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Ryan McDermott, RCD Frank Kendall’s Lethal Autonomy: The Future of Warfare Whether We Like It or Not asks one of the most important questions… Source link

DETROIT — The commander of the first brigade to receive the Army’s new M1E3 Abrams tank and XM30 Infantry Fighting Vehicle told Breaking Defense this week what features on the new systems he’s looking forward to the most ahead of their arrival.  “I can simply say that we are extremely excited about getting the M1E3 and the XM30 for soldiers,” Col. Todd Hertling, commander of the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, nicknamed Iron Horse, told Breaking Defense in an interview Tuesday here at the GVSETS conference. “Iron Horse will be involved in the rolling out of the…

Ted Delicath, Modern War Institute Military Leaders and the Beliefs that Shape Them Source link

WARSAW — ORP Wicher, the first of three multi-role frigates planned under the Polish Navy‘s Miecznik modernization program, was officially launched into the waters of Gdansk Bay off the Baltic Sea on Thursday.  A christening ceremony for the vessel was attended by senior Polish officials, including President Karol Nawrocki and Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Nawrocki noted that the launch of the Miecznik program in 2021 has been crucial for Poland’s domestic shipbuilding industry. “With well-calibrated public finances and a strong Polish budget, we managed to create a project that sets a benchmark for the coming years and decades,” Nawrocki said. …

Private cyber firms will be allowed to take action against foreign threats under a new White House policy, another step into a future where tech developers are ever more closely entwined with military operations, which now evolve faster than governments can keep up.Under the policy, announced Wednesday, the U.S. government will pay private cybersecurity companies to “manipulate,” “degrade,” “disrupt,” and “destroy” foreign adversary computer networks. The U.S. government historically reserves the right to take those sorts of actions, although they increasingly do so with help from front-line private workers. The companies will undergo vetting, be supervised by the departments of Justice…

Mike Dowling, WATM Both units are not to be messed with, though Source link

Lt. Gen. John Rafferty, commanding general of US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, speaks during the keynote address at the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama, Aug. 11. (Breaking Defense) Attendees listen during a keynote address at the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama, Aug. 11. (Breaking Defense) Golden Dome czar Gen. Mike Guetlein, left, speaks with retired Army Lt. Gen. Dan Karbler at the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Ala., on August 11, 2026. (Breaking Defense) Vera, made by Huntsville’s Browncoats robotics team, is a mechanical challenge robot that…

The recent establishment of a organized-crime task force by U.S. Southern Command is the latest expression of the Donroe Doctrine, the administration’s interventionist—some say imperialist—approach to Latin America. But it may also signal a increased desire to work with regional partners—or just to operate inside their countries.Last year’s launch of Operation Southern Spear marked a return to a more hands-on U.S foreign policy in Latin America. Beginning with U.S Navy strikes against alleged drug-trafficking vessels, it has expanded to encompass the U.S. abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro earlier this year and the subsequent re-intensification of U.S economic and military…

Much has been made of the artificial intelligence race between the United States and China, but it’s South Korea that’s currently making significant headway in its ambitious AI buildout.  In June, President Lee Jae-myung announced plans for at least $880 billion of investments to build out the country’s chip manufacturing and artificial intelligence capabilities over the years ahead. The plans come as part of the country’s Three Mega Projects to develop new chip production hubs domestically, as well as data centers and robotics technology.  While the investment is also focused on boosting the economies of areas outside of Seoul, Lee…

Craig Langford, UKDJ the first time the U.S. Navy has seen the integrated capability in the water Source link