CSBA "Third Offset" paper

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Reactivated US Army unit protecting European allies now fully functional

www.stripes.com

 

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New Tech Will Erode Nuclear Deterrence. The US Must Adapt

A nuclear-only review can’t properly assess sensors and weapons from hypersonics to directed energy.

www.defenseone.com

 

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Adding India to the Five Eyes Would Cause a New Cold War, Pakistani Official Says

Proposal in the U.S. Senate draws harsh words as Islamabad works up a new anti-terrorist effort.

www.defenseone.com

 

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Romanian official pitched Blinken on Black Sea troop boost

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Romanian Foreign Minister H.E. Bogdan Aurescu.

www.defensenews.com

 

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The cyber battlefield against China and Russia is constantly shifting. Here’s how the NSA is trying to stay on top.

“Even as we’re on this call right now, the cyberspace domain is changing,” a senior NSA official said. “New malware is being released, new vulnerabilities are being discovered"

www.defensenews.com

 

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US Cyber Command publishes concept for integrating new capabilities

Cyber Command has created an integration office and a concept of operations to help better guide how new capabilities are integrated under the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

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Poland pledges major new defense spending. Is it real, or political hype? - Breaking Defense

American firms may be seeing dollar signs from Warsaw's pledge to "buy more American equipment," but there are a lot of hurdles.

breakingdefense.com

 

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Pentagon tech chief seeks to bolster R&D work with allies

U.S. allies could receive invites to a future rapid prototyping experiment by the Pentagon.

www.defensenews.com

 

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U.S. Air Force Wins the 2021 SuperNova Award for AI Excellence

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., November 08, 2021--C3 AI (NYSE:AI), the Enterprise AI application software company, announced that Lt. Gen Shaun Morris, program executive officer for the Rapid Sustainability Office (RSO) of the U.S. Air Force has been named the winner in the 11th annual Constellation...

finance.yahoo.com

 

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Xi Jinping is about to cement his hold on power in China

Xi will be just the third Chinese leader to present a “historical resolution,” after Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, both of whom used their resolutions to con…

thehill.com

 

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CYBERCOM has conducted 'hunt-forward' ops in 14 countries, deputy says - Breaking Defense

Lt. Gen. Moore didn't provide details, but later said, "China is the number one priority for DoD. Therefore, it's [CYBERCOM chief] Gen. Nakasone's number one priority."

breakingdefense.com

 

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China invests in artificial intelligence to counter US Joint Warfighting Concept: Records - Breaking Defense

Researchers at Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology sifted through thousands of Chinese military and defense equipment contracts. Here's what we found.

breakingdefense.com

 

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US Cyber Command publishes concept for integrating new capabilities

Cyber Command has created an integration office and a concept of operations to help better guide how new capabilities are integrated under the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

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Iraqi military still dependent on US, coalition military in ISIS fight: watchdog

While Iraqi Security Forces remain dependent on Coalition support, attacks by both ISIS and Iranian-backed militias are down significantly in the last quarter as the U.S. prepares to end its combat mission in Iraq on Dec. 31.

www.militarytimes.com

 

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Taiwan government faces 5 million cyber attacks daily: official

Taipei (AFP) Nov 10, 2021 - Taiwan's government agencies face around five million cyber attacks and probes a day, an official said Wednesday, as a report warned of increasing Chinese cyber warfare targeting the self-ruled island.

www.spacewar.com

 

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Pentagon ‘zero trust’ cyber office coming in December

David McKeown, DoD’s chief information security officer, spoke at C4ISRNet's CyberCon.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

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America and its military need a blockchain strategy

Given blockchain technology’s potential, the U.S. military, private cybersecurity firms and security researchers should explore cybersecurity-related applications, the authors say.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

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Plan to Draft Women is Uniting Unlikely Political Allies

Anti-war activists and conservative hawks both want women to stay out of the Selective Service System.

www.defenseone.com

 

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Report to Congress on Emerging Military Technologies - USNI News

The following is the Nov. 10, 2021 Congressional Research Service report, Emerging Military Technologies: Background and Issues for Congress. From the report Members of Congress and Pentagon officials are increasingly focused on developing emerging military technologies to enhance U.S. national...

news.usni.org

 

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US Manufacturing Decline is Hurting National Security, Report Warns

A Ronald Reagan Institute task force says the government needs to spend more on job training and manufacturing infrastructure.

www.defenseone.com

Rebuild US manufacturing in these four steps, says Reagan task force

A new report from a Ronald Reagan Institute task force aimed at revitalizing U.S. manufacturing to compete with China recommends reskilling workers using federal education grants, investing in sectors vital to national security and boosting tech development with allies.

www.defensenews.com

 

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If the Russian military crashes through a forest, will NATO hear a sound?

