Tag: russia
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Today’s D Brief: Biden’s speech; Attacks on US forces; State warns Americans abroad; Ukraine’s winter challenge; And a bit more.
[ad_1] “History has taught us that when terrorists don’t pay a price for their terror, when dictators don’t pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos and death and more destruction,” U.S. President Joe Biden told the nation in a televised primetime address Thursday evening. Those terrorists and dictators “keep going, and the ... -
‘Arsenal of democracy’: Biden asks Congress to boost aid to Ukraine, Israel
[ad_1] In a rare address from the Oval Office, U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a request for a $100 billion aid package for Ukraine and Israel to shore up their military capabilities. The speech comes at a time of shrinking support for Ukraine aid among Republicans, and as some members of the President’s ... -
What role should industry play in military space operations? The Space Force is working on a strategy for that.
[ad_1] The U.S. Space Force is working on clearer guidelines for how it works with commercial companies—including during a potential conflict in space—and plans to have a new strategy by the end of the year. The service had to revise its original “commercial space strategy” because the draft didn’t provide enough specifics to industry, Chief ... -
China’s social-media attacks are part of a larger ‘cognitive warfare’ campaign
[ad_1] The phrase “cognitive warfare” doesn’t often appear in news stories, but it’s the crucial concept behind China’s latest efforts to use social media to target its foes. Recent stories have ranged from Meta’s “Biggest Single Takedown” of thousands of false-front accounts on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and Substack to an effort to spread disinformation ... -
Army’s hyperconnected visions depend on new approaches to software, networks
[ad_1] The U.S. Army has big visions for its hyperconnected forces of the future. Special Forces A-teams might one day include robot specialists, while other operators drop behind enemy lines to find and disable missiles long before they are launched. AI tools will enable the Army to run multiple intricate, interconnected operations around the globe, ... -
The Army doesn’t know where a lot of its excess arms and gear are
[ad_1] The U.S. Army has warehouses packed with weapons its soldiers no longer need. But the service doesn’t know where they all are, nor what condition they’re in. Now, amid increased demand from U.S. allies and partners, Army leaders are pushing for an updated database of those stored weapons. “Sometimes we don’t really know where all ... -
Army spending $1.5B on 155mm rounds to feed Ukrainian artillery
[ad_1] The U.S. Army is spending $1.5 billion to buy components for 155mm shells and increase production capacity in response to Ukraine’s heavy use of the munitions in its defense against Russia, service officials announced Friday. The money will help the service meet a monthly production goal of 80,000 by the end of 2025, the ... -
‘Unprecedented’ Hamas attack on Israel shows ‘apparent quantum leap’ in capabilities, experts say
[ad_1] A day of intense terror attacks by Hamas that killed more than 200 Israelis united observers in shock—not just at the toll, but at the sophistication of the assaults. Saturday’s attack was “unprecedented and an apparent quantum leap in Hamas’s capabilities,” said Steven A. Cook, a senior fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies ...











