CSBA "Third Offset" paper

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/china-hypersonic-missiles-american-technology/2021/04/07/37a6b9be-96fd-11eb-b28d-bfa7bb5cb2a5_story.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2004.08.21

 

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It’s more than chips: Other risks exist in defense electronics supply chain

America’s dependence on other nations for many of the most crucial links in the defense electronics supply chain is a long-term problem that requires industry-government collaboration now on an unprecedented scale.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

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Wrong policy, wrong time: Don’t hinder American innovation

In the midst of global competition, and at exactly the time we need to encourage and invest in innovation through research and development, we are faced with a pending tax provision that will do the exact opposite.

www.defensenews.com

 

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The long-term cost of cyber overreaction

A reactive culture triggered by cyberattacks provides significant information to a probing adversary, the author argues.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

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If China and the US Claim the Same Moon-Base Site, Who Wins?

Relatively few craters are attractive, and there’s no consensus about avoiding conflict over them.

www.defenseone.com

 

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Army won’t give up German, Belgian bases scheduled for closure, it says after review

Six bases will stay in the Army's hands, and one will transfer over to the Air Force.

www.armytimes.com

 

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Protecting people from disinformation requires a cognitive security proving ground

Developing techniques to protect humans — and national security — from malicious influence requires public-private collaboration in a neutral environment, a researcher argues.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

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The 'Forever Wars' aren't really ending under President Biden

Forever war keeps on simmering, and it could all too easily boil again.

taskandpurpose.com

 

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Pentagon’s Top Science Official Adds to Tech-Breakthrough Wishlist

Heidi Shyu, R&D undersecretary, said she went looking for tech areas to trim—and found that some vital ones had been overlooked.

www.defenseone.com

 

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Here are the Army’s new, and ongoing, quality of life initiatives

“We always like to say [that] we enlist soldiers, but we retain soldiers and families," the Army chief of staff said.

www.defensenews.com

 

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SOSA consortium unveils first standards for military sensor technologies

The standards are intended to drive open architectures for military systems.

www.defensenews.com

 

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Kabul evac was a test of the Army’s ‘real readiness,’ FORSCOM boss says

Readiness remains the FORSCOM commander's top priority.

www.defensenews.com

 

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The Army is getting great power competition all wrong

The U.S. Army does not need to go abroad in search of missions to make itself appear relevant. What it very much needs to do is focus on its core warfighting skills and hone its ability to fight and win battles that might crop up involving major opponents — in the defense of our country, rather...

www.defensenews.com

 

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Top official says cyber operations are ‘not just about the systems’

The department is examining how cyber can have a bigger impact outside its domain into areas such as the human and cognitive domains.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

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Troops to Get 'Climate Literacy' Education Under Pentagon's New Climate Change Plan

Newly published plans are part of an overall White House strategy to meet a growing weather threat.

www.military.com

 

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Are adversaries using US critical infrastructure as a training range?

Critical infrastructure is a significant attack vector to track and defend. Still, cyberattacks on U.S. critical infrastructure create reactions that might not be wholly predictable — creating risk for the adversary. For the U.S., the risk is that we try too hard to find strategic intent where...

www.defensenews.com

 

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Applying The Navy SEAL Operating Formula To Keep More Military Aircraft Mission Ready

The US military could improve its dismal record on keeping aircraft ready for missions if it followed a few key practices of its most elite operating teams.

www.forbes.com

 

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How to Get Congress to Dump Old U.S. Military Equipment for Good

If Pentagon leaders really want to get to yes with Capitol Hill on divesting equipment, they must first address the underlying problem: an unyielding demand for forces by combatant commanders.

www.19fortyfive.com

 

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DARPA moving SSITH safeguards closer to practical use

Washington DC (SPX) Oct 21, 2021 - DARPA's System Security Integration Through Hardware and firmware (SSITH) program is exploring hardware security architectures and tools that protect electronic systems against common classes of har

www.spacewar.com

 

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The U.S. is wholly unequipped to resupply forces in a great-power conflict

The current American consumer goods crisis presages the effects of a militarized Sino-American confrontation.

www.defensenews.com

 

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Intel Assessment: 'High' Chance Of International Conflict Over Water By 2040 - Breaking Defense

From Asia to the Middle East, worries rise like flood waters over the future of water security.

breakingdefense.com

 

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Russian Corruption Makes It Harder to Crack Down on Ransomware

Hackers who learned skills in government service are branching out “for their own personal enrichment,” Pentagon cyber leader says.

www.defenseone.com

 

