Leaked Russian documents reveal plans to nuke China if attacked;
Beijing rejects new subways due to local government debt;
China expands state secrets law to include "work secrets";
U.S. to replace China-made cranes at ports;
Canadian Chinese scientists lied about PRC links
The United States should have a vested interest in directly engaging with this constituency—both to discredit official regime propaganda, which still depicts America as an enemy of the Iranian people, and to lay out its vision for a different, more prosperous Iranian future.
New material benefits everything from body armor to microchips;
A dearth of data for AI development;
The U.S. Navy is 3d printing subs…;
...And updating its cyber doctrine;
Is zero-fuel space travel feasible?
Sanctions-busting, Russian style;
Renewing the case for confiscating Russian assets;
A new nuclear warning from the Kremlin…;
...And Russia's nuclear threshold, revealed
There is no question that many European countries badly — very badly — need to restore their force structures and defense industries. However, they now need to do so within a time frame shorter than it would take to establish an EU-wide procurement system and czar, let alone to alter the bloc’s funding priorities.