China’s bid to improve food production? Giant towers of pigs
This is pig farming in China, where agricultural land is scarce, food production is lagging and pork supply is a strategic imperative.
In Iran, NPR sees anger and desperation. Its government tells us nothing is wrong
In an interview with NPR in Tehran, Iran’s foreign minister dismisses the protests that have spread in the wake of Mahsa Amini’s death, saying “nothing important had happened.”
Thousands of Buildings Collapsed in Turkey. Devastation Was Preventable, Experts Say
As recently as last November, civil engineers in Turkey raised warnings that the country’s infrastructure was incapable of handling a large earthquake.
How Long It Would Really Take Ukraine’s Pilots To Convert to F-16s
The War Zone Just learning to fly an F-16 is a small aspect of what it would take for a Ukrainian fighter pilot to be combat ready in the type.
Imbalance Between Defense Strategies, Industrial Base Capacity
Easley, NatDefM U.S. national security policies and financial investments are not aligned to support the defense industrial base’s need to support great power competition, according to a new…
Trump’s Last Defense Secretary Takes On the ‘American War Machine’
The Hill Two decades before Chris Miller became then-President Trump’s acting Defense secretary, overseeing the Pentagon as an insurrection played out in…
What the West’s Shifting Red Lines Mean for Ukraine
Felicia Schwartz & Ben Hall, FT Allies wary of risk of Russian escalation even as arms decisions reflect Kyiv’s changing battlefield requirements
How the U.S. Navy Is Creating the ‘Nirvana of One Combat System’
DefenseNews ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy is considering how best to equip ships and sailors to take advantage of fleetwide connectivity that
The Military Should Turn Its Network Innovation Upside Down
J. Ferrari, C4ISRNET When it comes to network restrictions, the military may finally be catching up to the times.
The Army’s recent announcement that it’s adopting