Region Intelligence
Defense, security, and geopolitical change across North and South America.
Most "AI swarm" claims describe automation, not autonomy. CSIS found no verifiable evidence Russian swarming has been fielded. What has been, and what hasn't.
2026-08-29 · 12 min read
New START expired in February 2026. The 2024 doctrine lowered the threshold. What the text actually says, what the signalling is for, and where the limits are.
2026-08-28 · 12 min read
Jammers, guns, missiles, lasers, nets. Every counter-drone layer fails somewhere, and the ones that work lose the cost exchange. The honest scorecard.
2026-08-22 · 13 min read
2027 is not an invasion date. It is a capability target — and the distinction is the most misreported thing in defence. What the Pentagon report actually says.
2026-08-21 · 13 min read
The AC-130J Ghostrider is the most capable gunship ever fielded — and it arrived as the permissive airspace it was built for disappeared. Full analysis.
2026-08-13 · 11 min read
The raid took 150 minutes. The control mechanism that followed is a US Treasury custody account — how Washington runs Venezuela's oil revenue without occupying it.
2026-08-13 · 14 min read
A surface-to-air missile threat over Ankara triggered a rehearsed presidential deception — a catering truck, a C-32A, and a decoy 747 carrying Cabinet secretaries and the press pool.
2026-08-12 · 9 min read
Defense industry guide to autonomous weapons policy — DoD Directive 3000.09, the FY2026 NDAA waiver provision, UN CCW talks, and compliance implications.
2026-08-06 · 12 min read
Analysis of counterspace weapons — kinetic ASAT, electronic warfare, co-orbital threats, Golden Dome space-based interceptors, and the militarization of orbit.
2026-08-06 · 12 min read
The Replicator initiative and the affordable mass problem — what worked, what didn't, and what scaling attritable autonomous systems actually requires.
2026-08-06 · 12 min read
Defense acquisition reform in 2026 — SPEED and FoRGED Act provisions, Commercial Solutions Openings, startup pathways, and what actually changed.
2026-08-06 · 12 min read
Guide to domestic counter-drone authority — the SAFER SKIES Act, FAA Part 74 rulemaking, state and local powers, and what changed for infrastructure operators.
2026-08-06 · 12 min read