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For the Marine Corps, the question isn’t if information operations matter, it’s whether the information group does.
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Thinking First, Adapting Fast: Debating the Marine Corps’ Need for the Information Group
A decade into the effort to concretely integrate information warfare into its operations, the Marine Corps appears to be in the thick of another
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Today in War on the Rocks: Thinking First, Adapting Fast: Debating the Marine Corps’ Need for the Information Group A Conversation with Former Chairman, Gen. CQ Brown, Jr.
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My latest in
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Thinking First, Adapting Fast: Debating the Marine Corps’ Need for the Information Group
A decade into the effort to concretely integrate information warfare into its operations, the Marine Corps appears to be in the thick of another
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The Pentagon, Congress, and industry need to function as one team, or risk falling behind, writes Gen. (ret.) CQ Brown, Jr.
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Racing Against Time: Realizing a True Defense Industrial Enterprise
Editor's Note: The topics covered in this article were discussed further in a recent episode of the War on the Rocks podcast with Gen. (ret.) Brown, Jr.
https://warontherocks.com/2025/11/racing-against-time-realizing-a-true-defense-industrial-enterprise/
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The United States doesn’t have to build every ship to win a war at sea. It just has to build the right ones.
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America Should Build Its Own Warships While Buying Tankers
Shipbuilding is having a moment in Washington. That’s great, but hype doesn’t float boats. Reshoring commercial shipbuilding is billed as the key to
https://warontherocks.com/2025/11/america-should-build-its-own-warships-while-buying-tankers/
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The Pentagon keeps building “next-gen” systems that work everywhere except the battlefield. AI will be no different if operators don’t define trust.
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Warfighters, Not Engineers, Decide What AI Can Be Trusted
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series exploring key AI policy choices faced by the Department of Defense and Congress. Please also read the first:
https://warontherocks.com/2025/11/warfighters-not-engineers-decide-what-ai-can-be-trusted/
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A new Chinese wargame offers a glimpse into how Beijing envisions fighting its next war, and where its doctrine may fall short.
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The Coming Wave: Chinese Doctrine on the Tabletop?
As China modernizes its military for a forceful reunification with Taiwan, U.S. planners continue to seek insight into how the People’s Liberation Army
https://warontherocks.com/2025/11/the-coming-wave-chinese-doctrine-on-the-tabletop/
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If American attack helicopters can’t take out enemy air defenses, they won’t fly at all.
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Attack Helicopters Must Hunt the Hunters
“Bingo” means the point of no return: the call that fuel is running dry and the mission is over. The same call now threatens the attack helicopter itself.
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A fuel blockade. Rising attacks. Mali’s crisis is deepening, and jihadists are looking beyond its borders. (Members Only) Listen here:
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How did a Yemeni militia become one of Tehran's most powerful proxies? (Members Only) Listen here:
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When drug boats become military targets, the legal line gets blurry fast. (Members Only) Listen here:
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Trump’s whirlwind tour through Asia mixed diplomacy with showmanship. What did it achieve? (Members Only)
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Trump’s Week in Asia: Gifts, Deals, and Submarines
Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump took a major trip to Asia, where he sought to make peace and trade deals. He started in Malaysia on Oct. 26,
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Engineers measure trust in data integrity. Lawyers measure it in liability. Operators measure it in survival. The Pentagon needs an arbiter who can make those tradeoffs real.
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Warfighters, Not Engineers, Decide What AI Can Be Trusted
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series exploring key AI policy choices faced by the Department of Defense and Congress. Please also read the first:
https://warontherocks.com/2025/11/warfighters-not-engineers-decide-what-ai-can-be-trusted/
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A new wargame shows how China thinks about future warfare, and why command culture still may be its biggest obstacle.
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The Coming Wave: Chinese Doctrine on the Tabletop?
As China modernizes its military for a forceful reunification with Taiwan, U.S. planners continue to seek insight into how the People’s Liberation Army
https://warontherocks.com/2025/11/the-coming-wave-chinese-doctrine-on-the-tabletop/
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Obsolescence or adaptation: The attack helicopter’s choice is clear.
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Attack Helicopters Must Hunt the Hunters
“Bingo” means the point of no return: the call that fuel is running dry and the mission is over. The same call now threatens the attack helicopter itself.
https://warontherocks.com/2025/11/attack-helicopters-must-hunt-the-hunters/
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A new program needs to be rebuilt from the ground up, holding on only to its statutory authority.
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A Clean Sheet Redesign of the Small Business Innovation Research Program
At a certain point in software development, patches, fixes, and repairs hit a point of diminishing returns. The system becomes so saturated with technical
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A city under siege. A country divided. Is Sudan at a turning point? (Members Only) Listen here:
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“It is better to build resilience now than retrofit under fire,” argues Mauritz Kop.
