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US Nuclear Fears Are Shifting From a Clear Russian Threat to a Murkier Chinese One
Bejing might use nukes to coerce U.S. leaders in a crisis, STRATCOM chief tells lawmakers.
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Free the Data: Vice Chiefs Launch an Acquisition Crusade
Better access to weapon data is crucial to faster Pentagon purchasing — and dangerous to industry business models.
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FBI Opens a Case on Chinese Activity ‘Every 10 Hours,’ Intel Chiefs Say
China leads a pack of threats to the United States, they tell lawmakers.
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New ODNI Report Sees Growing Cyber Threats, COVID-Related Instability
Intelligence heads will brief lawmakers on Wednesday about threats from China, Russia, others.
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New ICBM Costs Can, Must Come Down, Hyten Says
The Joint Chiefs vice chairman says he’s been meeting with Northrop Grumman and believes he’s found a way.
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Space Force to Absorb USAF Command to Run Launches, Research
The Space and Missile Systems Center will become Space Systems Command.
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The Air Force Is Making an App That Basically Does What a General Does
The nascent app aims to generate options, recommendations, and mission orders.
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US Army’s Not Stupid for Wanting Long-Range Fires — But More Analysis Needed, Hyten Says
“You want each service to bring those long-range fires,” the Joint Chiefs’ vice chairman said.
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Putin Ups Efforts to Intimidate Ukraine and Its Allies
But experts say the mass mobilization does not suggest an imminent offensive.
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Electric Cars, Smart Refrigerators Pose Cyber Risk To US Utilities, GAO Finds
The risks aren’t well understood by researchers, in part because of local and state control of electrical utilities.
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US Army Ready to Roll Out Futuristic Goggles to Larger Force
Service to spend up to $22 billion on Microsoft-based IVAS augmented-reality headsets.
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A Marine Logistics Base May Be the Warehouse of the Future
Virginia Tech researchers aim to use 5G networks to track items as they come and go.
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Senators Offer to Let NSA Hunt Cyber Actors Inside the US
After SolarWinds hack, Gen. Nakasone seeks some sort of a fix for the cybersecurity ‘blind spot’ against Russia, China, but others cite privacy concerns in potential expanded authorities.
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China Is ‘Danger Close’ to US in AI Race, DOD AI Chief Says
JAIC leader stresses that AI ethics guidelines don’t slow down the United States. In fact, they are essential.
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Drones Could One Day Make Up 40% of a Carrier Air Wing, Navy Says
The Department’s new unmanned plan directs focus not just on drones but on their “enabling technologies.”
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Key Official: Defense Information Operations ‘Not Evolving Fast Enough’
China will soon harness AI to supplant Russia as the world leader in information warfare, a DIA leader said.
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Putin Authorized Smear Campaign Against Biden, US Intelligence Concludes
Less hacking, more laundering: 2020 tactics show evolution of Russian information warfare efforts.
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Can Plant-Based Vaccines Speed Up Production?
Clinical trials for Medicago’s new manufacturing process may glean the go-ahead.
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ISIS Affiliate In Mozambique Riding a ‘Wave of Momentum’
New attacks are shutting down LNG production as Al Sunnah strengthens ties with the larger group.
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