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

Don’t Be Alarmed by the Drone Blimps Hovering Over D.C. They’re Here to Stop Cruise Missiles

These drone dirigibles will be protecting D.C from missile attacks. By Brian Resnick

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

Threats

Loose Lips Sink Ships, But What About Cybersecurity Leaks?

The lessons from the Snowden and Stuxnet leaks. By Peter W. Singer and Ian Wallace

Science & Tech

Stopping the Next Benghazi Through Technology

The State Department’s security bureau seeks everything from systems to track diplomats’ location to portable firearms training tools. By Joseph Marks

Science & Tech

Intelligence Community Backs Off Information Sharing

The grand information sharing vision seems to have taken a back seat to security in the wake of the NSA leaks. By Bob Brewin

Threats

Images Indicate N. Korea Carried Out Long-Range Rocket Test

The reclusive state has been working and developing a rocket engine

Science & Tech

Ground-Attack Aircraft Radar to Outmaneuver Overcast Skies

L-3 Communications secures a $2.6 million Pentagon deal to build sensors that use extremely high frequency radio technology to see through clouds.

Science & Tech

Technology Is at the Heart of Obama’s Second-Term Management Agenda

President pledges aggressive pursuit of innovation and accountability.

Science & Tech

How the Atomic Bomb Helped Create the Internet

In 1945, The Atlantic's Vannevar Bush's answer to the prospective (and then real) horrors of science-enabled nuclear war -- odd as it may seem -- was to imagine a contraption to aid human knowledge acquisition.