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Disinformation Is a Weapon. We Need a Manual.
An examination of DISARM, the open-source framework
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Gabelli 31st Annual Aerospace & Defense Symposium
Conference Host: Gabelli Funds, LLC | Portfolio Manager: Tony Bancroft The Harvard Club, New York City | September 4, 2025 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Gabelli 31st Annual Aerospace & Defense Symposium revealed an industry at an unprecedented inflection point, with executives from 17+ companies providing extraordinary visibility into what multiple presenters characterized as
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Affordable Mass and the New Reality of Deterrence
War games show the U.S. would exhaust its missile stocks in days
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Drones: Systems without strategy won't win wars
Drones aren't rifles; they're not kit to attach to molle gear.
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Russia Flexes Naval Muscle
The future Maritime OE does not offer acccess and is a highway of robots and things like a future flying car metropolis scene
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Denied by Design
Is the Pentagon planning to lose? A Strategic Appraisal of PLA Counter-Space Doctrine and Implications for U.S. Tactical Operations
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Pentagon FY26 Offsets: A Briefing on All 17 Protected Categories
Executive Summary: The $50 Billion Realignment Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's February 18, 2025 directive to reallocate $50 billion (8%) from the Biden administration's FY26 defense budget marks the most significant Pentagon budget restructuring since sequestration. The review targets "low-impact Biden-legacy programs"
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OSINT - Shahed News Timeline
OPEN-SOURCE Shahed Drone Intelligence Timeline Operational Analysis: Telegram Control System Claims Breaking Intelligence Technical Assessment Strategic Context Field Reports 26 AUG 2024CONTEXT Baseline Assessment: Shahed Effectiveness Declining Defense News - Open Source Analysis confirms Ukrainian air defense improvements with 91% Shahed interception rate since March 2024, up from 80% baseline.
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Major Force Programs in the American military
How the US Military is resourced by a chart of accounts defined by missions
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The U.S. Senate Parliamentarian: Democracy's Procedural Gatekeeper
How an unelected official earning $203,700 yearly wields power over America's most significant legislation—and why every voter and taxpayer should care