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Decker Eveleth said, "Known as 'carrier killers,' [DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missiles] can travel more than 900 miles, enabling the PLA to conduct precision strikes against ships as far away as the western Pacific."

Samuel Bendett said, "At this point in the conflict, we're seeing small scale application of these technologies as multiple developers are trying to position themselves and their drones as the go to solution."

A senior researcher on China and Indo-Pacific Security at the Center for Naval Analyses explained, “For China, Russia is a consequential, though problematic, partner.”

Decker Eveleth said, "Israel says they targeted buildings housing solid-fuel mixers. These industrial mixers are hard to make and export-controlled. Iran imported many over the years at great expense and will likely have a hard time replacing them."

Samuel Bendett said, "At some point, military autonomy will become cost-effective enough to be fielded in large numbers.”

Dan Lawrence said, “Comparing the two campaigns against each other though, crime has generally been stable across the years. There was an increase in 2020, but the levels have generally remained stable across the two campaigns.”

Elizabeth Wishnick said, “The bottom line is that these countries may be distant from the Arctic region, but they still focus on it. The US, with its laser focus on strategic cooperation as we see in its Arctic Defense Strategy, misses some of this picture and could benefit from some new pathways to engaging with these Indo-Pacific states in the Arctic.”

Samuel Bendett said, “Certain weapons can be used for a very long time since they fulfill a function that remains unchanged. An AK-47 is almost 70 years old at this point and has changed little. Simple submachine or machine guns have remained unchanged as well, like the M2 Browning still in use."

Decker Eveleth joins Jeffrey to talk about why this is a fascinating change in behavior for the PLA Rocket Force and PRC in general. China has only ever done this twice before, both over 40 years ago, back in 1980. Decker and Jeffrey talk about the internally signaling mechanisms, the issues with corruption in the PLARF, China’s potential move to US and Russian style ICBM test notifications, strategic stability, and our favorite: absolutely gorgeous high-resolution photos of solid-fuel ICBMs.

Samuel Bendett said, “Many of these are small, first-person-view, or FPV, drones — not that different than what people can buy in the commercial market.”

In March, the City Council received a 100-page racial equity audit of the Police Department conducted by the Center for Naval Analyses. One of the dozens of recommendations that audit put forward was for the city to consider withdrawing the department from civil service requirements.

Samuel Bendett said, “Russian soldiers are using Ghoul (Upyr), Ovod, Piranha, Horetnisya, Joker, Gastello, Molniya fixed wing and many other [drones] that don’t get a lot of news or Telegram coverage. Some of these are supplied only to specific units and formations, others are more widespread across the force.”

Decker Eveleth said, “the images [depicting damage at the Nevatim base including craters on the runway and taxiway] showed 32 impact points, including multiple hits in the area of F-35 hangers.”

Samuel Bendett said, ““Mass-scale saturation of front lines would take some time, though Ukrainian military, United 24 and Brave1 are promising fast deliveries given the need for such systems.”

Samuel Bendett explained, “"Presumably [the drone lost las week] has top resources and investments, materials and products, including microelectronics and other key components. The fact that there are so few S-70s means the loss could also slow [Russia’s] development."

Lt. Col. Travis Hord, Planner, J-5, Strategic Plans and Policy, and CNA’s Samuel Bendett discuss developing and implementing new drone capabilities.