A new RAND report says ideas like mutually assured destruction and minimal deterrence strategy offer a lot less assurance in the age of intelligent software.
Artificial intelligence could destabilize the delicate balance of nuclear deterrence, inching the world closer to catastrophe, according to a working group of experts convened by RAND. New smarter, faster intelligence analysis from AI agents, combined with more sensor and open-source data, could convince countries that their nuclear capability is increasingly vulnerable. That may cause them to take more drastic steps to keep up with the U.S. Another worrying scenario: commanders could make decisions to launch strikes based on advice from AI assistants that have been fed wrong information.
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WNU Editor: The RAND report is here .... How Artificial Intelligence Could Increase the Risk of Nuclear War (RAND).
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 24, 2018
Doomsday AI will cause a nuclear war by 2040 that could DESTROY humanity, and there may be no way to prevent it -- Daily Mail
Pentagon AI center progressing, but hypersonics and lasers may not get same treatment -- Defense News
China’s AI Talent 'Arms Race' -- Elsa B. Kania, The Strategist
US Defense intelligence chief: ‘A lot of technology remains untapped’ -- Space News
Why Syria may be the most aggressive electronic warfare environment on Earth -- Mark Pomerleau, C4ISRNet
Exclusive: Russian civilians helping Assad use military base back home - witnesses -- Reuters
Russia Starts Production of S-400 Missile Systems for Turkey -- Sputnik
Russia Parades War-‘Bots for the First Time -- War Is Boring
Sounding The Alarm About A New Russian Cyber Threat -- NPR
Russian and Chinese Hypersonic Glide Vehicles: Closing the Gap -- RCD
Chinese cyberspies allegedly targeted Japanese defense firms for North Korea secrets: report -- Japan Times/Bloomberg
Indian Army reduces ammunition purchases as cost-saving measure -- Jane's 360
South Korea to open bid for anti-submarine helicopters -- Defense News
Turkey awards multibillion-dollar contract for indigenous Altay tank -- Defense News
Majority of British F-35B fleet to arrive in UK this summer -- UK Defense Journal
Afghan military trainees in the US keep going AWOL -- Military Times
US House Lawmakers Close Pentagon Budget Hearing to the Public -- Defense One
The Army Reserve Simply Doesn’t Have Enough People Willing to Fill Command Slots -- Task & Purpose
Navy Accepts Partial Delivery of Zumwalt-class DDG Michael Monsoor -- USNI News
Marines add Stinger missiles, lasers to vehicles to make up for lagging air defense -- Marine Times
US Air Force, Boeing still clash over KC-46 delivery timeline -- Defense News
F-16 from Luke Air Force Base crashes -- Air Force Times
How 1 Revolutionary New Technology Is Making the F-35B Even Deadlier -- National Interest
US Air Force to Put Sensors on Allies’ Satellites -- Defense One
As Space War Looms, Air Force's Biggest Weakness May Be How It Buys Satellites -- Loren Thompson, Forbes
Marines Zero In On Requirements for Future MUX Unmanned Aerial Vehicle -- USNI News
Drone Technology Is Now Dangerous Enough to Kill For -- NextGov
How to Run a Cyber War…Game -- Michael Sulmeyer & Dmitri Alperovitch, The Cipher Brief
CIA rethinks how to protect operatives’ digital lives -- C4ISRNet
Senate confirms new head of Cyber Command, NSA -- Fifth Domain
The Army just dumped a bunch of mandatory training to free up soldiers’ time -- Army Times
Rise in aviation mishaps signals serious readiness, manning challenges -- Military Times editorial
Do new Trump arms export rules live up to the hype? -- Aaron Mehta, Defense News
Countering China’s Militarization of the Indo-Pacific -- Michael J. Green and Andrew Shearer, War on the Rocks
America’s Endangered Nuclear Deterrent: The Case for Funding Two Critical Capabilities -- Mark Gunzinger, Carl Rehberg, and Gillian Evans, War On The Rocks
Families of former POWs angry loved ones can't receive full honors at Arlington -- Stars and Stripes
