“Putin’s Poisons” Used In UK Attacks Portend Chemical War On NATO

Russia’s theatrical assassinations of Putin’s critics via exotic banned poisons could presage the mass deployment of chemical weapons by Moscow in a future war with NATO.

Learning At War Speed: How Ukraine’s Air Defence Is Evolving

Ukraine’s air defenses have evolved over four years to counter an ever-growing threat from missiles and drones, shofting from machine-guns to interceptor drones.

What Space Leaders Say Behind Closed Doors

In the second space race, speed is decisive. Misaligned capital, policy and culture are America’s greatest strategic vulnerability.

Should AI Go To War? Anthropic And The Pentagon Fight It Out

Anthropic and the Pentagon clash over military AI use, exposing legal, ethical and national security tensions shaping the future of AI in warfare.

Strategists War-Game Preemptive Strike On Russia’s Nuclear-Armed ASAT

To protect Allied astronauts and spacecraft, U.S. commanders need to stage a preemptive strike on Russia’s atomic-armed ASAT missile before it can be launched into orbit.

Russia Is Launching FPVs From Drone Motherships

Russian Gerbera long-range decoy/attack drones are now acting as motherships for small FPV quadcopters.

U.S. Seeks To Bolster Cybersecurity Amid Chinese And Russian Pressure

U.S. bolsters cybersecurity via DoW’s Cyber Force Generation Plan while corporate mergers like HPE-Juniper build domestic networking champions against Russian threats.

Starlink Shutdown: Musk Throws Russian Forces Into Chaos

Russian forces relied heavily on Starlink for tactical communications, Now SpaceX has deactivated their terminals, causing chaos as units lose contact with commanders.

Elon Musk’s Orbital Data Centers Face Huge Challenges

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the new inductees to the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 3D-printed housing and more.

Convicts, Chaos And Cut Throats: Inside Russia’s Only Tank Factory

Many reports of problems at Russia’s UVZ tank factory from open sources suggest that it may be producing far fewer tanks than some analysts believe.