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The guided-missile frigate program is running three years behind schedule with the first ship expected to deliver in 2029.

Gary Anderson, RealClearDefense
For the United States to credibly deter China from war, ships are needed now, not decades from now.

In this show, Melanie, Chris, and Zack discuss Timothy Heath’s recent paper on China’s military capabilities. Heath argues that the People’s Liberation Army mostly focused on preserving the Chinese Communist Party’s rule, and that does not necessarily translate to combat effectiveness.

When most people hear the words “intelligence failure,” they think of a surprise event that an intelligence service failed to predict.

If you’ve ever dreamed of flying for free, Space-A travel might be your best shot. Space-Available travel, as it’s known, is one of the biggest perks of military life, giving service members, dependents, and retirees access to military flights for little to no cost.
But here’s the deal: Space-A travel isn’t as easy as booking a commercial flight. Seats aren’t guaranteed, schedules change without warning, and some travelers get priority over others. If you’re flexible and know how the system works, though, you can use Space-A to travel the world for next to nothing.

As the Defense Department continues implementing zero-trust cybersecurity practices across its networks, some of the military services have begun parsing out how to use the same framework to protect their operational technology from cyber threats.
Since the Pentagon released its zero trust strategy in 2022, organizations across the DOD have worked to upgrade their IT infrastructure so that it operates under zero trust — a cybersecurity concept that assumes networks are already compromised by adversaries and requires continuous monitoring and authentication of users and devices.

Since 2019, a handful of soldiers and airmen from the New York National Guard have traveled deep into Brazil’s Amazon rainforest to take on a jungle warfare course widely viewed as among the world’s toughest military schools.
Two airmen from the New York Air Guard’s 105th Airlift Wing’s Base Defense Group completed the course in November, the fifth set of New York Guardsmen to graduate since 2019. Though other U.S.

Generative AI technologies have become ubiquitous in our daily lives since OpenAI released ChatGPT two years ago, which now records a staggering 300 million weekly users — roughly equivalent to the population of the U.S.
As our world becomes increasingly powered by generative AI, the most sought-after resource is no longer oil or gold — it’s data. Staying ahead in the AI race requires constant troves of new data to create better generative AI models.

In 2021, Sameer Lalwani and Tyler Sagerstrom wrote “Avoiding a Collision Course With India,” which argued that U.S.-Indian relations risked being overlooked in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal of Afghanistan and India’s controversial acquisition of Russian S-400 air defense systems. In light of continued questions over what the U.S.-Indian partnership should look like in practice, we invited Sameer back to reflect on his article.

The Navy is on track to meet its highest recruiting numbers in more than 20 years, the service posted on X on Tuesday. The recruiting goals for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 are the same: 40,600 new sailors – the highest numbers in two decades. The Navy surpassed last year’s target with 40,978 recruits and it is expected to achieve that goal for a second consecutive year.
Between Oct. 1 and Jan. 31, the Navy contracted more than 14,000 future sailors, of which more than 12,750 were shipped to boot camp, said Navy spokesman Cmdr. Tim Hawkins.