China wants "to create tense, uncomfortable situations in the hope that US and partner forces will vacate the space that every force has a right to be in," Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Samuel Paparo said.
The investment by Australia and the United States into funding the new Google internet cables means the Pacific islands can avoid becoming integral parts of China's global data collection.
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
While the company says a prototype launcher is "nearly complete," in the meantime the Army is receiving Raytheon’s AIM-9X interceptor with plans to confirm that thermal management problems have been solved.
The service anticipates fielding its first Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) in 2024, a C2 system that will be a centerpiece for the air defense effort.
MDA Acting Director Rear Adm. Doug Williams said that the agency's plans include beginning tests of its Next-Generation Interceptor in 2027, "with the anticipation of operational testing of NGI at the end of 2029."
"They worked basically until the end of their duty day, got up early the next morning to finish it off, ran the engine and had it ready to go within about 12 hours of the C-130 touching down."
The GPS network continues to prove its unmatched reliability, and it’s only getting stronger.
“The PRC’s goal is developing capabilities to disrupt critical infrastructure in the event of a future conflict,” NSA Cybersecurity Director Rob Joyce told Breaking Defense in a statement.
"I think about the value of training forces that never previously had a capability like that and then we provide that capability to them. And they're able to conduct an intercept in that way," Gen. Charles Flynn said. "To me that's that's the bigger issue."
“[It] is an incremental path. There is no end state,” according to MDA chief Vice Adm. Jon Hill, who noted the military would "beautify" incoming platforms to make them more palatable to locals.
One of MDA's biggest investments in FY24 is for the Next Generation Interceptor, with $2.1 billion requested.
Onshoring and investment in military-specific semiconductors anchor a cornerstone of the defense industrial base.
In a new analysis, Ralph Savelsberg of the Netherlands Defence Academy warns that North Korea's October launch demonstrated the ability to deliver an almost 20 percent greater payload into Guam.
With China menacing, Guam is waiting for a defensive makeover. But the Heritage Foundation's Brent Sadler says there's a more immediate solution already at sea.
"It is high time to adapt our air and missile defense posture, policy and programs to the near-peer and to things other than ICBMs," Tom Karako, co-author of the report, told Breaking Defense in an interview.
The INDOPACOM chief also weighed in on whether Guam's missile defense capabilities will be ready by fiscal year 2026.