Abstract Will AI-enabled capabilities increase inadvertent escalation risk? This article revisits Cold War-era thinking about to consider how Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology (especially AI augmentation of advanced conventional weapons) through various mechanisms and pathways could affect risk between nuclear-armed adversaries during a crisis or conflict. How might be incorporated into n...

The war on terrorism will have lasted seven years by September 2008, making it much longer than the American Civil War or World War II. Current American national security and military strategy documents, in fact, frame this war as a protracted struggle, one which may see persistent conflict lasting several decades. Despite the duration of this war, the US government has not yet exhibited a grea...

In the history of international conflicts, common cause that becomes trigger is expansion hegemony. One conflicts recorded due to hegemony area occurred between Japan and Russia, which began in second half 19th century continued until beginning 20th century. The conflict heated up succeeded triggering an open war two countries. ended with signing Portsmouth agreement on 5 September 1905, as vic...

The control of infectious or communicable diseases generally demands in whole or in part management of the environment (water chlorination), law (immunization of school children), behaviour modification (safe sex), drugs (antibiotics, vaccines), and education or propaganda (television, posters). The eventual control of malaria in the South Pacific (SOPAC) and Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA) theat...

The Navy Program Executive Office (C4I and Space) PMW-170 has been at the forefront of new efforts to improve UHF SATCOM bandwidth utilization of existing satellite communications assets. This effort is synchronized with the Navy’s transition of legacy information exchange (IXS) circuits to modern IP network based applications. The Assured IP (AIP) project, started by PMW-179 and now managed by...

BACKGROUND Tourniquet use recently became common in war, but knowledge gaps remain regarding analysis of recovered devices. The purpose of this study was to analyze tourniquets to identify opportunities for improved training. METHODS We analyzed tourniquets recovered from deceased service members serving in support of recent combat operations by a team at Dover Air Force Base from 2010 to 201...

The paper addresses technological and operational challenges of developing a global plug-and-play Maritime Domain Security testbed for the Global War on Terrorism mission. This joint NPS-LLNL project is based on the NPS Tactical Network Topology (TNT) comprised of long-haul OFDM networks combined with self-forming wireless mesh links to air, surface, ground, and underwater unmanned vehicles. Th...