Thu, 15 Oct 2026
Across contemporary battlefields, inexpensive drones increasingly operate as components of distributed systems that combine software processing, computing hardware, and tactical networks to accelerate AI-enabled detection, analysis, and engagement. These technologies […]
Welcome back to Five Questions for a General, a production of the Modern War Institute at West Point. This series features specially selected cadet hosts who are given an incredible professional development […]
An autonomous weapon does not possess legal authority. Commanders and operators do. But every autonomous weapon still has an engineering permission state: the set of actions its software is allowed […]
The United States invests billions of dollars in advanced weapons. And yet it could still be unable to generate combat power at the rate a campaign requires—because of low-visibility frailties […]
In the summer of 2023, during Ukraine’s southern counteroffensive, I watched two soldiers working under a camouflage net behind a battered school in Zaporizhzhia carry out in ninety seconds a […]
Thirty live video feeds fill an operator’s Vezha dashboard. More are available, but these are the thirty selected for the current fight. The operator has filtered the larger pool by […]
The battlefield in Ukraine is becoming increasingly transparent, increasingly lethal, and increasingly difficult to command. Unmanned aircraft systems watch movement far beyond the forward line. First-person-view drones turn fleeting observation […]
In this episode, host Dr. Charlie Faint sits down with EOD officer Michael Villahermosa for a wide-ranging conversation about combat, leadership, professional growth, and service. Villahermosa traces his path from […]
If you follow war in any way, you will see innumerable daily articles, podcasts, and news stories about the prevalence of drones in Ukraine. Pentagon budget requests reference it. So […]
The command tent of the 25th Infantry Division’s forward headquarters, buried beneath the dense, humid jungle canopy of a remote Pacific island, was a quiet hum of glowing blue screens […]
Welcome back to Five Questions for a General, a production of the Modern War Institute at West Point. This series features specially selected cadet hosts who are given an incredible professional development […]
In late 1776, George Washington was outnumbered more four to one by British forces and on the run from enemy pursuit. Comparatively disadvantaged by virtually every measure, he not only […]
