Author: Michael

Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below. *** China China is determined to put up a fight in the tariff war with the United States. Since April 2, in response to the Trump administration’s announced tariffs on China, Beijing retaliated with its own tariff of 34 percent on U.S. goods on April 4, which was subsequently increased to 84 percent on April 9 and 125 percent on April 11.

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The Space Force released a new document Thursday outlining how the service intends to execute operations — both defensive and offensive — during future conflicts.
Titled “Space Warfighting – A Framework for Planners,” the document provides the service’s most detailed plan to date for conducting warfare “in, from, and to space” as the domain becomes increasingly contested. The framework’s primary goal is to establish a common lexicon for guardians and joint planners focused on counterspace operations.

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The Air Force’s program office for offensive small uncrewed aircraft systems is eyeing industry’s communications technology as it looks to fulfill special operations forces’ requirements.
The department is conducting market research to inform its pursuit of new radios, antennas and datalinks that can be integrated into drones for commandos to conduct swarm ops.

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