Defense officials consistently tout the Replicator initiative — an ambitious effort to “swarm” thousands of attritable, inexpensive drones at a break-neck pace to counter China — as a great success.

Trump’s new NDS calls the international order that has seen the U.S. advancing its values abroad a “cloud-castle abstraction.” That’s a 180-degree turn from the guiding principles of national defense ...

Perhaps the only way to cap a precedent-breaking year for the military-industrial complex is to ring in the New Year with the president. “Next week, I'm going to meet with the defense prime ...

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