I'm really looking forward to chatting with Samuel Bendett & exit266 about drones & Ukraine on spaces. We will chat about my CNAS report, Evolution Not Revolution, & recent developments in drone warfare.

Tune in this Thursday, May 2, at 7 pm ET.

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One of those arcane, technical issues whose resolution will make a major difference for AUKUS, and thus for the alliance. akingump.com/en/insights/al…

New research from AEI shows that the majority of Ukraine aid is going to 122 defense production lines across 65 congressional districts to support Ukraine's defense effort.

However, several of the representatives benefitting are vocal opponents of aid.

I've been off the ME defense beat for a bit, but jumping back in with a word of caution: don't confuse air defense coordination with cooperation or integration. Despite CENTCOM's best efforts, regional IAMD is still too high a bar to clear. [SHORT THREAD]

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“Six factors — built on a foundation of talent and not requiring any new authorities — can scale innovation adoption across the Department of Defense,” write Ellen Lord, Michael Brown, and Robert Work. warontherocks.com/2024/04/innova…

Enjoyed discussing AUKUS and the Indo-Pacific with Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell.

Check it out 👇

Co-chairs of the CNAS Defense Tech Task Force in today’s War on the Rocks: warontherocks.com/2024/04/innova…

This article is going viral. Maybe I am missing something, but what it describes is an advanced form of 'TERCOM' (Terrain contour matching), which has existed since the 1970s. It is more advanced and more precise, but still...

#AI
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NEW: Preparing for a China war, the Marines are retooling how they’ll fight. A look at how a new formation aims to in the heart of the 'kill web,' enabling the Joint Force in the Pacific. wapo.st/3TTPhJI

Happy to have contributed some thoughts to Ellen Nakashima's in depth look at how the U.S. Marines is transforming itself to fight in the Pacific as the stand-in force in the The Washington Post
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Read my latest in Foreign Affairs about how changes in missile proliferation are ushering in the modern missile age. From shock and awe to death by a thousand cuts.

In Foreign Affairs, Andrew Metrick explains how cheap but accurate missiles have created a modern form of guerrilla warfare and offer a new way to impose costs on superior adversaries.
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ICYMI: Kate Kuzminski joined CBS Evening News to discuss how the Pentagon can prevent a future incident similar to the Jack Teixeira leaks. Watch it here: cnas.org/publications/v…