Fascinating overview of Chinese C2 software and networking infrastructure. Highly recommend checking it out
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“As of 2020, the PLA claimed that the system could distribute the common operating picture down to the regimental level, and possibly, battalion-level vehicles.”
- 2020 is the most recent date I see referenced
- Ukraine proved on week 1 of the war that pushing the COP (Delta & Kropyva) down to the squad-level, far past battalion & regimen…
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This is what AI job displacement looks like in real life. Thank you for writing this so openly.
The rise of the “warrior ethos” in the U.S. military reflects a shift from the citizen-soldier ideal to a culture obsessed with lethality and tactical prowess—more branding than strategy, and with real costs to democracy, accountability, and strategic clarity.
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The neglect of implementation applies even to Congressional rules, not just exec branch policies. Anne’s great piece goes into the nuts and bolts of how earmark reform was carried out by Congressional offices.
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Excellent piece discussing what the US DoD needs to do in order to prepare for the reality of contested logistics in a war in the Indo-Pacific.
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Nice piece in the Economist this week on the Pentagon’s - and specifically the Army’s - purge of underperforming weapons systems & redundant senior management.
Should we start a “Folded Four Stars” power rankings next?
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Great article by Mick Ryan and must read. I’m definitely going to share this with colleagues within my service.
The quote below sums it up pretty well.
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China’s catching up with the US AI capabilities… But it won’t matter. I discussed this perspective with on my latest Live:
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Fascinating article looking at a major bottleneck / pain point for DoD systems: maintenance, repair, and operations. Can take years to complete repair on big systems, supply chain and mfg data is siloed, supply chains are brittle and backlogged, processes are complex, etc
Clearly an overlooked industry that needs disruptive solutions and is absolutely crucial to national security
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Justin is spot on in his diagnosis of our C6ISR bloat. We need to entrust lower echelons more, in particular because every EM broadcast is a potential call-for-fire on their position. Also nice hat tip to James Torrence piece over at the Harding Project substack. hardingproject.com/p/tl…
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I don’t have much to add on China’s 2025 national security white paper. It mostly recycles standard lines. My takeaways:
The tone is sharper and leans on ideological language that keeps circling back to Party authority.
Beijing now labels everything from data and AI to deep sea and polar research as national‑security territory.
The text points to US trade and tech pressure as the main threat and uses that claim to justify tighter controls and a push for self‑reliance.
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My thoughts on this were “wow that’s one of the dumbest things i've ever read” and then I read further and immediately subscribed. ironic that this is shaping up to be a very popular post for him!
owes a longer response than this but i still very much disagree with this statement. but a lot of compelling stuff in here
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I’m officially a member of the media lmao.
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🇺🇸🚀 Today, the space industry relies on solar cells Gallium Arsenide (GaAs), 90%+ of which is produced by China. mPower’s technology frees the US space industry from over reliance on China. mPower builds US-manufactured silicon solar cells that work in space and can compete with traditional GaAs cells.
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Thank you for another wonderful conversation. You are both helping to unravel the major gaslighting job that’s been done to the world.
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