MORE: This special report considers a notional scenario in which Russian agents already in Narva seize the Narva Museum and Town Hall and declare the Narva People's Republic. The Kremlin says Russian drone and air defense units will defend them from bases in Russia.
This is not an assessment or forecast that Russian forces will execute any such operation. It presents the strategic, military, and operational challenges NATO may face in the event that the Kremlin conducts a limited attack on a NATO state in the relatively near term.
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🇯🇵 Why Is Japan Suddenly Moving So Fast On Hypersonic Missiles?
It isn't really sudden. Japan has spent years building the technology, but the strategic environment is now forcing Tokyo to accelerate.
Japan faces a difficult geography, its potential adversaries can launch long range missiles from well outside the immediate reach of Japan’s traditional defenses.
That creates a problem.
If an opponent can strike from farther away, Japan needs the ability to hold distant launchers and other high value targets at risk before they can keep firing.
That is where hypersonic weapons become important.
Their value isn't simply speed. High speed combined with maneuverability can compress an opponent's reaction time and make interception more difficult.
But the bigger story is what comes around the missile.
Japan is increasingly developing the sensors, satellites, targeting networks and long range strike capabilities needed to turn individual weapons into a connected system.
In other words, Japan isn't just building a faster missile.
It is building the ability to find, track and strike targets at much greater distances.
That could become one of the most consequential changes in Japan's military posture in decades.
BREAKING:
A US B-1B Lancer bomber took off from RAF Fairford in the UK tonight with full afterburners, likely heading toward the Middle East.
A heavy afterburner takeoff can indicate the bomber is carrying a large weapons load.
US has also issued security alerts for its embassies across the Middle East as tensions rise.
Some reports suggest the US could resume major strikes against Ansarullah in Yemen following its attacks on Saudi Arabia.
Ansarullah could respond by closing the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, which which connects Asia and Europe.
The situation could also be connected to the ongoing tensions with Iran.
BREAKING: Iran has issued "Code 100," its highest alert level, for all armed forces in the past hour, covering the IRGC, the Army and security forces, per initial reports.
Trump cut short his weekend at Camp David to return to the White House tonight citing the potential for significant escalation, Netanyahu cut short his US trip to return to Israel the same day, and every US embassy in the Middle East has issued a security alert in the past hours.
We Must Pace the Frontier: I’ve written a new essay on why the AI industry should slow down, with a three-part plan for doing so.
Anthropic is unilaterally committing to the first of these steps. We’ll provide third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access to our systems, so that they can verify adherence to our safety measures, report on incidents, and assess models’ alignment during training.
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