TAMPA, FL – With the U.S. submarine industrial base straining to sustain output, questions are mounting over whether autonomous platforms could bridge an emerging capability gap. China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) now commissions nine submarines a year — three conventional and six nuclear-powered. By contrast, the U.S. Navy is averaging barely 1.3 nuclear-powered boats…
By James Rosone Author | CEO, Front Line Publishing Inc. The future of modern warfare is upon us: artificial intelligence, unmanned autonomous vehicles, robotics, and predictive behavioral analysis. The purpose of writing this series of articles focusing on these four areas is simple–I hope to educate and inform my readers, fellow veterans, active-duty military, policy…
As part of President James Monroe’s 7th annual message to Congress on December 2, 1823, the Monroe Doctrine became a cornerstone of future United States foreign policy [1]. It warned European powers not to interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere (the Americas), and if they did, that would be seen as a threat…
Merchant raiders have been around in one form or another for hundreds of years. However, it wasn’t until World War I that they became more prevalent. During World War II, a German ship by the name of Kormoran [1], sank the Australian Cruiser Sydney in one of the most well-known battles involving merchant raiders. But…
Some historians trace the use of drones back to the mid-1980s [1]. They’ve been used in war as a scouting tool to identify targets for artillery and airstrikes. As technology evolved and it became easier to miniaturize components and improve their power cells, the capability of drones has also increased immensely. They are cheaper, smaller,…
One of the biggest challenges most of us veterans face when going through therapy, is the emotional and physical response our brains and bodies go through as our therapist begins to help us process our PTSD. When a person is recounting a memory of an incident, the brain is reliving that situation. In many cases,…
I grew up in a middle-class home in northern Illinois and then later Wisconsin in the 1980s and 90s. I was also homeschooled back before it was cool and before we had the internet and online learning tools. When I was 18, I was clueless about what I wanted to do with my life. I…
AI and the future of warfare Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) will revolutionize warfare as we know it, plain and simple. Just as the airplane and the aircraft carrier ended the days of the big battleships and dreadnaughts, AI is going to have a profound impact on the future of warfare and how…
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