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Iran’s Stargate Threat: IRGC Targeting Doctrine and the Vulnerability of Gulf AI Infrastructure

04.09.2026

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Meet the Drone Boat That Just Made Military History

06.09.2026

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Line Crossed? Fully Autonomous Drones Kill Russian Soldiers

06.12.2026

The Miniaturization of Military Robots

By Saba Sahar

10.23.2026 at 06:00am

US Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft taking off from Keflavik, Iceland, for NATO's Baltic Sentry maritime surveillance mission

Correcting Technocentric Myopia: Rebalancing Maritime Intelligence to Counter Shadow Fleet Networks

By Catherine Marie Abbott

10.22.2026 at 06:00am

The Emerging Need to Protect Critical Infrastructure and VIPs from Weaponized AI Drone Threats

By SWJ Staff

10.20.2026 at 07:03pm

The New Kalashnikov: Governing the Poor Man’s Autonomous Drone

By Gerald Mako

10.20.2026 at 06:00am

Military Modernization Paradox: Technology and the Lag of Institutions

By Tahir Azad

10.05.2026 at 06:00am

Beyond the Admiralty Code: Rethinking Information Evaluation in Civil Affairs

By David F. Mitchell

10.02.2026 at 06:00am

Plugging the PRC’s Southeast Asian Semiconductor Pipeline

By Ari Leon Kittrie

09.29.2026 at 06:00am

The Next Little Green Man: AI, Ambiguity, and the Future of Strategic Surprise

By Jared Martin

09.28.2026 at 06:00am

The Pacific Drone Arms Race Has No Rules

By Sarmad Naeem and Muhammad Rauhan Rasheed

09.25.2026 at 06:00am

Giving Time Back to the Rifle Company

By Max Steinbach and Collin Bergstrom

09.25.2026 at 06:00am

Allocating AI Priority: A Strategic Token Reserve?

By Terence Check

09.24.2026 at 06:00am

Forging the Undersea Arsenal: How to Build the Autonomous Fleet the US Navy needs to Compete

By Morgan Bazilian, Alex Gilbert, and Jahara Matisek

09.21.2026 at 06:00am

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Iran’s Stargate Threat: IRGC Targeting Doctrine and the Vulnerability of Gulf AI Infrastructure

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The Miniaturization of Military Robots

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The Next Little Green Man: AI, Ambiguity, and the Future of Strategic Surprise

The Pacific Drone Arms Race Has No Rules

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Forging the Undersea Arsenal: How to Build the Autonomous Fleet the US Navy needs to Compete

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