Key Developments

Defense Manufacturing: Digital Transformation Crucial to Accelerate Production

08/18/2024
By Rob Mather

Editor’s Note: In a recent Breaking Defense piece, U.S. Army officials were chafing at lower levels…

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EU Initiative to Arm Ukraine: Beset by Allegations of Mismanagement and Corruption

08/16/2024
By Jim Durso

It is encouraging to see European nations stepping up to arm Ukraine, but their flagship effort…

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The Space Race: The European Union’s Role

08/15/2024
By Chloe Ladd

At the start of the war in Ukraine, Russia conducted military and cyber-attacks to eradicate Ukrainian…

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Israel Faces Multi-Front War: It is Not Just About Gaza

07/28/2024
By Robbin Laird

When I was growing up and into my college years, the survival of Israel was always…

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An Update on the U.S. Presidential Election and Its Global Impact

07/27/2024
By Pippa Malmgren

Here’s the official narrative: It is a total surprise that President Biden dropped out of the…

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The Strange Fate of HMLA-269: A Phoenix Squadron

07/20/2024
By Robbin Laird

On November 10, 2022, we learn that “Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, Nov.…

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Special Reports
05/12/2024
The first of two seminars of the Sir Richard Williams Foundation in 2024 was held on 11 April...
Book Review
09/09/2024
We started our first website, Second Line of Defense in 2009. I started this venture with Murielle Delaporte. We published our first website with two sides, one in English and one in French. Since then, I have added a second...
Featured Defense System
09/08/2024
By Hawaii National Guard

On the outskirts of the bustling city of Surabaya, nestled against the coastline of Indonesia, the latest in information technology took center stage at a sprawling naval base. Here, dimly lit conference rooms were converted into cyber operations training rooms where teams of multinational service members collaborated to solve perplexing challenges in cyberspace. From Aug. 26 to Sept. 5, Headquarters Naval Warfighting Training Center, Indonesia, became an epicenter of cyber technology collaboration as 46 service members from four countries converged for a cyber exercise (CYBEREX) as part of Super Garuda Shield 2024 (SGS24). "The objectives of the cyber exercise are to pull together U.S., Indonesia, Singapore, U.K., and some observer countries to develop partnerships, develop technical skills," U.S. Air Force Col. Glen Hayase, a Hawaii Air National Guardsman...

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