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Claude Mythos in the Shadows: How the NSA Reportedly Embedded Engineers to Run a Prohibited AI Read the full analysis and subscribe here. Intelligence | The reported NSA-Anthropic arrangement shows how mission pressure can bend AI governance faster than policy can catch up

Congress Wants to Write the Rules of Engagement for Military AI Before the Pentagon Does Read the full analysis and subscribe here. AI in Defense | Gillibrand's bills show Congress trying to set military AI red lines before procurement and industry practice harden into doctrine

How China Flew 170 Sorties at the Philippines' Door, Then Pulled Back Read the full analysis and subscribe here. Geopolitics | China's Liaoning sorties near Luzon matter less as a headline number than as a test of carrier sustainment and sortie tempo

U.S. Army Trains for Battle but Skips Risky Deployment to Theater Read the full analysis and subscribe here. Tactics | The Army rehearses large-scale battle more than the contested movement needed to assemble forces under enemy threat

SpaceX's $4 Billion Satellite Deal Is About Tracking Planes. The Real Target Is China Read the full analysis and subscribe here. AI in Defense | The Space Force's ADS-B satellite buy is less about air traffic control than persistent tracking over the gaps China can exploit

China Is Building a Nuclear Force America Cannot Easily Destroy. Is Washington Ready? Read the full analysis and subscribe here. Defense Hot Topics | China's mobile support network around silo fields is designed to make a disarming U.S. first strike much harder

The Quad's Fiji Port Project Is a Small Bet Against China's Pacific Leverage Read the full analysis and subscribe here. Geopolitics | Fiji's port project is modest infrastructure, but it signals how the Quad wants to contest Chinese influence below the treaty threshold

Churchill's Refusal to Negotiate in May 1940 Was Strategy, Not Sentiment Read the full analysis and subscribe here. History | Churchill's refusal to negotiate in May 1940 was a strategic bet that staying in the war preserved Britain's leverage

Rubble Is a Weapon: Why Prepared Urban Defenses Break Attacking Armies Read the full analysis and subscribe here. Tactics | Urban defense turns rubble, buildings, and time into combat power when attackers cannot preserve tempo

The NSA Has Moved AI Cyber Operations Past the Testing Stage. Here Is How You Can Tell Read the full analysis and subscribe here. Intelligence | Public procurement and former officials now suggest U.S. AI-enabled cyber operations have moved from experiment to operational architecture

Russia's Oreshnik Carries No Explosives. That's the Point, and the Problem Read the full analysis and subscribe here. Hardware | Oreshnik's inert reentry vehicles show how velocity alone can become an effect, complicating warning, attribution, and deterrence

DARPA Wants Robot Medics on the Battlefield. The Hard Part Isn't the Robot Read the full analysis and subscribe here. AI in Defense | Robotic medics target the evacuation gap in high-intensity combat, where the hardest problem is trust, triage, and control

France Just Banned an Israeli Minister. Here Is Why the Relationship Was Already Cracking Read the full analysis and subscribe here. Defense Hot Topics | France's ban on Ben-Gvir is more than a diplomatic spat if it signals stress inside Europe's security relationship with Israel

NATO's Nuclear Warning to Russia Sounds Firm. The Credibility Gap Is Harder to Close Read the full analysis and subscribe here. Geopolitics | Rutte's warning sounds firm, but Russia's nuclear drills expose the unresolved question of what NATO would actually do next