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Why This Magazine Exists
Security, Cyber & Counter-Threats examines the evolving landscape of modern security in an era defined by digital conflict, hybrid warfare, and persistent global threats.
From cyber operations, information warfare, and intelligence-driven defense to counter-terrorism, internal security, and emerging threat vectors, this magazine provides strategic analysis, technical insight, and policy-relevant perspectives for decision-makers, practitioners, and researchers navigating an increasingly contested security environment.
What We Track
- Cyber warfare & cyber defense
- Information operations & influence campaigns
- National security threat assessments
- Emerging digital and hybrid warfare doctrines
- Critical infrastructure & cyber resilience
Latest Analysis & Intelligence
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The Light at the Core of the Future: How Photonics Powers Fusion Energy
For decades, nuclear fusion has stood as the holy grail of energy production—an almost mythical promise of limitless, clean, and safe power by replicating the very process that fuels the sun. The challenge has been nothing short of monumental: containing and stabilizing plasma at temperatures exceeding 100 million degrees Celsius. While massive magnets, exotic materials,…
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The Entanglement Revolution: How Next-Gen Photon Sources are Powering the Quantum Leap
Quantum entanglement—once described by Einstein as “spooky action at a distance”—has evolved from a strange philosophical debate into the foundation of a technological revolution. In this phenomenon, two or more particles remain so deeply connected that their states are linked, no matter the distance separating them. What once seemed like a paradox is now…
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The Unsung Hero of Electric Mobility: How a Tiny Inverter is Revolutionizing Military Vehicle Power
When it comes to the global shift toward electrification, most of the attention is placed on batteries and motors. These two components are often celebrated as the engines of change, driving the move toward sustainable and efficient mobility. Yet, quietly positioned between them lies an equally vital system—the traction power inverter. Acting as both the…
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The Next Generation of Road Safety: How AI and Sensors Are Working to Eliminate Drunk Driving
Despite decades of public campaigns and strict enforcement, drunk driving remains one of the leading causes of road fatalities worldwide. Traditional countermeasures—such as roadside breathalyzers—are fundamentally reactive, intervening only after a driver is already impaired and behind the wheel. But what if the car itself could recognize impairment and step in before disaster strikes? That…
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Quantum Leap in Healthcare: How Quantum Tech is Rewriting the Rules of Medicine
For decades, the promise of quantum technologies—with their superposition states and entanglement—felt like a distant dream, confined to physics laboratories and theoretical debates. Today, that future is rapidly becoming tangible, particularly in a field where its impact will be most profoundly felt: healthcare. Quantum technologies are poised to revolutionize medicine, moving from speculative theory to…
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Bridging the Terahertz Gap: How Superconducting Receivers Are Unlocking Tomorrow’s Wireless Networks
Imagine downloading a feature-length movie in the blink of an eye, or participating in a real-time holographic meeting that feels indistinguishable from being physically present. These scenarios may sound futuristic, but they are exactly the kinds of experiences that next-generation wireless networks aim to deliver. The key lies in harnessing an immense, largely untapped…
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Threat of stealthy, smart and lethal sea mines driving development of new mine countermeasure platforms and systems
Beneath the waves lurks one of the oldest and most potent asymmetric threats in naval warfare: the sea mine. But the mines of today are not the simple contact explosives of World War II. They have evolved into stealthy, smart, and devastatingly lethal systems that can lie in wait for years, listening for the precise…
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