weapons

The US has sent Taiwan a growing number of asymmetric weapons intended to help deter and defeat a potential Chinese invasion.Taiwan needs a more balanced arsenal of systems to counter other conflict scenarios, such as a sustained blockade, the president of the US-Taiwan Business Council recently argued.Asymmetric warfare, which relies…

The Pentagon wants to get troops new weapons faster, but its testing isn’t following best practices, according to a new government watchdog report.Current policies have often focused on looking for problems after weapons are already developed, slowing down the process. Policy changes, the report concluded, would ultimately help the Department…

Drones — and ways to defeat them — are evolving far too quickly for traditional weapons development cycles, a company making counter-drone systems said.Matt McCrann, CEO of DroneShield’s US arm, told Business Insider that “there’s very much a counter-counter fight going on,” and “things are definitely moving quicker.”Development cycles are…