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Chartered by the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Cybersecurity Solarium Commission took a broad look at U.S. cybersecurity, the current state of cyber policy in the United States, and what policies are needed to enhance cybersecurity.

Behind force of commandos and counterterrorism forces, paramilitary forces and intelligence assets there so we could keep a finger on the pulse of terrorist groups that mean harm to us. so i have a little different view on that. we did force structure analysis quite deliberately and we had a figure of 800 would work. we took the country down and defeated them with 200. i think we could have stiffened the spine of the afghan national security forces with 200, as well. >> so the biden administrati...

Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air Systems Demonstration (UCAS-D). US Navy Photo The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) is calling on the Department of Defense and the Navy to develop a stealthy and lethal unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Launched Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) aircraft, according to a Tuesday letter to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter obtained by USNI News. Read More → March 24, 2015 6:47 PM The following is a March...

March 20, 2015 12:04 PM Vice Adm. Robert Thomas, commander of U.S. 7th Fleet, delivers remarks during a change of command ceremony aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73). US Navy Photo The head of U.S. naval forces in the Western Pacific said the U.S. would support an emerging plan to create multi-national patrols in the South China Sea that could bear similarities to anti-piracy patrols in the Strait of Malacca. Read More → March 20, 2015 11:38 AM The followi...

April 3, 2015 12:22 PM Members of the hardline al Shabaab Islamist rebel group hold their weapons in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, January 1, 2010. Somalia’s hardline Islamist rebel group al Shabaab said on Friday it was ready to send reinforcement to al Qaeda in Yemen should the U.S. carry out retaliatory strikes, and urged other Muslims to follow suit. Reuters Photo Creating franchises among groups claiming affiliation with al Qaeda or the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) i...