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Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries

China’s Semiconductor Industry: A Race to Catch Up with the Global Chip Making Leaders

China’s semiconductor industry is experiencing rapid development in recent years, as the country aims to become a global leader in the production of computer chips. The country has made significant investments and advancements in chip-making technology, as it seeks to catch up with other major players in the industry.   …

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Revolutionizing Security, Military, and Communications: The Disruptive Potential of Terahertz Technology

Terahertz is a fascinating technology that has been around for decades, but it has only recently gained significant attention due to its unique capabilities and potential applications. Terahertz waves are electromagnetic waves with frequencies lying between microwave and infrared regions of the spectrum (100 to 3000 gigahertz frequencies or 0.1 …

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Closing the Gap: How the US Military’s Next-Generation Electronic Warfare Systems Are Reducing Russia’s Military Edge

All modern forces depend on unimpeded access to, and use of, the EM spectrum in conducting military operations. Therefore, there is a requirement to gain and maintain an advantage in the electromagnetic spectrum by countering adversary’s systems and protecting one’s own systems. Adversary can disrupt and degrade the navigation systems …

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Building a Secure and Ethical Biodata Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities

The U.S. bioeconomy already accounts for about 5% of the country’s gross domestic product ($960 billion) and is rapidly expanding. Biomanufacturing is becoming a major mode of production for a wide range of industries, from pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals to food and fuels. Biotechnologies can also play important roles in …

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The Cyber Cold War: How Russia is Using Cyber Attacks as a Weapon in Geopolitics

Russia is widely believed to have advanced malware capabilities that enable them to conduct cyber attacks with devastating effects. The Russian government has been accused of creating and using sophisticated malware to target government agencies, critical infrastructure, and other entities around the world. Russian hackers are known for their ability …

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Militaries are restructuring and downsizing troops to be effective under changing threats and Warfare

Militaries around the world are undergoing restructuring and downsizing as a result of various factors, including budget constraints, changing security threats, and shifts in geopolitical priorities.   The downsizing of military forces can be driven by a variety of reasons, including an effort to reduce the overall size of government …

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From Electronics to Defense: Boron as a Strategic Material Powering Multiple Industries

Introduction: In the world of materials science, there are certain elements that play a pivotal role in shaping the technological landscape across various industries. Boron, with its remarkable properties, has emerged as a strategic material that is powering multiple sectors, from electronics to defense. In this article, we delve into …

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Airships return for future Aviation, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and cruise missile defense.

Airship is a type of lighter-than-air aircraft which can navigate through the air under its own power. They are different from  Aerostats that gain their lift from large gas bags filled with a lifting gas that is less dense than the surrounding air.  Historically, airships have been used in applications …

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Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) for countering Air, Missile and Hypersonic threats

Militaries around the world are increasingly facing a formidable strategic and threat environment in terms of complexity, lethality, range, sophistication, and number of threats. These range from Fifth-generation stealth fighters, cruise and ballistic missile and unmanned air vehicle technology that are becoming widely proliferated to become more accessible to emerging …

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Global Synthetic Biology race for exploiting it for defence as Biology emerging as new domain of warfare

Synthetic biology technology aims to redesign natural biological systems for greater efficiency, as well as create new organisms as well as molecules with desired bio-attributes. These bioengineered microorganisms (and possibly other life forms) can produce pharmaceuticals, detect toxic chemicals, break down pollutants, repair defective genes, destroy cancer cells, and generate …

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