The Taliban now faces a decision: Ban the internet as the group did during its first rule, while hindering its propaganda windfall and other online activities, or leave the country’s networks intact, allowing an avenue for continued US electronic surveillance.
By Brad D. WilliamsIntelsat’s satellite services provide options to address a variety of missions, including all-domain defense operations, border security management, and disaster/humanitarian relief.
By Barry RosenbergAs the importance of oceans, coastlines, economic exclusion zones and sovereign waters increases, countries are faced with a crucial problem.
By Sierra Nevada CorporationThe goal is to have an improved version of the Data Transformation Services (DTS) system up and running on classified NGA networks by next February, the agency’s request for information (RFI) says.
By Theresa Hitchens“Now we’re just really working out the details for the timing that that will happen, and how frankly how it will happen,” Lt. Gen. Daniel Karbler, Army SMDC commander, says.
By Theresa Hitchens“The space-based GMTI system will replace a portion of the JSTARS sensing capability” and “will support all combatant commands,” Space Force spokesperson Col. Catie Hague explains.
By Theresa HitchensThe mobile TITAN satellite ground station is a critical node in Army plans for all-domain operations.
By Theresa Hitchens“In our defeat-ISIS activities, we’ve had a struggle and presently continue to struggle with the challenge of open source and publicly available information, and how we leverage that to make it truly useful for the warfighter,” Jospeh Votel, former head of both Special Operations Command and Central Command.
By Barry RosenbergIt is a highly classified system based on sensors that monitor what is happening on the ground and provide warning in the event of a cavity discovery, but its full details may not be published.
By Arie EgoziScreening Chinese students and academics isn’t the solution when less than one percent of them are bad actors. So what will work?
By Nicholas EftimiadesHow are Air Force pilots training for a war with Russia or China?
By James KitfieldIsrael faces increasingly tight restrictions on its Foreign Military Financing from the U.S., as Breaking D readers know. In the past, when the US provided Israeli with grants under the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program, Israel could convert 25 percent of the aid from dollars into shekels to buy Israeli products and support local R&D. The…
By Yoram Ettinger
One of the biggest stories in Asia is the subject of this op-ed by former American senior intelligence official Nick Eftimiades. For an intriguing perspective on this, check out this China Daily “editorial” on Wang. Read on! The Editor. This month, the People’s Republic of China and its intelligence services again made headlines in the world…
By Nicholas Eftimiades