The body has threatened sanctions as a means to ensure that countries crack down on the problem. Though the topic has been addressed in part before, this is the first comprehensive measure o... Read more
Japanese Jets Intercept Chinese Anti-Submarine Aircraft, Says Tokyo
Japanese fighter jets intercepted Chinese anti-submarine aircraft over the East China Sea last week, marking the first known occasion that this type of Chinese aircraft has been encountered.... Read more
Will Hypersonics Finally Force the Pentagon to Integrate Kinetic and Non-Kinetic Defenses?
It’s long been too hard to get the U.S. military’s cyber-EW-IO operators on the same page with more traditional trigger-pullers. If the United States is to have a chance at warding off new h... Read more
Stealth Sadness: Why Russia’s New Su-57 Might be Doomed to Fail
No matter how large or populated, a country with GDP comparable to that of Australia cannot afford to play at being a superpower, fight a protracted war in Syria and develop its own stealth... Read more
Laser Weapons: A Blueprint for Adding Them to the Force
The country that is first to develop and field battlefield lasers will have a distinct military advantage. Directed energy weapons promise to complement kinetic weapons and help fight off va... Read more
Is the Pentagon Moving Quickly Enough on Hypersonic Defense?
As the Pentagon looks to catch up with China and Russia in the hypersonic arms race, there is a widespread acknowledgement that the technology to defend against weapons capable of reaching M... Read more
US Army Wants $228 Million to Build ‘Super Gun’ That can Fire Shell 1,150 Miles in War With Russia or China
The United States military wants to build the most powerful cannon ever created, a “super gun” that can fire an explosive shell more than 1,100 miles. Together with new, hypersonic missiles... Read more
Manohar Parrikar: India’s Former Defence Minister was a General at Heart
My first encounter with Manohar Parrikar was when he was the Defence Minister. He was scheduled to address a seminar jointly hosted by my organization and an Industry Association on 25 Febru... Read more
Manohar Parrikar, Minister Behind Surgical Strikes, Modernised India’s Defence and Gave Free Hand to Army
In his two and a half years as India’s Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar attempted to bring back the modernisation of the armed forces back on track as well as gave free hand to the Indian... Read more
Wi-Fi and LTE Poised to Transform Tactical Networking
U.S. Department of Defense tactical networking and command post programs widely acknowledge the critical need to improve mobility. The current state-of-the-art for tent-based command posts r... Read more