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Most people know about the US Navy SEALs and the US Army Green Berets, famous for their guerrilla warfare, training local troops, and direct combat roles during the Vietnam War . But another key group, MACV-SOG, often goes unnoticed. This elite unit combined special forces soldiers with CIA operatives to form a secret team that carried out some of the war’s most dangerous and successful covert missions.
To advise, assist and accompany the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine, the U.S. Special Operations Forces, specifically the 10th Special Forces Group, have had to change their warfighting mindset, approach to technology integration, talent management and communication.
China announced in December stringent and targeted export restrictions on critical minerals, including banning shipments of gallium, germanium and antimony to the United States.
Gallium and germanium are two of the most essential minerals required to develop high-performance chips, and they are preferred in defense applications over traditional silicon processors due to their properties that boost performance, speed and energy efficiency.
Ignoring localized security black spots can have global repercussions if left unchecked. Until 2024, for instance, the United States and its Western partners paid little attention to the Iranian-sponsored Houthis in Yemen…until this belligerent power disturbed global shipping patterns and completely shut down the Red Sea. Elsewhere, in North Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and the Sahel, a vast trend in rampant irregular warfare has emerged with global implications – largely unaddressed today by the West until they become a pressing and immediate crisis.
The link between terrorism and drug trafficking organizations, or DTOs, is now at the forefront of public debate due to President Donald Trump’s recent designation of cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
The Pentagon’s AI acceleration hub recently moved to operationally prototype custom, commercial machine learning models that can monitor and assess adversarial media and associated data to support U.S. national security missions and swiftly supply predictions based on high-tech analysis.
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