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If President Trump meets with Kim again, the outcome will likely be the same as his faux summit with Russian President Putin.
An accurate digital twin could guide Navy maintenance and avoid the costly surprises often found when shipyard workers open sections of a ship below deck
Justin Sanchez • August 5, 2025
Elevating AI and chips to national priorities is essential, but it’s also time to give biotechnology and biosecurity the same strategic focus. The U.S. should stop treating biosecurity as a low-visibility, high-impact endeavor and recommit to biotechnology as a launchpad for economic prosperity, with biosecurity as the guardrails that keep us accelerating in the right direction into the future.
Problems arise when the military services become infatuated with advanced technologies regardless of their relevance.
Tablets used by the military are assembled with parts that trace back to companies under China’s control, with some flagged by Congress for ties to the Chinese military.
As the Pentagon works to operationalize AI and data at scale, generative AI is driving efficiency and mission-readiness across the military services.
The growing detachment risks undermining the dominance of the U.S. defense sector and weakening the country’s broader strategic objectives.
The Arrow-3 shipment signals Israel’s maturing autonomy as it depends less on Washington’s and Europe’s goodwill.
Russia and China encourage the kind of dangerous behavior at sea not seen since the Cold War.
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