Tag: USA

Defense bill orders Biden nuclear briefing for Congress on probing allies (Joe Gould, Defense News)

Congress would get a window into pleas from allies to the Biden administration not to change policy on the use of nuclear weapons under...
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Air Force would keep B-1 bombers until B-21s arrive, under NDAA (Stephen Losey, Defense News)

Congress would press the pause button on the Air Force’s effort to retire B-1B Lancer bombers until the B-21 Raider replaces them under the fiscal 2022...
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US Army officials: Service needs ‘true data fabric’ (Mark Pomerleau, Defense News)

Creating a data fabric will be a key part of modernizing the Army’s holistic network — from the tactical space all the way to the...
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The Decoupling Prophecy (Yu Yongding, Project-Syndicate)

China’s current role in the global economy might not be exactly what the United States envisioned when it supported the country’s accession to the...
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Workers must use their newfound leverage to protect their careers from automation (Kristen Broady, Anthony Barr, and Colleen Dougherty, Brookings)

Since April, over 1,000 Alabama coal miners have been on strike. The workers say their employer, Warrior Met Coal, has denied them fair wages, good insurance,...
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Nuclear Command-and-Control Satellites Should Be Off Limits (James M. Acton, Thomas D. MacDonald, Defense One)

When Russia blew up an old satellite with a new missile on November 15, it created an expanding cloud of debris that will menace...
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This Air Force Targeting AI Thought It Had a 90% Success Rate. It Was More Like 25% (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

If the Pentagon is going to rely on algorithms and artificial intelligence, it’s got to solve the problem of “brittle AI.” A top Air Force official...
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General Atomics Unveils New Drone That Carries 16 Hellfire Missiles (Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One)

General Atomics unveiled a new drone Thursday that can carry 16 Hellfire missiles and take off from a dirt road or even an aircraft...
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As Pentagon calls for industry innovation, top acquisition nominees remain stalled (Joe Gould, Defense News)

With an eye toward technological competition with China, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced a lofty “call to arms” for the American businesses to work...
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Congress drops Army mandate to buy more ‘Iron Dome’ defenses against cruise missiles (Jen Judson, Defense News)

Congress plans to scrap its requirement for the U.S. Army to procure two additional batteries of the Rafael-Raytheon developed Iron Dome air defense system as...
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Congress wants Hawaiian missile defense radar up and running by end of 2028 (Jen Judson, Defense News)

Congress wants the Missile Defense Agency to get a radar installed in Hawaii that can protect the homeland from ballistic missiles by the end of 2028,...
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U.S. Sentences Russian For Malware ‘Crypting’ Services (RFE RL)

Russian national Oleg Koshkin has been sentenced to four years in prison for operating a “crypting” service that helped hackers infect computers around the...
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U.S. Treasury Imposes Sanctions On Former Ukrainian Government Official (RFE RL)

The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on former Ukrainian government official Andriy Portnov, accusing him of buying influence in Ukraine's judiciary. U.S. Treasury Imposes...
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US tightens curbs as Cambodia moves closer into China’s embrace (Andrew Nachemson, Al Jazeera)

The United States has announced new restrictions on Cambodia, including an arms embargo, citing the “growing influence” of the Chinese military, as well as...
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The new US nutrition aid strategy undermines Africa’s hungriest (Siera Vercillo, Alex Park, Al Jazeera)

At last month’s COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, US officials touted a new strategy to counter malnutrition in Africa – a problem that will...
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AI next target of US tech suppression after firm faces blacklisting (Global Times)

SenseTime, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) giant is due to set the final price of Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) on Friday, and...
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