What Must a Soldier Still Know? Drawing the Competence Line in an AI-First Army
The modern battlefield is becoming more lethal and fast-moving, while the proliferation of sensors...
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The modern battlefield is becoming more lethal and fast-moving, while the proliferation of sensors...
Read MoreAdam Kuź | 09.10.26
What if a security commitment designed to preserve freedom of action ends up taking that freedom...
Read MorePeter Mitchell | 09.09.26
The US Army currently has fifteen Patriot battalions and eight THAAD batteries—finite resources...
Read MoreJulian G. Waller | 09.08.26
Why has Russia’s senior military leadership been so bad at their jobs? The question is not an idle...
Read MorePhilip J. McCormick and Angel F. Davila | 09.04.26
A small drone returns from a mission, its frame cracked and its motor damaged, but its camera,...
Read MoreRowan Allport | 09.03.26
On August 14, Han Kuang 42, the field phase of the latest edition of Taiwan’s largest annual...
Read MoreMichael Carvelli | 09.02.26
It is 2027. China has spent three years repositioning forces under cover of maritime exercises and...
Read MoreAlan Hastings, James Casey and Elijah Leroux | 08.28.26
For the past several years, scholars and practitioners have vigorously debated the utility of...
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