[ad_1] The U.S. military speaks frequently about the lessons they’re learning from the war in Ukraine.  The Air Force has sought to evaluate the Ukrainian military’s methods for detecting drones, while the Army has revamped training, fielded new drones, and re-evaluated its artillery stockpiles based on observations of the nearly three-year-old hot war there. The ...

[ad_1] The arrest in France of the controversial Russian-born founder of Telegram—and potential actions against the social media and messaging platform itself—could reduce the public’s ability to fully understand the war in Ukraine. The site is a key source of analysis and opinion of Russian military bloggers.  “On the Russian side, Telegram is used by all levels ...

[ad_1] How far will Ukrainian forces continue into Russia, and what are they trying to accomplish? The White House said this week that U.S. officials don’t yet know what Ukraine’s “intentions” are, but White House spokesman John Kirby told reporters that “early reports” suggest “some Russian units [are] being reapplied to the Kursk area.”  While ...

[ad_1] PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii—A lower-than-expected defense budget for 2025 won’t affect Germany’s military presence in the Indo-Pacific region “in any way,” and will not stop the country from meeting its pledge to spend 2% of its gross domestic product on defense, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Wednesday. Standing on the deck of the German ...

[ad_1] TOKYO—A first-ever gathering of defense chiefs from Japan, South Korea, and the United States here produced a trilateral security agreement, “grave concern” over increasing Russian-North Korean cooperation, and vague opposition to “unilateral attempts to change the status quo”—a reference to China and Taiwan.  Separately, the United States and Japan announced a new effort to ...

[ad_1] At the Washington summit this week, NATO plans to launch a new command to lead the coordination of security assistance and training to Ukraine. This would be the alliance’s first major new operation since the end of the mission in Afghanistan, and, according to some reports, is intended to reduce risk to Ukraine if support from the ...

[ad_1] A new report from AI company OpenAI reveals that actors based in Russia and China have used generative artificial intelligence to bulk up their disinformation operations around topics like Ukraine, Taiwan, Moldova, and the United States. The report details five separate information operations over the last three months that used OpenAI tools to improve ...

[ad_1] Defense One Radio, Ep. 154: Behind the rise in global defense spending, Part 3: The wider world – Defense One Skip to Content Get all our news and commentary in your inbox at 6 a.m. ET. Senior Multimedia Editor, Defense One May 20, 2024 09:51 AM ET Google Pla Apple Podcasts Guest: Chris Blattman, ...