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How MAWTS-1 Works on Combat Innovation: A Look Back with Col Michael Kurth

11/30/2023
By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake

We had the privilege to interview former Col Michael “Spot” Kurth on November 15, 2023, to…

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In The Aftermath of the October 7th Hamas Attacks: French “Swatting” on The Rise

11/29/2023
By Murielle Delaporte

Over the last year, the United States have been experiencing a surge in hoaxes aimed against…

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Does bin Laden get the last laugh?

11/28/2023
By James Durso

Osama bin Laden may be in Hell, but he could be having the last laugh. TikTokers…

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Institutionalizing Excellence: The raison d’être for Creating MAWTS-1

11/28/2023
By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake

We had a chance to look back at the creation of MAWTS-1 with Col James Davis…

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Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue: An All-Female Tank Corps Takes the Fight to the Terrorists

11/27/2023
By Ed Timperlake

The headline for this article was said about Marines in the battle for Iwo Jima. Marines…

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Shaping the Institution in Order to Standardized Advanced Training: The Perspective of the Second Commander of MAWTS-1

11/27/2023
By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake

We had the opportunity to talk with Major General Bobby Butcher on November 16, 2023, to…

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Industry 5.0 and The Future Direction of A&D Manufacturing

11/21/2023
By Matt Medley

Although Industry 5.0 is still an emerging approach, early understanding is that it is not just…

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President Xi in San Francisco: Kiss and Make Up with the Biden Administration?

11/15/2023
By Harald Malmgren and Pippa Malmgren

The world has suffered deeply from the breakdown of relations between the U.S. and China. Since…

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Hamas, Israel’s Golem: The Danger of Working with Religious-inspired Proxies

11/14/2023
By James Durso

It seemed like a good idea at the time, they said in Jerusalem on 8 October…

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Armistice Day in London: Crisis and Consequences

11/13/2023
By Kenneth Maxwell

This year on Saturday 11th of November on the streets of central London a vast 300,000…

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10/29/2026
By Dr. Gleb Tsipursky

NIST’s New AI Incident Guidance Needs a Defense Recovery Drill

Defense organizations adopting AI agents need more than assurances that a system will follow instructions. They need evidence that operators can detect unauthorized activity, contain it across connected services, and…

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10/23/2026
By Robbin Laird

AUKUS and the Building of Australian Undersea Power: John Blaxland Makes the Case

In mid-October 2026, Professor John Blaxland of the Australian National University made the case for AUKUS twice in two days, to two very different audiences. On October 16, he and…

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10/22/2026
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AUKUS: Strategic Imperative or Costly Mistake?

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09/11/2026
By Robbin Laird

The Age of Urgency: Rear Adm. McCoy on Rebuilding the Navy’s Aviator Pipeline

Originally published in Breaking Defense, September 4, 2026 Rear Adm. Max “Pepper” McCoy, the Chief of Naval Air Training, describes the system he runs as a factory conveyor belt: the…

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Before the Pivot: John Blaxland’s The Australian Army from Whitlam to Howard and the Long Road to Today’s Force

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A Bridge Between History and Transformation: Reviewing The United States Marines: A History (Fifth Edition)

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The Age of Chaos: Kill Web Warfare, Authoritarian Coercion, and the Democratic Advantage

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Op Eds: Danny’s Corner
10/17/2026

The Safety Valve: Why Local News Matters in an Age of Super-Intelligence

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Fight’s On: A Magic Eight Ball Takes On the SI Doomsayers

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Two Judges Riding Circuit in Rappahannock County Virginia Just Make a Huge Public Mistake

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Rebuild or Disperse: What the Gulf Bases Decision Says About Posture

The first postwar choice the Pentagon faces in the Gulf is not which bases to repair. It is whether to restore the old footprint at all. A senior defense official,…

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What the Williams Foundation Seminar Told Us About the Next Generation

By Robbin Laird

The Sir Richard Williams Foundation seminar in Canberra on 1 October, The Requirement for Air Combat Mass and Depth in the Indo-Pacific, was framed around a question that sounds like a platform question: does Australia have enough air combat mass? By the end of

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