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How can allies using different AI systems on the same battlefield trust one another? While current discussions about military artificial intelligence (AI) focus on simply fielding these systems, allied militaries soon have to address this exact question.  In 2025, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Scale AI tested seven major foundation models across 400 diplomatic and security scenarios. Despite being presented with identical international crises, the recommendations from the seven models diverged significantly. Some were uniquely hawkish, and every model exhibited some degree of national bias. This demonstrates that AI is by no means a homogenous tool.…

S.Cook, RCD why not simply adopt what works and put it into the hands of American soldiers and Marines under a Full Materiel Release? Source link

On August 23, Kazakh citizens will head to the polls to cast votes for the country’s new legislative body, the 145-seat unicameral Kurultai.  The Kurultai – not to be confused with the National Kurultai, a government-civil society consultative body formed by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in 2022 after the Qandy Qantar events and dissolved this summer – was established with the passage of the constitutional referendum in June. Named for a traditional political and military council convened by Mongol and Turkic peoples, Kazakhstan’s new Kurultai replaces its previous bicameral parliament. The shape of the Kazakh legislature may have changed, but…

Travis A. Karnes, RealClearDefense Why President Trump Is Right About Greenland and How the United States Can Stop Russian Supremacy in the Arctic Source link

While deterrence is generally assessed in terms of ships, missiles, aircraft, and reservists, a Taiwan scenario will not be determined solely by such hardware. A coercive effort on the part of China could be designed to deliver a quicker political solution for Taiwan. Beijing may attempt to persuade the populace sufficiently that the Taiwanese government was incapable of protecting, informing, and supporting its citizens—all before China ever has to make an amphibious landing. Yu-Hsuan Yeh, Bonny Lin, and Jane Nakano of the Center for Strategic and International Studies identified scenarios “short of an invasion of Taiwan” in which China could…

Global Defense News The United States is expanding SM-3 interceptor production as the Pentagon works to strengthen Navy missile-defense readiness Source link

Tajikistan and Iran have reportedly finalized the framework of a long-term agreement for the export of Iranian oil to energy-starved Tajikistan. The announcement comes a month after the two sides signed an agreement to establish a logistics corridor through Afghanistan.  Russia supplies an estimated 90 percent of Tajikistan’s oil product imports. Given increased Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, all of Central Asia is feeling the fuel pinch. This comes also as the U.S. conflict with Iran continues past a 60-day deadline the two sides set for an agreement in June. Pressure on global energy markets abounds and Central Asian…

Scott N. Romaniuk, RCD More Than a Submarine Replacement Program Source link

WASHINGTON — The Navy’s youngest of its four public shipyards is more than 100 years old. Now, President Donald Trump says it’s time for a fifth, in an effort to expand repair capacity for nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines.  Plans for the additional public shipyard were revealed in a new National Security Presidential Memorandum, along with several other key initiatives. The memorandum instructs Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to submit a proposal within 120 days to bolster submarine and aircraft carrier readiness — harnessing both the private sector and an additional shipyard to achieve those results.  The possibility of an…

Hours before South Korea and the United States began Ulchi Freedom Shield on August 17, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” the exercise. He called the drills “costly” and an “inappropriate and hostile” signal to North Korea, emphasized his “very good relationship” with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and linked his displeasure to Seoul’s refusal to join U.S. action against Iran. He noted in a post on Truth Social that the exercises were being scaled back, not scrapped entirely, only because “it is too late to cancel.” The exercise nevertheless started as scheduled, while the…