# modern war (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover modern war. Page: Feed: --- ## [Building the Army’s Human Advantage: A Vision of Readiness for the Future of Autonomous Warfare](https://mwi.westpoint.edu/building-the-armys-human-advantage-a-vision-of-readiness-for-the-future-of-autonomous-warfare/) _2026-08-21 · Lucas Ziller · Modern War Institute_ Across contemporary battlefields, inexpensive drones increasingly operate as components of distributed systems that combine software processing, computing hardware, and tactical networks to accelerate AI-enabled detection, analysis, and engagement. These technologies \[…\] The post Building the Army’s Human Advantage: A Vision of Readiness for the Future of Autonomous Warfare appeared first on… ## [Five Questions for a General: Major General Douglas Crissman](https://mwi.westpoint.edu/five-questions-for-a-general-major-general-douglas-crissman/) _2026-08-20 · Charles Faint · Modern War Institute_ Welcome back to Five Questions for a General, a production of the Modern War Institute at West Point. This series features specially selected cadet hosts who are given an incredible professional development \[…\] The post Five Questions for a General: Major General Douglas Crissman appeared first on Modern War Institute . ## [The First Clean Signal Is Not Permission to Fire: On Resilience and Governance of Autonomous Systems](https://mwi.westpoint.edu/the-first-clean-signal-is-not-permission-to-fire-on-resilience-and-governance-of-autonomous-systems/) _2026-08-19 · Burak Oktenli · Modern War Institute_ An autonomous weapon does not possess legal authority. Commanders and operators do. But every autonomous weapon still has an engineering permission state: the set of actions its software is allowed \[…\] The post The First Clean Signal Is Not Permission to Fire: On Resilience and Governance of Autonomous Systems appeared first on Modern War Institute . ## [An Explosive Problem: Energetics, Supply Chain Fragility, and US Military Readiness](https://mwi.westpoint.edu/an-explosive-problem-energetics-supply-chain-fragility-and-us-military-readiness/) _2026-08-18 · Morgan Bazilian · Modern War Institute_ The United States invests billions of dollars in advanced weapons. And yet it could still be unable to generate combat power at the rate a campaign requires—because of low-visibility frailties \[…\] The post An Explosive Problem: Energetics, Supply Chain Fragility, and US Military Readiness appeared first on Modern War Institute . ## [The Unmanned Fires Observer: The Army’s Drone-Age Doctrine Rewrite Is Skipping a Crucial Part](https://mwi.westpoint.edu/the-unmanned-fires-observer-the-armys-drone-age-doctrine-rewrite-is-skipping-a-crucial-part/) _2026-08-17 · Alexei Hoffman · Modern War Institute_ In the summer of 2023, during Ukraine’s southern counteroffensive, I watched two soldiers working under a camouflage net behind a battered school in Zaporizhzhia carry out in ninety seconds a \[…\] The post The Unmanned Fires Observer: The Army’s Drone-Age Doctrine Rewrite Is Skipping a Crucial Part appeared first on Modern War Institute . ## [Borrow What Works: The Case for Army Adoption of Ukraine’s Combat-Tested Horizontal Kill Web Architecture](https://mwi.westpoint.edu/borrow-what-works-the-case-for-army-adoption-of-ukraines-combat-tested-horizontal-kill-web-architecture/) _2026-08-14 · James L. Andreasen · Modern War Institute_ Thirty live video feeds fill an operator’s Vezha dashboard. More are available, but these are the thirty selected for the current fight. The operator has filtered the larger pool by \[…\] The post Borrow What Works: The Case for Army Adoption of Ukraine’s Combat-Tested Horizontal Kill Web Architecture appeared first on Modern War Institute . ## [Drones Have Changed the Battlefield—They Have Not Solved the Command Problem](https://mwi.westpoint.edu/drones-have-changed-the-battlefield-they-have-not-solved-the-command-problem/) _2026-08-13 · Roger N. McDermott · Modern War Institute_ The battlefield in Ukraine is becoming increasingly transparent, increasingly lethal, and increasingly difficult to command. Unmanned aircraft systems watch movement far beyond the forward line. First-person-view drones turn fleeting observation \[…\] The post Drones Have Changed the Battlefield—They Have Not Solved the Command Problem appeared first on Modern War Institute . ## [Both Stupid AND Evil](https://johnhowardroark.substack.com/p/both-stupid-and-evil) _2026-06-17 · John Howard Roark · John Howard Roark_ The authors of this paper have talked themselves into supporting the spread of harmful diseases—for moral reasons. ## [Comedy and Reading Comprehension](https://johnhowardroark.substack.com/p/comedy-and-reading-comprehension) _2026-06-10 · John Howard Roark · John Howard Roark_ We should not be too surprised when a comedian fails to read sources carefully. Unfortunately Jon Stewart trained us all to think of this as news. ## [The Voting Rights Act (1965-2026)](https://onepen.substack.com/p/the-voting-rights-act-1965-2026) _2026-05-04 · Sean Davis · One Pen_ White Americans Ended Racism...Again! ## [Ask the crowd: AI or not (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8YV8PKdiAtl0) _2026-05-04 · **Sponsored**_ Get a transparent verdict from verified humans via web, RSS, or API. ## [Alpacalypse](https://johnhowardroark.substack.com/p/alpacalypse) _2026-04-29 · John Howard Roark · John Howard Roark_ There are no dumb questions, there are only dumb alpacas. ## [Two Weeks Away](https://johnhowardroark.substack.com/p/two-weeks-away) _2026-04-22 · John Howard Roark · John Howard Roark_ Some things are both a bug AND a feature; the best insurance against Mutually Assured Destruction is nuclear deterrence without nuclear proliferation. ## [Apologies for the extended absence](https://johnhowardroark.substack.com/p/apologies-for-the-extended-absence) _2026-04-21 · John Howard Roark · John Howard Roark_ The alpacas are fine. Almost nothing else is. ## [Ohio Women, Join the Pregnancy Roster](https://onepen.substack.com/p/ohio-women-join-the-pregnancy-roster) _2026-04-07 · Sean Davis · One Pen_ House Bill 754 Tracks Pregnancies ## [Age, Term Limits, Anyone?](https://onepen.substack.com/p/age-term-limits-anyone) _2026-04-01 · Sean Davis · One Pen_ Improving the U.S. Government ## [The U.S. Doesn't Win Modern Wars - Pt. 2](https://onepen.substack.com/p/the-us-doesnt-win-modern-wars-pt) _2026-03-20 · Sean Davis · One Pen_ Not as Victorious as You'd Think ## [The U.S. Doesn't Win Modern Wars](https://onepen.substack.com/p/the-us-doesnt-win-modern-wars) _2026-03-20 · Sean Davis · One Pen_ Not as Victorious as You'd Think ## [It's Not War in Iran - Pt. 2](https://onepen.substack.com/p/its-not-war-in-iran-pt-2) _2026-03-17 · Sean Davis · One Pen_ Your Eyes Tell Stories ## [It's Not War in Iran](https://onepen.substack.com/p/its-not-war-in-iran) _2026-03-16 · Sean Davis · One Pen_ Your Eyes Tell Stories ## [Moderate White Democrats](https://onepen.substack.com/p/moderate-white-democrats) _2026-03-02 · Sean Davis · One Pen_ Playing the Center for No Gains ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/NKCcAD8XQrdx) _2026-03-02 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [Democrats Moving Forward](https://onepen.substack.com/p/democrats-moving-forward) _2026-02-23 · Sean Davis · One Pen_ Towards 2026 and Further ## [Secret Warehouse Acquisitions](https://onepen.substack.com/p/secret-warehouse-acquisitions) _2026-02-16 · Sean Davis · One Pen_ To House Immigrants