[aonestudio]

Big #HPC news via @NicoleHemsoth in @TheNextPlatform confirming what many suspected#China has already broken the (true/LINPACK) #exascale barrier in 2021—on more than one machine

It seems they decided NOT to submit to #Top500 due to political issues https://t.co/1qoSc0ThYN

— HPC Guru (on an extended break) (@HPC_Guru) October 26, 2021

View: https://twitter.com/HPC_Guru/status/1453092610147454978

China Has Already Reached Exascale – On Two Separate Systems

More analysis "Why Did China Keep Its Exascale Supercomputers Quiet?" Native CPU and accelerator architectures that have been in play on China's previous

www.nextplatform.com

 

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Pentagon to Skip Global Climate Conference, Despite 'Existential Threat'

Former defense officials called it a “missed opportunity.”

www.defenseone.com

 

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Too Many Civilians? Pentagon Officials and House Lawmaker Disagree

The number of civilian workers compared to military service members is at an all-time high, and that's unsustainable, Rep. Ken Calvert said.

www.military.com

No one should argue that civilians are not important, but also no one believes they should outnumber troops, he said.

"But it's growing in that direction," he added. "It seems like there's always a reason not to look, especially at the middle-management structure within the Department of Defense."

so many need to go.

 

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Army secretary reassures Germans that US forces will be in the country long term

The service’s top civilian reinforced a growing sense that a proposal for big troop cutbacks in Germany is all but dead.

www.stripes.com

 

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Ready to Fight Tonight? Not So Much, Some Army Troops Say

The U.S. military might not be as ready for a war with China or Russia as it lets on.

foreignpolicy.com

 

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Is There Passion After the Military?

Veteran jobs can offer good pay, career growth, benefits and a Zoom account of your very own. But can you also find passion in your first post-military job? It isn't silly to want passion at work. It is how you also find fulfillment. Keep these five things in mind about passion at work in your...

www.military.com

 

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Risk aversion and secrecy are costing US its military advantage, No. 2 general says

Air Force Gen. John Hyten will step down in November.

www.militarytimes.com

 

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Army grants will fund semiconductor fabrication facility at University of Arkansas

More than $5 million in total funding from the Army Research Office and the Army Research Laboratory will go toward a unique silicon carbide semiconductor fabrication facility at the University of …

www.nwahomepage.com

 

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Army Expects Fierce, Close Combat in Next War Despite Advanced Tech

The U.S. has spent its last several campaigns mostly fighting enemies that lacked advanced technology. That wouldn't be true with Russia or China.

www.military.com

 

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US Military 'Well Postured' For Any Chinese Cyber Onslaught, CIO Nominee Says - Breaking Defense

Elsewhere in the hearing John Sherman called attention to a growing concern at the Pentagon over the radio spectrum, saying "spectrum sharing" should be a DoD watchword.

breakingdefense.com

 

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‘How would we know when it was over?’ – Perspective is power in forever wars

History is repeating itself in Afghanistan.

www.militarytimes.com

 

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Don’t Assume the US Will Fight China and Russia One at a Time

Beijing and Moscow are boosting their strategic coordination along with their militaries.

www.defenseone.com

 

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Vulnerabilities Grow as Utilities Link Control Systems to the Internet

The Biden administration and utility companies are trying to reduce the risks, but at least 15 well-equipped groups are hunting for ways in.

www.defenseone.com

 

[jsport]

How China Is Planning For a Tech Decoupling

PLA strategists are already working on counters to anticipated U.S. moves.

www.defenseone.com

 

[jsport]

‘It is a game changer’: Waging war on climate change from space

The explosion of Earth observation satellites may be the key to getting control of the crisis — if the data is shared and the capacity is built to utilize it.

www.politico.com

 

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An Electricity Crisis Complicates the Climate Crisis in Europe (Published 2021)

Prices for power have soared, and some politicians are now trying to use that as a lever to slow action on climate change, a strategy with far-reaching consequences.

www.nytimes.com

 

[aonestudio]

364. China and Russia: Achieving Decision Dominance and Information Advantage | Mad Scientist Laboratory

Information is fast becoming the dominant factor in all levels of Great Power competition, crisis, and conflict. Maintaining an information advantage over

madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil

 

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Defense Primer on U.S. Strategy and Force Design - USNI News

The following is the Oct. 25, 2021, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Defense Primer: Geography, Strategy, and U.S. Force Design. From the report The United States is the only country in the world that designs its military to depart one hemisphere, cross broad expanses of ocean and...

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