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The US Army Is Making Synthetic Biology a Priority
New thermal cloaking, insect proof uniforms are on the horizon, if the U.S. can get out in front of China.
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How AI Will Transform Anti-Submarine Warfare
New Navy projects seek to capture more data about the oceans’ depths — then train computers to out-think human captains.
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Researchers Show How to Send Fake Presidential Alerts To Your Phone
Your phone’s thirst for a better signal leaves it open to bogus messages, new research shows.
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How the Pentagon Nickel-and-Dimed Its Way Into Losing a Drone
The lion’s share of the U.S. drone fleet is easy prey for advanced air defenses. It didn’t have to be that way.
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HASC Chair on Mini-Nukes: 'We’re Not Trying to Manage a Nuclear War'
House Democrats don’t want to fund variable-yield nukes. The new chairman just explained why.
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The Coming Flood of Space Junk Can’t Be Stopped by Technology Alone
Giant nets may help, but nations must solve the problem with new rules down here on Earth.
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Telegram: Hackers in China Disrupted Service During Hong Kong Protests
Bogus signals inundated an encrypted-messaging service that helped demonstrators coordinate, the company says.
Threats
These Are the US Military Bases Most Threatened by Climate Change
The belated lists arrived just ahead of a GAO report that says the Pentagon is failing to use climate projections in planning.
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EXCLUSIVE: US Intelligence Officials and Satellite Photos Detail Russian Military Buildup on Crimea
Five S-400 anti-aircraft missile batteries, plus additional troops and fighters, let Moscow better defend the Black Sea and threaten Europe and the Middle East.
Policy
US to Send 1,000 More Troops to Poland
Last fall, Warsaw asked for a tank division. Looks like they're getting rotating logistics troops instead.
Policy
NATO’s New Military Commander: 'I Suspect' Turkish-Alliance Mil-to-Mil Ties Will Endure
In his first sitdown interview as SHAPE, Gen. Todd Wolters said Ankara cannot have both the F-35 and S-400.
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For Soldiers, Risk of Suicide Linked With Firearm Ownership
Clinicians advise that soldiers at risk for suicide spend less time close to guns.
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North Korea’s Nuclear Bomb Is Much Bigger than Previously Thought
A new look at 2017 test data reveals an explosion 16 times as powerful than the one that leveled Hiroshima.
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Top US Officer: Iran’s Threats Look Like a ‘Campaign’
The Joint Chiefs chairman says he saw ‘multiple threat streams that were all, perhaps coming together, in time.”
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Russia's Would-Be Windows Replacement Gets a Security Upgrade
For sensitive communications, the Russian government aims to replace the ubiquitous Microsoft operating system with a bespoke flavor of Linux, a sign of the country's growing IT independence.
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NATO Getting More Aggressive on Offensive Cyber
Secretary General Stoltenberg says NATO pushes limits of what the alliance can do in cyberspace.
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House Appropriators Take Aim at Some of the Pentagon’s Most Ambitious Tech Ideas
The new Congress is cold on many of the Pentagon’s most elaborate projects and plans.
Policy
Poll: Americans Want To Stay In Nuclear Arms Control Agreements
But there are lots of devils in the polling details.
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Nuclear Weapons Are Getting Less Predictable, and More Dangerous
Facing steerable ICBMs and smaller warheads, the Pentagon seeks better tracking as the White House pursues an unlikely arms-control treaty.
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