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Leon Panetta, Michèle Flournoy, and H.R. McMaster agreed Ukraine is showing China how tough a target Taiwan could be, while Bob Gates predicted Xi would not arm Putin and Condi Rice said Beijing is already backing off its worst ‘Wolf Warrior diplomacy.’
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The head of US special ops in the Pacific suggested some operators are struggling with a less direct mission, though USSOCOM chief Gen. Bryan Fenton told Breaking Defense that’s not something he’s seen.
By Lee Ferran
“Foreign governments” are now the No. 1 cybersecurity concern for US public sector IT professionals, reports SolarWinds, itself rebuilding after a 2020 hack blamed on Russia.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
In one case where two Kh-101 missiles were recovered and examined after striking Kyiv in November 2022, CAR researchers were able to determine that one of the munitions was produced in the last quarter of 2022, most likely October.
By Tim Martin
“Using the Su-34 to drop unguided bombs is like pressing a Rolls-Royce automobile into being used as a taxicab,” a former Russian aviation designer told Breaking Defense.
By Reuben Johnson
“I believe … that it’s a Russian job,” Arvydas Anušauskas told Breaking Defense in an interview in Washington.
By Aaron Mehta
Military innovation and savings: Go commercial
DoD uses FAR Part 12 acquisitions to save hundreds of millions of dollars in “of a type” systems like civil landing systems with applicability to military aircraft.
Manufactured by Poland’s state owned PGZ, the PILICA+ triple layer air defense system will be integrated with MBDA’s CAMM short-range radar-guided missiles, a Polish-made autocannon and very-short range infrared guided missiles, according to MBDA.
By Tim Martin
Instead of fixating on the apocalyptic possibility of a “cyber Pearl Harbor,” experts say, the US should prepare for digital wars of attrition like the one ongoing in Ukraine.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The pact was inked in Brussels on Wednesday by William LaPlante, under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment and Jiři Šedivý, EDA chief executive.
By Tim Martin
From Gripen fighters to MANPADS, the Swedish firm sees “this [period] as just the beginning of defense spending increases in Europe,” said CEO and President Micael Johansson.
By Tim Martin
“While the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 certainly affected military spending decisions in 2022, concerns about Russian aggression have been building for much longer,” said Lorenzo Scarazzato, researcher with SIPRI’s Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme.
By Tim Martin
Both the quantity and quality of Russian attacks appear to be falling off, and the global cybersecurity picture is looking brighter, reports Google Cloud’s Mandiant branch.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The Mitchell Institute’s Douglas Birkey argues Kyiv’s need for airpower is only highlighted by recently leaked US intelligence documents.
By Doug Birkey
The Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress’s Joshua Huminski argues that while it’s good that the US is learning from the war in Ukraine, it must be selective in what it applies more broadly.
By Joshua Huminski