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A Department of Defense official faces up to 5 years in prison in dogfighting case

Frederick Moorefield Jr., a deputy chief information officer for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, allegedly used an encrypted messaging app to discuss dogfighting with people across the U.S.

WEKU

The other Red Alert: the failure of US capitalism is the terrifying AUKUS story you don’t read about

An AUKUS power player has made the claim that unchecked greed has sapped American power. Australia will be paying the price.

Crikey

Do UFOs Exist? Congress Will Push Defense Department to Tell All: Kiplinger Economic Forecasts

After a first round of hearings, Congress will continue to push the Department of Defense to share what it knows about UFOs and UAPs.

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US Army investigating prior North Korean knowledge of Travis King crossing border, report says

Department of Defense ‘serious incident report’ gives most detailed outline of events leading up to border crossing

The Independent UK

US agencies buy vast quantities of personal information on the open market – a legal scholar explains why and what it means for privacy in the age of AI

Numerous government agencies, including the FBI, Department of Defense, National Security Agency, Treasury Department, Defense Intelligence Agency, Navy and Coast Guard, have purchased vast amounts of U.S. citizens’ personal information from commercial data brokers. The revelation was published in a partially declassified, internal Office of the Director of National Intelligence…

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A co-creator of the original Fallout says he modified his criminally underrated D&D videogame to work with a Department of Defense AI project in 2005

Delivering some D&D to the DoD.

PC Gamer

Commentary: How could a 21-year-old leak national security data without the Pentagon knowing?

Speaking about the recent intelligence leak of classified documents by a member of the U.S. military, President Joe Biden downplayed the significance, remarking, “There’s nothing contemporaneous that I’m aware of that is of great consequence.”

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Pentagon leak was decades in the making

Computer network was designed for use by much smaller number of people amid questions over amount of classified material on the system

The Guardian - UK

No indication Russia plans to use nuclear weapons: US Dept of Defense

WASHINGTON: The US Department of Defense said on Saturday that there are no indications that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons after Moscow's announcement to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.

Bangkok Post

James Stavridis: The US military needs to create a Cyber Force

Two disturbing incidents roiled the cyber seas last week, one foreign and one domestic. They both strengthen the case — which was already convincing, and which I have been making for almost a decade now — for the creation of a U.S. Cyber Force.

Tribune News Service

Pentagon doesn’t want to share evidence of Russian atrocities amid fears international court may target US

State Department, Justice Department, and intelligence agencies all reportedly favour handing evidence

The Independent UK

A new start after 60: I retired – and began to follow my dreams

After juggling two jobs while raising five children, Kathi Muhammad had every right to take things easy. Instead, she became an actor and launched a charity

The Guardian - UK

This selfie above China's balloon was taken over Missouri. Here's how we know that

The photo from aboard the Air Force's legendary U-2 spy plane shows the Chinese balloon. But where, exactly, was it taken? It's actually possible to answer that question using clues from the image.

WEKU

War in Ukraine accelerates global drive toward killer robots

The U.S. military is intensifying its commitment to the development and use of autonomous weapons, as confirmed by an update to a Department of Defense directive. The update, released Jan. 25, 2023, is the first in a decade to focus on artificial intelligence autonomous weapons. It follows a related implementation…

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Elon Musk Launches Scathing Criticism of New Pentagon

The billionaire does not seem to have appreciated that the Department of Defense (DoD) promotes its efforts on diversity.

Zenger

U.S. Air Force Tests X-62 VISTA Aircraft Testing The Use Of AI In Airspace & Defense

Manufacturers say their one-of-a-kind training aircraft was flown by an artificial intelligence agent for more than 17 hours.

Daily Mirror

AI-controlled jet fighter flies for over 17 hours without pilot for first time

The X-62A VISTA (Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft) was piloted by artificial intelligence agents and flown for more than 17 hours

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Defense contractors' "merger mania"

Tackling Pentagon waste means battling the big weapons makers and asking more of Congress

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First F-16 missile strike at flying object over Lake Huron missed, US officials confirm

Fighter jets shot three unidentified objects out of North American airspace in as many days

Inverse

Why Are There Suddenly So Many Unidentified Objects Over U.S. Airspace?

Inverse is here to answer all your questions about the recent spate of unidentified objects shot down over the U.S. and Canada

The Independent UK

Everything we know about the mysterious ‘objects’ shot down by US warplanes

Three high-altitude objects were destroyed days after a fighter jet shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon

The Independent UK

US doesn’t know what shot down Lake Huron ‘object’ is and doesn’t rule out UFO

Officials working on recovering debris to characterise the ‘object’

Foreign Affairs

Biden’s Foreign Policy Is a Mess

The White House has failed to match means and ends.

The Conversation

Spy balloon drama elevates public attention, pressure for the US to confront China

Seven days after a Chinese spy balloon began drifting across the United States, the U.S. military downed it with a single missile.

AFP

China refused call with Pentagon chief on day of balloon downing: US

Washington (AFP) - Beijing rejected a request for a secure call between Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin and his counterpart on the day an American warplane shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon, a US Department of Defense spokesman said Tuesday.

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