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Space Symposium Conference Wire 2: New Capabilities, Threats

Day 2 of the Space Symposium brings news of advances at home and abroad.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Today's D Brief: The quest to arm Taiwan is heating up; Pentagon leaks case isn't over yet; New US polling on China; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: Accused leaker arrested; China's Ukraine war promise; North Korea's new ICBM; Against cluster bombs in Ukraine; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Ideas

Is the US in a Space Race Against China?

If so, it's a pretty one-sided contest so far.

  • Svetla Ben-Itzhak, The Conversation
Threats

Today's D Brief: Ukraine investigating beheading video; Kyiv’s war on corruption; US semiconductors are still flowing to Russia; Guns in America; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russia takes more control of Bakhmut; Ukraine wraps British tank training; Fallout continues over leaked Ukraine docs; America’s Covid ‘emergency’ is finally over; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: Ukraine leak damage assessment; China rehearses attack on Taiwan; Navy's SCS transit irks Beijing; Jon Stewart on DOD 'corruption'; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

The D Brief: McCarthy-Tsai meeting; Ukraine holding on in Bakhmut; Fincantieri Marine Group GM suspended; and more…

  • Marcus Weisgerber and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

The D Brief: $2.6b for Ukraine; Navy’s drone vision; Saudi-Iran meeting; and a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
Science & Tech

The Navy Wants Drones to Counter China’s Gray-Zone Moves

CNO says the upcoming 4th Fleet experiments will inform an eventual move into Indo-Pacific operations.

  • Patrick Tucker
Ideas

Defense One Radio, Ep. 122: Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley

Milley spoke with Defense One Executive Editor Kevin Baron on the Ukraine war, China, Taiwan, Mexico, and more.

  • Kevin Baron
Ideas

China Is Eating Russia’s Lunch in the Defense Market

The script has flipped in the countries’ traditional defense-industrial relationship.

  • Thomas Corbett and Peter W. Singer
Threats

Today's D Brief: Finland joins NATO this week; Macron, von der Leyen to China; Sea Air Space kicks off in DC; Afghans climb Yosemite; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Business

Largest US Shipbuilder Expects More Profits From Drones, AI Than Surface Ships, Soon

The nation’s largest shipbuilder expects “mission tech” like AI and undersea drones to outpace revenue from surface combatants.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Exclusive Threats

‘Lower the Rhetoric’ on China, Says Milley

We’re not on the “brink of war” with China, and Taiwan is not so easy to conquer, says the top U.S. general.

  • Kevin Baron
Threats

Today's D Brief: Ukraine’s new ‘drone army’; Austin, Milley on the Hill; Army’s ad campaign FRAGO; Navy, Marines reviewing stockpiles; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad and Sam Skove
Threats

Space Force Is Building a Virtual Training Ground for Space Conflict

In an interview, chief of space operations notes China’s efforts to jam and intercept orbiting satellites.

  • Audrey Decker
Policy

Lawmakers Blast TikTok CEO Over Data Privacy

At a House hearing, legislators took turns grilling Shou Chew about securing Americans’ data on the popular video-sharing app.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Ideas

A Slim Rhetorical Wedge Could Drive China and Russia Apart

U.S. officials must skip no opportunity to remind Moscow that it is Beijing's junior partner.

  • Artur Kalandarov
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russian missiles hit dwellings; Xi wraps Moscow trip; Terror update; Climate report grasps for hope; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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