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Defense One Radio, Ep. 180: The Marine Corps in the Pacific littorals

Two generals based in Japan discuss the Corps' multiyear modernization campaign and preparations for potential conflict with China.

  • Jennifer Hlad
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The D Brief: Army Reserve’s Pacific plan; What Ukraine needs; Peace talks in Turkey; Misinformation studies cancelled; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
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Army designating Reserve units for repeat deployments to INDOPACOM

The service is also looking at prepositioning equipment for troops to train on.

  • Meghann Myers
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Army prepping for Pacific conflict with prepositioned equipment, logistics hubs

Moving weapons, ammunition, fuel, and even water around the vast theater will be a huge challenge.

  • Meghann Myers
Ideas

Norms have changed in South Asia, making future de-escalation much harder

The India-Pakistan ceasefire shouldn’t disguise the fact that philosophy, proliferation, and U.S. inattention are working against it.

  • Farah N. Jan, The Conversation
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Today’s D Brief: Russia’s barrage; India-Pakistan ceasefire; SOCOM gear; Qatar’s proposed gift; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Audrey Decker
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The D Brief: India, Pakistan exchange fire; Houthi ceasefire?; Shipyard drain; Another jet overboard; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: India-Pakistan tensions rise; China’s ‘ChatGPT for robots’; Golden Dome price tag; Robot-wingman reversal; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Ideas

Indonesia needs a two-track approach to its foreign-fighter problem

The members of an al-Qaeda affiliate who went abroad must not be allowed to revive the group at home.

  • Noor Huda Ismail
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The D Brief: Hegseth softens Panama talk; Trump’s budget flip-flop; Arms in space; EUCOM’s plea; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
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Army’s 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force to get its own Typhon missile system

The second Pacific MDTF has also joined Transformation in Contact, while building its way to 2,000 soldiers.

  • Meghann Myers
Science & Tech

Pentagon to build AI for war planning in Europe and Asia

Scale AI will develop an AI tool for interactive war gaming, resource allocation, analyzing Chinese threats.

  • Patrick Tucker and Jennifer Hlad
Defense Systems

Drones are the next chapter in US-India’s defense partnership

Trump-Modi meeting produces an agreement to expand industry cooperation, production in the Indo-Pacific.

  • Lauren C. Williams
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The D Brief: Congress, DOGE seek DOD cuts; US, Russia warm ties in talks; US drones over Mexico; Nuke-stockpile workers fired, rehired; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Meghann Myers
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The D Brief: DOD plane crash kills 4 in the Philippines; Navy pauses SAPR training; Google jumps back into military AI; Musk-Trump’s ‘Deferred resignation’ deadline delayed; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
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The D Brief: ‘Constitutional crisis’; IC workers pressed to quit; Musk adds control of sensitive personal data; N. Korean missiles improve; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: NATO’s Baltic problem; Denmark ups military spending; MADIS vs. drones; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Meghann Myers and Audrey Decker
Science & Tech

Pentagon to test how generative AI would perform in fight with China

Can ChatGPT-like programs help the U.S. win a war in the Pacific?

  • Patrick Tucker
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The D Brief: Vegas bomber’s extremist writings; Honduras threatens to eject US troops; Militia-infiltrating mole; A Mexican invasion?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Pentagon’s annual China-power report notes nuclear, influence threats—but also corruption

New edition takes note of intelligentized warfare, cognitive domain operations.

  • Patrick Tucker
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