In her testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Hearing on Trade, Technology, and Military-Civil Fusion earlier this year, proclaimed Mad Scientist Elsa Kania stated that President Xi Jinping, in his report to the 19th Party Congress in October 2017, "urged the PLA to'Accelerate the development of military intelligentization" (军事智能化)….This authoritative exhortation has elevated the concept of'intelligentization' as a guiding principle for the future of Chinese military modernization." What is unique about the PLA's approach to implementing AI in force modernization is that they do not seek to merely integrate AI into existing warfighting functions; rather, they are using it to shape a new, cognitive domain and thus revolutionize their entire approach to warfighting -- Read on!] In today's world of rapidly developing concepts and technologies, many theories are emerging about what warfare will resemble in the future. Nowhere does this seem truer than in ...

Taiwanese troops and armoured vehicles were deployed Thursday for a mock urban street battle in the latest drill preparing forces against China, which has long vowed to take the island. Democratic Taiwan lives under constant threat of an invasion by authoritarian China, which claims the self-ruled island as part of its territory to be seized one day -- by force if necessary. Beijing has ramped up military drills and diplomatic pressure on Taiwan since President Tsai Ing-wen came to power in 2016, as she regards the island as a sovereign nation. On Thursday, soldiers from two platoons faced off in a simulated battle, firing at each other from houses and sandbag barricades as tanks rolled down a street in a mock-up town complete with signs for pharmacies and beer brands. Urban warfare has become an increasingly key training subject for the military.

NEW DELHI/HONG KONG – India and the United States are in talks to help each other track submarines in the Indian Ocean, military officials say, a move that could further tighten defense ties between New Delhi and Washington as China steps up its undersea activities. Both the United States and India are growing concerned at the reach and ambition of the Chinese navy, which is taking an increasingly assertive stance in the South China Sea and is challenging India's domination in the Indian Ocean. New Delhi, shedding its decades-old reluctance to be drawn into America's embrace, agreed last month to open up its military bases to the United States in exchange for access to weapons technology to help it narrow the gap with China. The two sides also said their navies will hold talks on anti-submarine warfare (ASW), an area of sensitive military technology and closely held tactics that only allies share. "These types of basic engagements will be the building blocks for an enduring Navy-to-navy relationship that we hope will grow over time into a shared ASW capability," one U.S. official familiar with India-U.S. military cooperation said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The United States' technological sophistication has long supported its military predominance. In the 1990s, the U.S. military started to hold an uncontested advantage over its adversaries in the technologies of information-age warfare--from stealth and precision weapons to high-tech sensors and command-and-control systems. Those technologies remain critical to its forces today. For years, China has closely watched the United States' progress, developing asymmetric tools--including space, cyber, and electronic capabilities--that exploit the U.S. military's vulnerabilities. Today, however, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) is pursuing innovations in many of the same emerging technologies that the U.S. military has itself prioritized.

The United States' technological sophistication has long supported its military predominance. In the 1990s, the U.S. military started to hold an uncontested advantage over its adversaries in the technologies of information-age warfare--from stealth and precision weapons to high-tech sensors and command-and-control systems. Those technologies remain critical to its forces today. For years, China has closely watched the United States' progress, developing asymmetric tools--including space, cyber, and electronic capabilities--that exploit the U.S. military's vulnerabilities. Today, however, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) is pursuing innovations in many of the same emerging technologies that the U.S. military has itself prioritized.