Key Developments

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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Who Really Commands? Reflections on Murielle Delaporte’s Series on AI and the Future of Military Command

06/16/2026
By Robbin Laird

Murielle Delaporte has been working through one of the most consequential questions facing allied militaries today:…

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From Sea Dragon to Kill Web Node: The CH-53K as Airborne Manager of the Mine-Warfare Fight

06/15/2026
By Robbin Laird

The MH-53E Sea Dragon’s role in mine countermeasures at the Strait of Hormuz has been indispensable…

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From Revolution to Reality: Lessons in Military Transformation

06/12/2026
By Robbin Laird

The history of American military power over the past four decades is, in large part, a…

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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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