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Did Operation Midnight Hammer Bury the Iran Nuclear Program?

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Jun 27, 2025

In the Media

What’s Next for Iran’s Weakened Military

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Jun 27, 2025

In the Media

USCGC Healy and crew keep station alongside a multi-year ice floe for a science evolution in the Beaufort Sea on August 9, 2023. (US Coast Guard)

NATO Should Break the Ice on Unmanned Systems for Icebreakers

Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Liselotte Odgaard

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Timothy A. Walton & Liselotte Odgaard

Jun 25, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

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Only the US Has the Capabilities to Take Out Iran’s Nuclear Program

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Jun 19, 2025

In the Media

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Inside America’s Only Giant Gun Barrel Factory Arming Ukraine

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Jun 16, 2025

In the Media

Airmen store an F-15C Eagle in a hardened aircraft shelter in preparation for Typhoon Maria on July 9, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (DVIDS)

The Importance of Hardening US Air Bases in the Western Pacific

Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Timothy A. Walton

May 8, 2025

Podcast

The guided-missile destroyer USS Carney launches land attack missiles on February 3, 2024. (US Navy)

The Possibility of a Golden Dome, the Importance of Shipbuilding, and What the Next Chief Naval Officer Should Prioritize

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Apr 18, 2025

In the Media

The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald fires the first Naval Strike Missile from a US destroyer on July 18, 2024, in the Pacific Ocean. (US Navy photo)

Ending Self-Imposed Scarcity: Exploiting America’s Commercial Strengths to Mobilize Weapons Production

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Dan Patt

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Nadia Schadlow

Senior Fellow

Bryan Clark, Dan Patt & Nadia Schadlow

Mar 12, 2025

Reports

5 Min Read

Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft from Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron 3 operates remotely in San Diego Bay on May 15, 2024. (US Navy photo)

The Growing Importance of Autonomous Vessels

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Feb 28, 2025

Podcast

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jakob Santos, a small unmanned aerial system operator with 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division, prepares to launch a RQ-20B Puma during Artillery Relocation Training Program 24.3 at Ojojihara Maneuver Area, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, Nov. 29, 2024. Unmanned aircraft provide enhanced situational awareness, quick resupply capabilities, and reduce the footprint of military personnel. The skills developed at ARTP increase the proficiency and readiness of the only permanently forward-deployed a

US Marine Corps Cpl. Jakob Santos prepares to launch a RQ-20B Puma during training at Ojojihara Maneuver Area, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on November 29, 2024. (Cpl. William Wallace via DVIDS)

The US Military Will Need More, Not Less, Access to Electromagnetic Spectrum

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Feb 19, 2025

Testimony

13 Min Read

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force use the Versatile Radio Observation and Direction (VROD) and Modular Adaptive Transmit (VMAX) backpack EW systems, which is a lightweight man-portable electronics support and offensive electronic attack system at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Nov. 1, 2023. The Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) is the Army’s newest Combat Training Center (CTC) and generates readiness in the environments and conditions where our forces are most l

United States Army Soldiers use the Versatile Radio Observation and Direction (VROD) and Modular Adaptive Transmit (VMAX) backpack EW systems in Hawaii on November 1, 2023. (Spc. Mariah Aguilar via DVIDS)

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