Key Developments

Cultivating the Chaos Navigator

06/26/2026
By Robbin Laird

The global security environment has not entered a period of elevated risk. It has entered a…

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Czech Vipers in Poland: A New Layer in NATO’s Counter-Drone Fight

06/25/2026
By Robbin Laird

The Czech Republic’s decision to send a pair of AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to Poland is…

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IBCS at the Crossroads: What Four Decades of Transformation History Tell Us About Why This System Cannot Be Replaced

06/24/2026
By Robbin Laird

Part One of this series laid out the operational case for the Integrated Battle Command System…

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Drones at War: From Moscow’s Burning Skies to Patuxent River’s War Labs

06/23/2026
By Ed Timperlake

Two Theaters, One Day On June 18, 2026, world headlines screamed a simple, lethal fact: “Pure…

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From Bletchley Park to the AI Age: Machines in Competitive Co-Evolution

06/23/2026
By Robbin Laird

In the middle of the twentieth century, a secretive campus in the English countryside became the…

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From the Seabed Up: Terradepth and the Ocean Operating System

06/17/2026
By Robbin Laird

The problem with maritime autonomous systems is not the robots. The problem is what you do…

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Special Reports
Book Review
04/28/2026
The fifth edition of The United States Marines: A History by Edwin Howard Simmons and Lt. Col. Charles Patrick Neimeyer stands as the definitive single-volume chronicle of America's amphibious force-in-readiness. Spanning from the Continental Marines of 1775 through modern conflicts, this Naval...
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