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Perseverance and Adaptation: Ukraine’s Counteroffensive at Three Months (warontherocks.com)

Michael Kofman and Rob Lee released another article looking at the counteroffensive’s overall state three months in. If you’ve been paying attention to Kofman’s recent Russian Contingency podcasts, this article mostly echoes these conclusions, just packaged in a format more palatable to a Washington audience. If this is...

Replicator - by John Robb - Global Guerrillas (johnrobb.substack.com)

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Survivability and What It Means to Risk It (warontherocks.com)

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Attriting Russian Airborne in Bakhmut (warontherocks.com)

Michael Kofman and Rob Lee released another episode of the Russian Contingency. This episode serves to broaden the focus away from the Zaporizhia offensive, focusing on sustainment, other fronts of the war, and some attempts to predict future developments. While I cannot share a publicly accessible version of this podcast, I...

Ukraine Struggles to Scale Offensive Operations (warontherocks.com)

The Russia contingency has posted a special 2-part episode . Part One can be found here and is publicly available. Part Two is available only to War on the Rocks members, but I have summarized key takeaways below. I recommend listening to Part One first, then reading through Part Two for the in-depth analysis....

Navy Raises Battle Force Goal to 381 Ships in Classified Report to Congress (news.usni.org)

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Credible Defense Megathread 7/14/23 + Feedback Thread

Well, its been two weeks, which I think is a decent amount of time for a quick check-in for feedback. Is this space helping people? Is there anything I could do to make it more useful or engaging? I was considering migrating this thread to a second subreddit with lower posting standards, a la r/lesscredibledefense. That way,...

Modi’s visit to France and Europe-India ties (www.brookings.edu)

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POTUS approves mobilization of 3,000 reservists (www.defense.gov)

PRC Writings on Strategic Deterrence: Technological Disruption and the Search for Strategic Stability (www.cna.org)

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Charting the Military’s Path Across the Technology Valley of Death Using Bar Napkin Math (warontherocks.com)

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European Warfighting Resilience and NATO Race of Logistics: Ensuring That Europe Has the Fuel It Needs to Fight the Next War (www.csis.org)

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Cluster Munitions: What Are They, and Why Is the United States Sending Them to Ukraine? (www.csis.org)

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Western armies are learning a lot from the war in Ukraine (archive.is)

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Envisioning a Multirole Future for the MQ-25 (www.usni.org)

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Chinese Assessments of Countersanctions Strategies (interpret.csis.org)

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Michael Kofman Takes Stock of the Ukrainian Offensive (warontherocks.com)

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Talking to the enemy: Explaining the emergence of peace talks in interstate war (journals.sagepub.com)

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How oceans became new technological battlefields (archive.is)

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How Ukraine’s enemy is also learning lessons, albeit slowly (archive.is)

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Technology is deepening civilian involvement in war (archive.is)

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Why logistics are too important to be left to the generals (archive.is)

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The latest in the battle of jamming with electronic beams (web.archive.org)

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The war in Ukraine shows how technology is changing the battlefield (web.archive.org)

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Admiral Michael Gilday and Dr. Kurt Campbell Discuss AUKUS (www.einnews.com)

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