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War on the Rocks

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warontherocks.com > cogs-of-war > automating-the-action-officer-between-bureaucracy-and-technology

Automating the Action Officer: Between Bureaucracy and Technology

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (289+ words) Answering that question requires deliberate thinking about the role of the action officer, the work they perform, and their operating environment. To build a flexible, responsible system for automating action officer duties, agencies must first answer the classic question posed…...

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warontherocks.com > cogs-of-war > the-strategic-fiber-of-america-kevlars-impact-on-warfighters

The Strategic Fiber of America: Kevlar’s Impact on Warfighters

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (302+ words) I was fortunate enough to do something that would be a benefit to mankind. It’s been an extremely satisfying discovery. I don’t think there’s anything like saving someone’s life to bring you satisfaction and happiness. – Stephanie Kwolek, inventor of Kevlar…...

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warontherocks.com > shrinking-buffers-why-turkey-and-israel-are-on-a-collision-course

Shrinking Buffers: Why Turkey and Israel Are on a Collision Course

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (375+ words) When Israeli warplanes struck the Abu al-Duhur airbase in Syria on Aug. 18, 2026, the smoke rose over the demolition of an old geopolitical assumption about the Middle East. This time, Israel directly targeted a strategic sphere of influence where the Turkish…...

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warontherocks.com > where-does-ai-escalation-come-from-we-dont-know-we-should-find-out

Where Does AI Escalation Come From? We Don’t Know. We Should Find Out.

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (160+ words) The second revolution is AI. The use of AI in wargame play is not new, but we believe advancements in large language models like Retrieval-Augmented Generation and agentic AI models provide capabilities that will be revolutionary. The work needed is…...

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warontherocks.com > cogs-of-war > a-rulebook-for-surprises-commanding-autonomous-aircraft

A Rulebook for Surprises: Commanding Autonomous Aircraft

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (791+ words) My greatest challenge while flight testing collaborative combat aircraft was not troubleshooting errors at high speed in the cockpit. It was when, in a single keystroke, my job shifted from pilot to something like a dog handler — a supervisor of…...

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warontherocks.com > ai-and-the-risks-of-tearing-down-an-old-system

AI and the Risks of Tearing Down an Old System

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (473+ words) Unlike the narrow AI systems the Pentagon has fielded for years, which do one task and stay fixed, generative models do many tasks and change constantly. That renders the traditional “test now, deploy forever” approach obsolete and requires new training…...