CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING -- Recent U.S. strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities propelled the 40,000 American forces in the region into the spotlight [...]
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OPINION - The American military shipbuilding industry, which serves as the backbone of the U.S. Navy’s warship production, is grappling with a [...]
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OPINION - “The Army is moving quickly to adapt, field new capabilities, and restructure its formations to outpace our adversaries. ‘Transforming in [...]
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This is part 2 of a 3-part series by Cipher Brief Expert and former Assistant Director of CIA for South and Central Asia Dave Pitts, who also serves [...]
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This is part one of a 3-part series by Cipher Brief Expert and former Assistant Director of CIA for South and Central Asia Dave Pitts, who also [...]
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OPINION – Winning wars with algorithms and AI are not a futuristic concept but a present capability already determining outcomes in various conflict [...]
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SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE – It may be President Biden’s most consequential decision about the Ukraine war since Russia’s February 2022 invasion: allowing [...]
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OPINION — “Fiscal year 2023 was a challenging recruiting year; for the first time in 24 years, we did not meet recruiting goals in the Active Duty, [...]
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SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — In late March, hunkered in his sandbag-lined compound with visiting Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, [...]
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OPINION — “With respect to some of the reporting that we’ve seen over the past few weeks about arms transfers or potential arms transfers to Israel, [...]
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SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING - Almost 21 years after the United States invaded Iraq and toppled Saddam Hussein, the nation is home to a contest [...]
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OPINION - “In the Army we’ve gone through some good, decent transformation in recent years, with some game-changing systems coming online as a result [...]
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OPINION — “We can’t blow past racial tension in the military…There have always been racial tensions in the military. They have lessened, but they are [...]
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OPINION / EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — It took two months of escalating attacks on commercial ships for the U.S. military to respond aggressively to the most [...]
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OPINION — “Since early October, the F-35 [jet fighter] program has delivered surge support to Israel. Israeli users are achieving exceptional mission [...]
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OPINION — “We’ve looked extensively at the Ukraine conflict and I can tell you, the use of drones and how we’re seeing drones being utilized in that [...]
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