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Russia Tests Anti-Satellite Missile: US
By Abhijnan Rej
This is the third Russian ASAT test this year.
US Air Force to Test New Hypersonic Missile
By Steven Stashwick
The Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon will go into production next year.
Counterterrorism or Counterinsurgency? Biden’s Coming Afghanistan Dilemma
By Carlo J.V. Caro
History bears witness to the challenges both strategies face in Afghanistan.
Remote Warfare – And How Video Games Might Help Understand It
By Jacob Parakilas
Future operators may also need to be real-time strategy games adepts.
Indian Military Pushes Ahead with War Stockpiling
By Abhijnan Rej
Absent clear political assessment around the possibility of a large-scale conventional conflict, the Indian armed forces have had to make do with ad hoc measures.
US Navy Outlines Long-Term Shipbuilding Plan
By Abhijnan Rej
The report adds details to a plan introduced by now former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.
What Taiwan’s Military Can Learn From the Armenia-Azerbaijan War
By Eric Chan
Taiwan can take valuable lessons from the role of drones, decoys, and flexible thinking in the conflict.
Can Arms Control Make a 21st-Century Comeback?
By Jacob Parakilas
An increasingly fractured international system, along with lack of a meaningful hierarchy of threats, is making prospects of arms control difficult.
Australia to Acquire Hypersonic Weapons Capability in Collaboration with US
By Abhijnan Rej
The newly announced SCIFiRE project builds on 15 years of joint Australia-U.S. fundamental research on hypersonics.
US Navy to Scrap Fire-ravaged USS Bonhomme Richard
By Steven Stashwick
The Pacific-based amphibious carrier burned for nearly five days in July.
How Has COVID-19 Affected the Global Defense Industry?
By Robert Farley
Any assessment of the health of defense industry supply chains has to distinguish the impact of the pandemic from increasing protectionism and intellectual property maneuvering.
SITMEX: India-Singapore-Thailand Complete Second Trilateral Maritime Exercises
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
China’s growing economic might and its aggressive military posturing have provided India, Singapore and Thailand strategic rationale to combine their efforts.