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Russian Cyber Efforts in Ukraine See Muted Effects, Says Panel

30 September 2022

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The Kremlin’s disinformation campaign and massive escalation of cyber attacks on Kyiv’s infrastructure have failed to break the Ukrainians’ will to fight, the author of a recent book on Russian information warfare said Thursday.
Speaking at the United States Naval Institute event, Bilyana Lilly, geopolitical risk lead at Krebs Stamos Group, said Moscow increased its reconnaissance of potential Ukrainian targets for cyber attack a year before the Feb. 24 invasion. In the time...

https://news.usni.org/2022/09/29/russian-cyber-efforts-in-ukraine-see-muted-effects-says-panel

COLUMN | Egypt: a rapidly emerging maritime power [Naval Gazing]

29 April 2021

The Egyptian Navy (EN) is the largest regional naval force in the Middle East. Its roles include the protection of Egypt’s extensive Red Sea and Mediterranean coastline ..

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/column-egypt-a-rapidly-emerging-maritime-power-naval-gazing/

Panel: China Copied Silicon Valley’s Model to Outpace the Pentagon in Weapon Development

8 March 2021

The launch of the Type 75 big-deck amphib in Shanghai on. PLAN Photo

The Pentagon’s complicated and time-consuming acquisition process impedes the United States’ ability to innovate and keep up with China’s technology development, several experts said last week.

In contrast to the Department of Defense, China “effectively copied” Silicon Valley’s quick-decision investment strategies with start-ups in its technology race with the United States, according to the director of the Pentagon’s...

https://news.usni.org/2021/03/08/panel-china-copied-silicon-valleys-model-to-outpace-the-pentagon-in-weapon-development

HASC Chairman Calls on Congress to ‘Scrub’ F-35 Program

5 March 2021

Two U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning IIs, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 164 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, stand chained to the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD-8). US Navy Photo

“We’ve got to seriously scrub” programs like the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter in Congress instead of rewarding “people for failure, not results” in developing new weapons systems, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Friday.

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https://news.usni.org/2021/03/05/hasc-chairman-calls-on-congress-to-scrub-f-35-program

BOOK REVIEW | Soviet Cold War Attack Submarines: Nuclear Classes from November to Akula

19 November 2020

It is difficult to reconcile the content of this book with the gutted shells of Soviet-era submarines that this reviewer observed around the creeks and backwaters of the ..

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/submersibles-naval/book-review-soviet-cold-war-attack-submarines-nuclear-classes-from-november-to-akula/

COVID-19 Pandemic Giving China a Firmer Foothold in Europe

21 April 2020

China’s drive to win political friends was stumbling over unmet trade expectations and mounting public debt, until the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on economies offered Beijing new possibilities in Europe, two foreign policy experts said Monday.

The 17 Central and Eastern European nations in a loose trade arrangement with Beijing – the Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries founded in 2012 — now may be less insistent on transparency in future agreements to spur...

https://news.usni.org/2020/04/21/covid-19-pandemic-giving-china-a-firmer-foothold-in-europe