It Takes a Network to Defeat a Network: Why United States Cyber Command Must Adopt a Starfish Model Against AI-Enabled Hackers
An AI-Driven Breach Consider this fictional scenario: a Cyber National Mission Force team deploys advanced network sensors to monitor traffic for suspicious command-and-control signatures. Overnight, a decentralized hacker collective unleashes autonomous artificial-intelligence agents that breach a…
Keep readingIntegrating Autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft to Enhance U.S. Air Force Refueling Operations
The U.S. Air Force faces complex challenges in maintaining air superiority amid peer adversaries. Integrating Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCAs) with current KC-135 tankers can enhance survivability, improve refueling capabilities, and provide significant cost savings. This integration…
Keep readingRewiring Readiness: Rethinking Military Learning for the Age of Uncertainty
The article highlights the necessity for military education to evolve from critical thinking to adaptive thinking, particularly in responding to complex, rapidly changing environments. It emphasizes using paradox as a teaching tool and advocates for experiential…
Keep readingOne Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Dead Fish: The Fish Fight in the Arctic
The Arctic, increasingly contested geopolitically, faces challenges from China’s expanding fishing activities, threatening ecosystems and local economies. Despite commitments to sustainable practices, China’s distant-water fleet raises concerns over overfishing and IUU activities. Indigenous communities advocate for…
Keep readingEdge ISR: Revolutionizing Intelligence in Contested Environments
The content discusses the evolution of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) operations in contested environments, emphasizing the need for a decentralized and autonomous approach termed Edge ISR. This method leverages advanced technologies like AI and Collaborative…
Keep readingUncharted Waters: Shaping the Future of Arctic Security
The Arctic’s geopolitical significance is escalating due to warming temperatures, with Russia and China expanding their influence, challenging NATO allies. The inaugural Anchorage Security and Defense Conference emphasized the need for multilateral cooperation, infrastructure investment, and…
Keep readingReconnaissance: More than just the R (in ISR)
The Department of the Air Force must revise its obsolete reconnaissance approach to enhance effectiveness in peer conflicts. The current model limits data access and responsiveness, making it vulnerable. A user-agnostic reconnaissance framework should prioritize streamlined…
Keep readingFounding Myths of the Space Force and the Need to Remember Political Reality
The US Space Force has made progress since its 2019 establishment with the help of political trade-offs. This political context is often downplayed in narratives emphasizing strategic necessity. Acknowledging the complex political origins is crucial for…
Keep readingJoint All-Domain Operations (JADO): The Maneuver Concept for Future Conflict
Joint All-Domain Operations (JADO) is a modern military strategy that transcends traditional approaches by integrating various domains to create operational synergies. It emphasizes a systems-based, objective-centric methodology that leverages complexity, speed, precision, and volume, adapting to…
Keep readingField of Dreams: Designing the Military of 2040
The Government Accountability Office reported that the Department of Defense struggles to deliver new technologies rapidly. A campaign-style approach, as emphasized in the 2022 National Security and Defense Strategies, could unite efforts and address fundamental acquisition…
Keep readingOutsmarting the Fakes: Navigating Malicious Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming defense and national security, but it also introduces significant threats. AI’s ability to create sophisticated disinformation and manipulate public opinion poses a grave risk to democratic institutions, eroding trust and…
Keep readingManeuvering in Contested Skies
The evolving air operations landscape in Europe is shaped by five key factors: electromagnetic spectrum control, advanced aerial threats, emerging technologies, airbase survivability, and sustainment challenges, necessitating adaptation and investment strategies by NATO and the US.
Keep readingPredictive Models for Targeting Mobile Threats
This article discusses the urgent need for algorithmic support in targeting mobile threats within joint all-domain operations as data overload exceeds human capabilities. It introduces the Markov Decision Process (MDP) and its application in predictive analytics…
Keep readingThe Hypersonic Orbiter
How China projects Hypersonic Capabilities into Space By Roman C. Lau Estimated Read Time: 9 minutes On July 27, 2021, China launched a long-range missile that went once around the world and released a hypersonic glide…
Keep readingDissecting the Law: Legislative Summary on the Future of JADO & Global Competition
The article discusses the complexities of the Fiscal Year 2023 NDAA, emphasizing its role in enabling Joint All-Domain Operations through legislation, technology investments, international partnerships, and competitive strategies amidst ongoing Congressional priorities and limitations.
Keep readingThe Russian-Ukrainian War and Just War Theory
The article critiques the Russian invasion of Ukraine through the lens of Just War Theory, developed from Augustine’s principles. It argues that Putin’s claims lack credible justification and that the war fails to meet essential criteria…
Keep readingThe Birth of the Problem-Centric Sensor-Agnostic Methodology
Interested in the origins of the Problem-Centric Sensor-Agnostic methodology? Check out this article!
Keep readingSense-Making in JADC2: AF ISR Driving Change
Abstract: As sensors blanket the earth, analysts find themselves drowning in data but starved for information. The Department of Defense (DoD) must smartly and quickly field artificial intelligence/machine learning, automation, and augmentation (AAA) capabilities that allow…
Keep readingHypersonic Airspace: How Hypersonic Weapons Conquer and Define the Realm Between Airspace and Space
With their challenging trajectories, hypersonic weapons challenge the existing international space and airspace structure and blur the line between airspace and space. Therefore, the existing set of rules, habits, and practices in airspace and space need…
Keep readingThe Battle for Latin America
In September 1901, hundreds gathered at the Minnesota State Fair to hear from then Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt. He used the opportunity to discuss the topic of national duties and the inevitability of involvement with foreign…
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