Navy picks Northrop to deliver nuclear command TACAMO aircraft
The plane will be the successor to the E-6B Mercury.
Biden launches AI ‘risk and safety’ talks with China. Is nuclear C2 a likely focus?
Details are scant for now, but experts tell Breaking Defense that any AI agreement between China and the US could involve a pledge not to use AI in nuclear systems.
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Ray Asks Roper To Explore ‘Bomb Truck’ For Cheap Standoff Capability
"There is no significant game plan here," Ray said about the idea of a 'bomb truck.' "I just think, why not? You can't win if you don't play."
Draft Nuke Review: Big NC3 Changes, LRSO OK’d, Small Yield Nukes Back
WASHINGTON: The days when America spoke of eliminating nuclear weapons are over, faced with Russian, Chinese and North Korean moves to build, boost or rebuild their nuclear forces. That’s the most essential message of the leaked Nuclear Posture Review. (Kudos to my colleague Ashley Feinberg at Huffington Post for getting this one.) The Pentagon immediately issued […]
When The Football Comes Out, Who Watches The President?
Corrected: The article referred to the E-4B command aircraft, but Brig. Gen. Bowen was referring to the E-6B. WASHINGTON: The men and women of US Strategic Command watched a clock count down. When it did, they knew their base would be “a smoking hole in the ground.” It was a simulation, sure, but “it’s deadly serious,” […]
Dunford Says White House Nixes Refueling For New Air Force One
WASHINGTON: Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, told the Senate Armed Services Committee today that the White House had decided not to include aerial refueling as a capability for the next Air Force One fleet. Why? To save money. President Donald Trump has apparently made the decision, reflected by this decision and the […]
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
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Ordering Nuclear War: Gen. Selva Tells Us What Happens
CAPITOL HILL: The security of nuclear command and control is the Holy Grail of the US military. Nothing, especially in these turbulent days, matters more. Aside from occasional talk about the nuclear football — as the case containing the nuclear codes is known — most Americans know little about what would happen in the event […]
New Nuclear C2 Should Be Distributed & Multi-Domain: STRATCOM Deputy
NATIONAL HARBOR: Just like the individual ICBMs, bombers, and submarines it oversees, the nation’s nuclear command-and-control architecture is aging Cold War tech that needs replacement. But if we just build newer versions of today’s command posts, communications networks, satellites, and so on, we’ll miss a major opportunity. Instead, the deputy chief of Strategic Command said […]