Author: Michael

In the next iteration of its Global Information Dominance Experiments (GIDE), the Defense Department wants to focus on improving its joint fires network capabilities in U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and smooth out any data-sharing issues with its allies and partners.
Now led by the nascent Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), the GIDE projects are broadly intended to test, optimize and integrate the department’s data systems with artificial intelligence.

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Successful and timely passage of the National Defense Authorization Act and the defense appropriations bill for fiscal 2024 will be the two most critical items in enabling U.S. Cyber Command to address readiness issues and move into its next era of growth and maturation, according to the nominee to be the next Cybercom chief.
“We view FY24 and the overall passing of both the NDAA and the appropriations bill as a critical moment that now aligns the responsibilities and authorities within U.S. Cyber Command analogous to those of U.S. Special Operations Command,” Lt. Gen.

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Meet the car you’ll be paying for the next 10 years. (Getty Images photo).

It’s the end of an era for cash-flush junior enlisted troops and the car salesmen who love them.
The end of July will mark the end of new orders for both the Dodge Challenger and Charger. Dodge announced last year that the two muscle cars would end production in late 2023, but dealers will stop taking orders for the car after July 31.

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Special task forces under U.S. Central Command tested a new smartphone app this week that could help the U.S. military crowdsource efforts to defeat enemy unmanned aerial systems.
The tool, known as CARPE Dronvm, was put through its paces at McEntire Joint National Guard Base and Poinsett Range in South Carolina, according to a Defense Department release.
The technology pursuit is being spearheaded by U.S. Air Forces Central’s Task Force 99 and U.S.

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By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans
 
Damlaya Damlaya Göl Olur – Drop By Drop A Whole Lake Becomes

Since March 2021, we have been incredibly grateful for the generous contributions we received through our Patreon account. In light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we made a conscious decision not to accept these funds for ourselves. Instead, we have chosen to redirect all accumulated and incoming funds to various reputable charities that are actively aiding Ukrainian refugees and civilians affected by the conflict.

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On this special sneak peak of the Russia Contingency, Mike sat down with Rob Lee, a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, to discuss the findings from their recent research trip to Ukraine. The conversation covered Russian defensive lines, the role that mines have played in stymying Ukraine’s counteroffensive, and the broader challenges the Ukrainian military has with scaling offensive operations.

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Image by Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

Guest post by Colonel (ret.) Douglas Macgregor, US Army
From the moment the war in Ukraine started, Western reporting on the war was a radical repudiation of the truth. Washington and its NATO allies always knew that NATO expansion to Russia’s borders would precipitate an armed conflict with Moscow, but NATO’s ruling globalist class did not care. For them, Russia in 2022 was unchanged from thpe weak and incapable Russia of the late 1990s. The risk of failure seemed low. Ergo, Russia could be bullied into submission.

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MBDA Italia’s Fusaro facility has developed a new advanced ceramic missile radome. (MBDA)
MBDA Italia has concluded development of a new advanced ceramic manufacture process for radio frequency (RF) missile radomes claimed to offer improved strength and environmental performance compared with conventional cast silica structures.
Known internally as NIMAS, the patented material process is designed to form a high-strength, erosion-resistant structure suitable for both supersonic and hypersonic applications.

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