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china ai and autonomy report: Issue 18, June 30, 2022

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The China AI and Autonomy Report, issue 18, is a biweekly newsletter published by CNA, on artificial intelligence and autonomy in China.

in deep-sea operations. According to the article, the deep sea is the "new high ground to seize the initiative in war" because of its special natural environment and important strategic position. The article reports that operations in the deep sea are an emerging operational type that is becoming more important with the development of deep-sea technologies, sensor technologies, communication ... of maritime combat systems." The article concludes that deep-sea operations will lead to new tactics being conducted from the deep-sea domain, including ambushes, mobile breakthroughs, long-range assaults

Jeff-Becker-Testimony

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Jeffrey D. Becker's Research Program Director, Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, CNA, Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Hearing titled “China’s Military Diplomacy and Overseas Security Activities,”Panel II: Military Diplomacy for Improving Capabilities and Access

of the PLA Navy’s counter piracy operations in 2008 as well as the establishment of China’s first overseas base in Djibouti in 2017, the PLA has continued to expand its overseas footprint. More recently ... together, China’s economic and security activities raise several important questions regarding the role of China’s commercial firms in PLA operations abroad. They also raise some potential ... , it still lacks the logistics fleet required to support expanded global operations. The PLA Navy maintains only a limited number of replenishment ships capable of supporting far seas operations

Innovation Day

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CNA's Hunt Series: Wargames for Information Warfare Training Opportunities for US Special Operations in Countering Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing At Any Cost: An Illegal ... . ► Opportunities for US Special Operations in Countering Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Dr. Jonathan Schroden CNA characterized the nature and scope of illegal ... these approaches are aligned to the nature of the PRC's activities, and the degree to which US special operations forces might be able to contribute to the application of those tools

Charting the Course for Civil Affairs in the New Normal

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CNA has recently examined the state of the CA community in both the Navy and the Marine Corps. As we will see, the community has a very different trajectory in each of these services.

is the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM), and the Special Operations Forces (SOF) community maintains an important and highly developed civil affairs capability, which primarily resides within ... Corps. As we will see, the community has a very different trajectory in each of these services. Civil affairs (CA) and civil-military operations (CMO) have been an important area of United States military operations for much of the nation’s history. While the application and manifestation of CMO have changed over time, civil affairs personnel have always conducted activities aimed

ai and autonomy in russia: Issue 45, September 7, 2022

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technologies to support the development of  new weapons systems and special equipment, such as marine robotic complexes, including AI-enabled robotic systems, along with maritime UAVs. Other ... to the developers, this technology aims to reduce the human factor when performing manual operations, which should have a positive net impact on manufacturing quality. According to the article, the system aims ... control of all stages of manual operations. Earlier, we wrote about Russia’s use of AI technologies in military industrial processes and enterprises, a trend that is growing across the country’s

Jonathan Schroden

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of CNA's Strategy, Policy, Plans, and Programs Division, the director of CNA’s Countering Threats and Challenges Program, and the director of CNA’s Special Operations Research Program. He is also ... competition, irregular warfare, Marine Corps and special operations, force design, and strategic and operations assessment. In support of the Department of Defense, he deployed or traveled 13 times ... in Afghanistan. He also served as CNA’s first interim advisor to the Marine Corps Special Operations Command. In addition to his role at CNA, he is also a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the University

pla update: Issue 15, October 23, 2023

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PLA Update, Issue 15, is a CNA China Studies Program monthly newsletter, with summaries of Chinese media coverage of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

. PLA NAVY PLAN & Saudi Arabian Navy Conduct Counterterrorism Training Opening ceremony of Blue Sword 2023. Source: China Military Online . Naval special operations personnel from ... with an exercise featuring a scenario in which the special operations troops of the two navies would execute a combined rescue operation aboard hijacked merchant ships. PLAN and Saudi Arabian Navy ... Commanders The political commissar at the PLA National Defense University's Joint Operations College identified four areas for improvement in joint education and training. On September 26

Chinas Revolution in Doctrinal Affairs

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This paper raises a number of important questions on China's views on nuclear doctrine and nuclear operations that will have a direct bearing on the future of strategic stability in US-China relations.

carefully crafted and complex operations plans from the drawing boards to the various battle space dimensions and into contact with the enemy.  Of special note, we were especially fortunate ... Chinas Revolution in Doctrinal Affairs China's Revolution in Doctrinal Affairs This paper raises a number of important questions on China's views on nuclear doctrine and nuclear operations ... just a few. Of particular significance, the 1990s was also a decade of tremendous doctrinal ferment. Having just spent the decade of the 1980s refining its approaches to combined arms operations

CNA Director to Lead Research for Afghanistan War Commission

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Dr. Jonathan Schroden is departing CNA at the end of this month to serve as the research director for the Afghanistan War Commission.

CNA team since 2003. His research on irregular warfare, counterterrorism, and the challenges facing special operations forces has been invaluable to our national security." At CNA, Schroden served as the director of both the Countering Threats and Challenges Program and the Special Operations Research Program, where his work supported U.S. government efforts to better understand and counter state ... - West in Iraq, the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, and U.S. Marine Forces Special Operations Command. His notable projects include several independent assessments of Afghanistan's security forces

ai with ai: The Unreasonable Perplexity of Fat Tails

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Andy and Dave discuss an announcement from Exscientia and Sumitomo that they have the first entirely-AI developed drug that is now entering clinical trials. The Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan has announced his retirement. Senator Michael Bennet sends a scathing letter to the U.S. Chief Technology Officer on its recent AI Principles for regulation. DARPA's Habitus program seeks to automate the process of revealing and using local information, to enhance stability operations in under-governed regions. And Washington state legislature has at least one facial recognition bill under consideration. Google Research announces its Meena chatbot, which claims is more Sensible and Specific (a new metric that it developed) than the award-winning Mitsuku, though requiring 30 days to compile on 2,048 tensor processing units. Researchers at the Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and the University of Florence announce a method for fusing deep learning with combinatorics solvers to create a neural network for combinatorial problems. RAND releases a report on Deterrence in the Age of Thinking Machines. Sejnowski pens thoughts on "the unreasonable effectiveness of deep learning in AI." Taleb takes a detailed look at the statistical consequences of fat tail distributions. Maj. Gen. Mick Ryan pens the final (?) part in his trilogy, AugoStrat Awakenings. Fortune publishes a special magazine on the topic of AI. And Andrew Ng and Geoffrey Hinton sit down for a 40-minute chat on deep learning.

. DARPA's Habitus program seeks to automate the process of revealing and using local information, to enhance stability operations in under-governed regions. And Washington state legislature has at least ... , AugoStrat Awakenings. Fortune publishes a special magazine on the topic of AI. And Andrew Ng and Geoffrey Hinton sit down for a 40-minute chat on deep learning. /images/AI-Posters/AI_3_15.jpg ...   Program: Enhancing Stability Operations in Under-governed Regions Proposer’s day information Washington state wants to regulate AI Research Towards a Human-like Open-Domain