Defense Technology Monitor No. 104
Portable EW systems boost troops;
The Army prepares for 2040 warfare;
Cloud-based supercomputers for the Pentagon;
3D printing takes off... in space;
China eyes laser subs for space warfare
Portable EW systems boost troops;
The Army prepares for 2040 warfare;
Cloud-based supercomputers for the Pentagon;
3D printing takes off... in space;
China eyes laser subs for space warfare
It is now – even amid a bitter presidential campaign – that U.S. leaders should stand four-square behind Israel, giving it the leeway to protect itself as it sees fit rather than adding to the morally confused carping from abroad.
The Taliban's expanding international profile;
Palestinian public opinion begins to shift, finally;
Islamism surges in Somalia;
Flashpoint: West Africa
Whoever ends up winning the White House next month will need to reframe the way America thinks about Great Power Competition in order to adequately respond to the collective threat now posed by Moscow, Beijing, and Tehran. Doing so will begin by answering a fateful question—Is the United States still prepared to serve as the "arsenal of democracy"?
Thinking creatively about penalizing Russia;
Trouble in the Russian oil trade;
Moscow meddles in Armenia;
Russia is running out of resources