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BYD’s chip Xuanji A3 is displayed during the 2026 World AI Conference on July 17, 2026, in Shanghai, China. (Getty Images)
Defense Strategy
Defense Strategy
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A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense weapon system is shown in Guam on Oct. 26, 2017
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F-104 Starfighters
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MH-60R Sea Hawks attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron HSM-77 (the “Saberhawks”) hover in formation between the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (foreground) and USS Nimitz while under way in the South China Sea, July 7, 2020. The Nimitz and R
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A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing fly a 10-hour mission from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, into Japanese airspace and over the Korean Peninsula, July 30, 2017
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A nuclear-powered Type 094A Jin-class ballistic missile submarine of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy during a military exercise in the South China Sea in 2018.
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Dr. Will Roper, Director of the Strategic Capabilities Office under the Office of the Secretary of Defense, explains U.S. military's use of the Micro UAV called Perdix at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency building on March 4, 2016, in Arlingto
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Seabee divers perform maintenance on undersea cables at the Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, Hawaii. Much of the globe's military and civilian electronic messages flow through undersea cables.
Experts
David Byrd
Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Ian Crone
Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Jack David
Senior Fellow and Trustee
