Defense —FRONT PAGE: Wed, October 21

U.S. Army Anti-A2/AD, Maritime Strike Unit Fires Tomahawk Missile
Naval News
U.S. Army’s First ME-11B Spy Jet Prototype Nears Completion
Global Defense News
Army Cyber Command Builds Agentic Workforce
A. Obis • Federal News Network
Ghost Shark XL-AUV Payload Bay Seen For First Time
Thomas Newdick • The WarZone
U.S. Navy, Gecko Robotics Surge AI Maintenance Contract
Ceder, Simkins • Navy T.
Is the Military Low-T?
Rachel Bedard • The New Yorker
The Use and Abuse of War Games
CDR Salamander • CDR Salamander
It’s Not President Trump but Thomas Friedman Who Should Be Ashamed
RCD
Four Principles to Lift the Academic Fog Around War
Brandon Carr • National Interest
Hegseth’s Plan To Restore Confederate Memorial at Arlington
Austin Campbell • T&P
Dakota Meyer Tapped As Barracks Task Force Senior Advisor
C. Stassis • MC Times
Is Mission Command Dead?
Warfare Mastery Institute • Warfare Mastery Institute
U.S. Military Looking To Expand Greenland Base Presence Next Year
WashExam
U.S. and Japan Begin Naval Exercises Near Taiwan
Mari Yamaguchi • AP
Japan Reports Surge in Airspace Violations by Chinese, Russian Aircraft
USNI News
Russian Diesel Deal and Energy Ceasefire Expose Moscow’s Limits
Pavel Baev • EDM
The Ukraine ‘Kill Zone’ Is AI’s Testing Ground
Jillian Kay Melchior • Wall Street Journal

RealClearDefense Tuesday

Army Feels ‘Growing Pains’ With NGC2 Implementation
Mark Pomerleau • BrDefense
The U.S. Army’s New Battle Command Variant
Ethan M. Encarnacion • NextGenDefense
AUTOWARCOM Is Heading for a Command-and-Control Collision
Michael Carvelli • RealClearDefense
MQ-25A Stingray Remotely Controlled from USS Ronald Reagan
The Aviationist
Lockheed Delivers C-130J to Become Navy’s TACAMO Plane
Stephen Losey • A&SF
Sea Services Weigh How to Embrace Autonomous, Attritable Tech
Reeves • NatDef
Marines Cling to JLTV & NMESIS
Marine Corps Compass Points
‘No Marine Fights Alone’
Gidget Fuentes • USNI News
Airman Who Died Rappeling Into College Football Game Identified
Anna Wilder • AP
Defending Freedom of Navigation in Contested Waters
David F. Lasseter • RCDefense
Checklist for Modern Conflict Readiness
Sergey E. Ivashchenko • RealClearDefense
National Guard Soldier Shot While Breaking Up Fight in Washington D.C.
Military.com
The War on Woke at West Point
Jasper Craven • Intelligencer
The Holes at Their Fingertips
John Fenzel • Heroes' Path
NATO May Redeploy Anti-Drone Defenses As Attacks Sink Black Sea Shipping
AT
Europe’s Credibility Gap
Claas Mertens, Ngaire Woods • Foreign Affairs
China’s Advance in the Bahamas
R. Evan Ellis • The Diplomat

It’s Time for a Reset in U.S.-Israel Relations
Richard Goldberg • National Review
Strike First: Israel's Inevitable Doctrine for the Iranian Axis
Lance Gordon • RCDefense
In Seeking Peace With Beijing, Taipei Is an Asset, Not a Burden
Alexandru Filip • RCD
Trump's Disrupt First, Negotiate Second: Greenland in Focus
M.P. Reddy • RCD

A Continent Erupts
Ching Wah Chin • Strategy Page
The Navy Said Her Son Died by Suicide – the Fight for Truth
Ruiz • We Are the Mighty
Jokers Coming Through
Nathan Calder • DODReads
When Presidents Fight the Last War
John H. Modinger • Military Review

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