Daily Archives: Mar 19, 2026

Charles Mitchell

9 Strategic Insights Into China’s Jiutian Drone Mothership

"It's not stealth, it's not speed - it's sheer volume. China's Jiutian unmanned mothership isn't built to slip past radar or outrun interceptors; it's built to unleash a hundred autonomous attackers at once. In a battlespace where even the most advanced warships and airbases can be swamped by low-cost...
Charles Mitchell

NOAA’s AI Weather Models Redefine Global Forecasting Efficiency

A single 16-day global forecast that took close to an hour to run now completes in 40 minutes and uses only 0.3% of the computing resources of NOAA's classic Global Forecast System. This is no incremental gain but a seismic shift in operational meteorology, thanks to a suite of...
Charles Mitchell

9 Strategic Takeaways from Switzerland’s F-35 Cut for Europe

The European scene of fighter planes is seeing a paradigm shift owing to increased prices, some political friction, and ever-changing dependencies. In fact, the reduction in Switzerland's order for F-35A procurement is much more than something that would affect its budget; this was a message that all European capitals...