The US military has sewn up air supremacy “for decades to come” with its new stealth aircraft— the F-22A and the F-35—acknowledges defense analyst Daniel Goure of the Lexington Institute, but he believes DOD is behind the curve when it comes to developing the next “key to the future”—airbreathing hypersonic flight. Goure writes, “At present, neither DOD nor NASA are spending much money developing hypersonic capabilities.” He calls that fact “worrisome.”
DNI: Cyber Is The Common Weapon Among Top Adversaries
April 17, 2021
The top four U.S. adversaries—China, Russia, Iran and North Korea—are improving their military capabilities but relying increasingly on cyber means to challenge the U.S. and blunt its influence around the world, the intelligence community's annual threat assessment says. The report comes amid military tensions with both China and Russia.