FirstFT: China’s military builds massive new wartime command centre
Also in today’s newsletter, OpenAI’s massive new funding round, and India’s Narendra Modi faces tough budget challenge ...
Defense One7h
The D Brief: Army helo, airliner collide; Trump orders Gitmo expansion; Natsec moves, polled; How DeepSeek may change military AI; And a bit more.
Three soldiers on a Black Hawk and all 64 people aboard an airliner are feared dead after the UH-60 and an American Airlines ...
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How DeepSeek changed the future of AI—and what that means for national security
China’s breakthrough is an opportunity for American companies to build more efficient tools. That will also help the U.S. military.
NATO scrambles for drones that can survive the Arctic
Russia and China have stepped up military activity in the Arctic, while NATO states in the region are reporting more acts of ...
What China wants from Trump
China's Xi JInping will attempt to use Donald Trump's penchant for transactional deal making in order to avoid new export ...
With Trump’s canal demands on the table, Rubio tries to focus on China on Panama trip
A key focus of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Central America this week — his first trip as America’s top diplomat ...
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Navy, Marines Want More Energy Storage to Supply Power Hungry Warships, Bases
The Department of Defense last month issued a small contract for a Navy project to develop and provide a modular energy ...
DeepSeek Technology Is An Ace Up China’s Sleeve For Drone Warfare
China has taken a huge leap forward with DeepSeek and Large Language Models. It is a technology that is surprisingly ...
The National Interest1d
How to Win the Global South’s Energy Race
The United States has a comparative advantage over China as an energy provider; it should make the most of it.  China is the world’s largest trading partner. Across Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin ...
Chinese Military Showcases Exoskeletons For Logistics Operations
The Chinese military showcased soldiers using exoskeletons for logistics. Though their effectiveness is unclear, they could ...
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Trump calls China’s DeepSeek AI app a ‘wake-up call’ after tech stocks slide
The sudden popularity of a Chinese artificial intelligence app called DeepSeek pummeled tech stocks and captivated Silicon ...
Do China’s A.I. Advances Mean U.S. Technology Controls Have Failed?
DeepSeek’s A.I. models show that China is making rapid gains in the field, despite American efforts to hinder it.