guess

There’s a lot to glean from the Google Earth pictures of China’s first homegrown aircraft. Assuming that’s what this is. By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Science & Tech

How Bad Commercial GEOINT Helped Sink the USS Guardian

NGA says over-reliance on error ridden commercial satellite imagery, among other missteps, doomed the USS Guardian to strike a reef. By Bob Brewin

Ideas

Ash Carter Got it Right in Aspen, Top DOD Nuclear Weapons Official Responds

Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter was accurate about nuclear weapons costs, but arguing misses the point. The U.S. needs them and can afford them. By Madelyn Creedon

Business

Obama's Whistleblower Witchunt Won't Work at DOD

The U.S. has tried something like President Obama’s 'Insider Threat Program' before. It didn’t work then and it won’t work now. By Gabe Rottman

Business

Pentagon Protests Massive Southwest Green Power Lines

Proposed giant towers called "unacceptable risk" to testing, aircraft at White Sands Missile Range in Arizona. By Bob Brewin

Science & Tech

When Would Cyber War Lead to Real War?

The method of an attack does not dictate the means of reprisal. By Vincent Manzo

Science & Tech

Pentagon Says Asian Spies Are Targeting Radiation-Hardened Electronics

Official review finds increased espionage in electronics that can withstand radiation events. By Rachel Oswald

Science & Tech

The NSA's New Spy Facilities are 7 Times Bigger Than the Pentagon

It’s no secret that Harvey Davis has a sensitive job building massive spy data centers. By Aliya Sternstein

Business

Let Air Force Run the Military Satellites, Watchdog Argues

It’s been a long time since TSAT. A new report says the Pentagon should let the Air Force control the next-generation MILSATCOM architecture to save money and add security. It’s not that simple, though. By Kevin Baron

Ideas

What Ash Carter Gets Wrong about Nuclear Weapons Spending

It’s hard to imagine how Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter could get it so wrong in Aspen about nuclear weapons spending. But wrong he is. By Kingston Reif

Threats

Pentagon Equips Kenya, Uganda Against WMD Threats

Move is to help build response capacity of east African countries in the event of a WMD attack. By Diane Barnes

Science & Tech

Pentagon Compromises in Spectrum Fight

The Defense Department now says it can leave the spectrum without losing ‘critical DOD capabilities.'

Ideas

Goodbye Anti-War, Hello Anti-Secrecy

Unable to stop war, the peace movement believes information freedom could be next. To them, Snowden, Manning and Assange are heroes. And it’s not just a cause, it’s an identity. By Kevin Baron

Science & Tech

Someone Purchased the Most Important Data Center on the West Coast

Only two other buildings rival this data center in size and importance. By Simone Foxman

Science & Tech

Cyborg Accessories, Made by Google

The tech giant will be taking personalized computing to new level. By Christopher Mims

Science & Tech

Nuclear Doomsday is Coming Today. You’ll Want to See This.

Joshua, would you like to play Global Thermonuclear War? Then get a load of NUKEMAP 2.0 -- now in 3-D! By Elaine M. Grossman