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Space war was 85 feet away before Russia’s retreat

- The Washington Times

Space analysts and national security insiders say the Russian satellite Cosmos 2612 likely intended to attack a key U.S. radar satellite in what would have been the first instance of warfare in orbit, but that the Kremlin may have called off the operation at the eleventh hour.

New ICBM warhead carrier tested

- The Washington Times

The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center recently carried out a test launch of a new warhead carrier for the forthcoming Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, the service said in a statement.

Former German spy chief linked to China

- The Washington Times

The former director of Germany's BND foreign intelligence service, who has been charged with espionage, had close ties to a former high-ranking Chinese general, according to Der Spiegel magazine.

‘Generational’ overhaul: Hegseth warns of Chinese tech advances, slams Biden’s defense failures

- The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned at the Association of the U.S. Army's annual convention Wednesday that America faces an era of broadening global conflict in which adversaries such as China threaten to outpace the U.S. military in artificial intelligence and other advanced defense technologies, especially if the Pentagon does not move more quickly to modernize.

The AI competition is a two-front war

Every conversation in Washington about artificial intelligence eventually collapses into a single idea: the "race" with China.