High-profile court case playing out in Israel highlights fears of untoward business relationships with Chinese influence.
By Arie EgoziB-21, hypersonics and more: How digital development is driving industry innovation
Technological advancements are key to keeping pace with customer demands and evolving threat landscapes.
Japan’s ambassador to Australia, Shingo Yamagami, made pretty clear that China was a driving force behind the treaty’s approval, noting the two nations must “increase deterrence.”
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Seventy-eight percent of survey respondents said China is the greatest threat in space. But our panel of experts is less convinced.
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A first-ever Breaking Defense space survey asked professionals in defense- and space-related fields about what worries them the most, and where America is falling behind.
By Aaron Mehta
Expect the political battle over the island nations like Fiji or the Solomons to be a big part of Chinese-American geopolitics in the new year.
By Colin Clark
Congress rebuked the Pentagon for “improperly focused” budget request for the Pacific Deterrence Initiative.
By Andrew Eversden
A major overhaul is coming in software for missile warning
Space Systems Command’s FORGE program is the first, major missile-warning software modernization effort in 20 years.
Though the Middle East is a major market with enormous potential for China, they’ve yet to establish any real foothold in the region.
By Chyrine Mezher
Brig. Gen. John Olson, who advises CSO Gen. Jay Raymond on space logistics issues, believes the US must rapidly act to take the “first mover advantage” for itself to block Chinese ambitions, which could include territorial claims in space.
By Theresa Hitchens
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s new defense spending bill adds $2.5 billion focused on capabilities in the INDO-PACOM region.
By Justin Katz
Arthur Culvahouse Jr., who served as US Ambassador to Australia from 2019 to 2021, makes the case for why AUKUS needs to be the start, not the end, of strengthening industrial ties with the US.
By Arthur Culvahouse Jr. A “myopia for the Pacific too often overlooks, to America’s peril, Russia and its growing land forces,” warns Dan Goure in this op-ed.
By Daniel Goure
When Australia, the US and UK announced a new pacific-focused defense agreement last month, it was hard not to notice that the deal excluded the other two members of the Five Eyes intelligence agreement. Local media in Canada certainly seized on it to raise questions about Ottawa’s standing in the world. Bill Greenwalt, a member…
By Bill Greenwalt
When the United States, United Kingdom and Australia announced their new AUKUS agreement, the major focus was on the path for Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines for the first time. But that headline aside, there is much more to the agreement, which could represent a major shift in Indo-Pacific strategic and military relations for the…
By Brendan Sargeant
Media reports indicate a major Canadian investment in the Indo-Pacific is coming, and it’s not a moment too soon, argues author Stephanie Carvin in this new op-ed.
By Stephanie Carvin