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A Bletchley Park for the Quantum Age
Bletchley Park was more than a place — it was a method. During World War II, the United Kingdom combined science, engineering, operations, and alliance
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A fuel blockade. Rising attacks. Mali’s crisis is deepening, and jihadists are looking beyond its borders. (Members Only) Listen here:
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If Maduro falls, the shockwaves won’t stop at Venezuela’s borders. (Members Only)
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Venezuela's Foreign Relations Under Maduro and After
In 2019, Imdat Oner and Lana Shehadeh wrote “In Venezuela, an Isolated Maduro Searches for Allies Across the Globe.” Six years later, amidst rising
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The U.S. Navy’s production bottleneck isn’t theoretical. It’s now, and onshoring commercial shipping won’t fix it.
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America Should Build Its Own Warships While Buying Tankers
Shipbuilding is having a moment in Washington. That’s great, but hype doesn’t float boats. Reshoring commercial shipbuilding is billed as the key to
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“The time for more studies has passed. The time to build, together and at speed, is now,” argues Gen. (ret.) CQ Brown, Jr.
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Racing Against Time: Realizing a True Defense Industrial Enterprise
Editor's Note: The topics covered in this article were discussed further in a recent episode of the War on the Rocks podcast with Gen. (ret.) Brown, Jr.
https://warontherocks.com/2025/11/racing-against-time-realizing-a-true-defense-industrial-enterprise/
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What does readiness mean when every decision carries a cost? Ryan sat down with the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to unpack what's holding back America’s defense industrial base, and how to fix it before it’s too late. Listen here:
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New today for War on the Rocks members: Venezuela’s Foreign Relations Under Maduro and After The Fall of El Fasher and Sudan’s Future
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Cogs of War
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Modern intelligence lives in the open, but it takes mastery to stay unseen. This conversation explores the new hidden tradecraft of the open web. Listen here:
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Quantum computing will break today’s codes. The race to shape its future has already begun.
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A Bletchley Park for the Quantum Age
Bletchley Park was more than a place — it was a method. During World War II, the United Kingdom combined science, engineering, operations, and alliance
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Today in War on the Rocks: A Bletchley Park for the Quantum Age The Tech and Tradecraft Behind Open Source Intelligence
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The Pentagon, Congress, and industry need to function as one team, or risk falling behind, writes Gen. (ret.) CQ Brown, Jr.
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Racing Against Time: Realizing a True Defense Industrial Enterprise
In November 2015, I was five months into commanding the air campaign against the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Operation Inherent Resolve was in full
https://warontherocks.com/2025/11/racing-against-time-realizing-a-true-defense-industrial-enterprise/
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The United States doesn’t have to build every ship to win a war at sea. It just has to build the right ones.
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America Should Build Its Own Warships While Buying Tankers
Shipbuilding is having a moment in Washington. That’s great, but hype doesn’t float boats. Reshoring commercial shipbuilding is billed as the key to
https://warontherocks.com/2025/11/america-should-build-its-own-warships-while-buying-tankers/
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The Pentagon keeps building “next-gen” systems that work everywhere except the battlefield. AI will be no different if operators don’t define trust.
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Warfighters, Not Engineers, Decide What AI Can Be Trusted
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series exploring key AI policy choices faced by the Department of Defense and Congress. Please also read the first:
https://warontherocks.com/2025/11/warfighters-not-engineers-decide-what-ai-can-be-trusted/
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A new Chinese wargame offers a glimpse into how Beijing envisions fighting its next war, and where its doctrine may fall short.
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The Coming Wave: Chinese Doctrine on the Tabletop?
As China modernizes its military for a forceful reunification with Taiwan, U.S. planners continue to seek insight into how the People’s Liberation Army
https://warontherocks.com/2025/11/the-coming-wave-chinese-doctrine-on-the-tabletop/
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If American attack helicopters can’t take out enemy air defenses, they won’t fly at all.
loading . . .
Attack Helicopters Must Hunt the Hunters
“Bingo” means the point of no return: the call that fuel is running dry and the mission is over. The same call now threatens the attack helicopter itself.
https://warontherocks.com/2025/11/attack-helicopters-must-hunt-the-hunters/
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The defense enterprise keeps choosing the easy wrong: another patch, another pilot, another promise. The harder right is to rebuild.
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A Clean Sheet Redesign of the Small Business Innovation Research Program
At a certain point in software development, patches, fixes, and repairs hit a point of diminishing returns. The system becomes so saturated with technical
https://warontherocks.com/2025/11/a-clean-sheet-redesign-of-the-small-business-innovation-research-program/
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How did a Yemeni militia become one of Tehran's most powerful proxies? (Members Only) Listen here:
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When drug boats become military targets, the legal line gets blurry fast. (Members Only) Listen here:
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Trump’s whirlwind tour through Asia mixed diplomacy with showmanship. What did it achieve? (Members Only)
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Trump’s Week in Asia: Gifts, Deals, and Submarines
Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump took a major trip to Asia, where he sought to make peace and trade deals. He started in Malaysia on Oct. 26,
https://warontherocks.com/2025/11/trumps-week-in-asia-gifts-deals-and-submarines/
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