The question now confronting NATO is whether and how to react to a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

www.defensenews.com

 

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China is too far away from NATO to be called an adversary, says top alliance general

"We talk about ‘near peer’ enemies, meaning they are good but not as good as we are. But in some cases we talk of peer enemies, and in some areas we are concerned they are talking about us now as ‘near peer’ enemies.”

www.defensenews.com

 

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China’s ‘The Battle At Lake Changjin’ Overtaking ‘Wolf Warrior 2’ As Market’s Highest Grossing Film Ever

Chinese war epic The Battle At Lake Changjin is taking over the title of highest grossing movie ever in China.

deadline.com

 

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An ‘SNL’ skit about a new Pentagon weapon is so ridiculous it could be true

“Not only would Dog Head Man have taken Bin Laden out, he would have eaten him too!”

taskandpurpose.com

 

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US needs 'manufacturing renaissance' to compete with China: Report - Breaking Defense

Reagan Institute warns of "inadequate" investments, "exceedingly fragile" supply chains, and "insufficient" accountability of government officials, among other US weaknesses.

breakingdefense.com

 

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Overconfident China could make miscalculations, British spy chief says

An overconfident and assertive China under President Xi Jinping and Communist Party rule risks making miscalculations on the international stage, including underestimating the resolve of the United States, Britain's spy chief said on Tuesday.

www.reuters.com

 

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Kissinger doesn’t see China as an immediate military threat to Taiwan

He also lauded President Joe Biden for trying to lower the temperature of the U.S.-China relationship.

www.politico.com

 

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A red line in Central America

In order for China to achieve its goal of global hegemony, it must increase the cost to the United States of countering China.

www.militarytimes.com

 

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How Fake News on Facebook Helped Fuel a Border Crisis in Europe

Social media worsened a migrant crisis on the border of Belarus and Poland and helped smugglers profit off desperate people trying to reach Europe.

www.nytimes.com

 

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Anchorage will be the new home for DoD Arctic Security Studies

Defense Department Regional Centers are international academic institutions for bilateral and multilateral research and training with the goal of building strong relationships with international security leaders.

www.militarytimes.com

 

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Pentagon's innovation steering group mapping existing efforts - Breaking Defense

"Each of the services is clearly working on their own services capability gap so there's a missing piece in terms of when we fight in a conflict," Shyu said. "We don't fight within a single service, we fight jointly."

breakingdefense.com

 

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More Protestants, fewer Catholics in Army’s recent religious shifts

New data shows the Army's religious demographic trends since 2000.

www.armytimes.com

 

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US, S. Korea to Write New War Plan to Counter N. Korean Nukes, Missiles

During visit, defense chiefs also expected to announce Seoul will test for long-awaited operational control of joint forces in 2022.

www.defenseone.com

 

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Incoming German government commits to NATO nuclear deterrent

“The good news is that we are at least staying the course,” said Christian Mölling, a senior analyst at the Berlin-based German Council on Foreign Relations.

www.defensenews.com

 

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US Army strategy in Europe needs to ‘thread the needle’ in dealing with Russia, think tank says

www.stripes.com

 

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US military explosives vanish, emerge in civilian world

Explosives have been found in homes and storage units, inside military barracks and alongside roads, even at a US-Mexico border checkpoint.

www.militarytimes.com

 

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How an adversary could take advantage of Europe’s data releases

We underestimate the significance of the available information that a potential adversary can easily acquire.

www.defensenews.com

 

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Two Cheers for the Pentagon’s New Data and AI Initiative

If the reorganization can overcome bureaucratic hurdles, it could preserve U.S. data and AI leadership.

www.defenseone.com

 

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Study Shows How Russian, Chinese Disinformation About COVID-19 Evolved During The Pandemic

A new report analyzes the countries' stepped-up global disinformation campaigns about the coronavirus during the pandemic and how they're learning from each other.

www.rferl.org

 

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We See You! How Russia Has Expanded Its Video-Surveillance System

In 2020, Russia ranked third in the world in terms of the number of CCTV cameras on its territory. The country also invested millions of dollars in facial-recognition software and launched one of the world's most comprehensive surveillance systems in Moscow. While authorities say this will increase

www.rferl.org