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The Army and Tomorrow's Technologies
The US Army is in a period of transformation. And much of that transformation centers on technology—from artificial intelligence and robotics to drones and...
The US Military's Critical Minerals Challenge
The US government established the National Defense Stockpile in 1939 to ensure that in the event of a major conflict, there would be enough...
Bunker Busters and B-2s
When the United States conducted Operation Midnight Hammer, a series of strikes against Iranian nuclear targets, it did so with two key pieces of...
The US Defense Industrial Base, from Steel to Software
The defense industrial base is a critical component of US military readiness. But how should we conceptualize it in the information age, when it...
A Survey of Europe's Defense and Security Landscape
When Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022, it galvanized both NATO and the European Union, doing more to unify much of Europe than...
The Future Battlefield, from Europe to the Indo-Pacific
For more than three years, journalists, researchers, and military professionals have sought to describe the key dynamics of the war in Ukraine and determine...