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In this video, we delve deep into the escalating military presence of the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia in the South China Sea, a response to China's expanding economic and military might.
We analyze the reasons behind the West's growing concern over China's peaceful rise and its strategic advancements, particularly through the Belt and Road initiative and the expansion of its military powers in the region.
AUKUS launching new electronic warfare prize competition, other initiatives
The AUKUS alliance will kick off a new innovation challenge series early next year with an initial focus on electronic warfare, defense leaders from the three nations announced Friday.
Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Richard Marles, U.K. Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, met at the Defense Innovation Unit’s headquarters in Silicon Valley, where the primary focus of their discussions was on advancing Pillar 2 of the trilateral military partnership.
Pillar 2 of AUKUS is geared toward developing and fielding emerging technologies including artificial intelligence and autonomy, advanced cyber, hypersonics and counter-hypersonics, quantum tech, undersea warfare and electronic warfare.
The new innovation challenge falls under that umbrella.
- “We have innovation hubs, obviously, in the Defense Department … [that] run prize challenges from time to time, designed to facilitate collecting the best technologies and ideas from the commercial sector with the goal of leveraging those to enhance U.S. military capabilities,” a senior U.S. defense official told reporters on condition of anonymity during a background briefing at the Pentagon ahead of the trilateral meeting and official announcements.
- “What we’re going to be announcing is doing essentially a trilateral innovation challenge where … each country will release a common innovation prize challenge, and it will be eligible to companies from all three nations. So, it’s illustrative of the way that AUKUS is deepening our ability to innovate together and work together.”
The U.S. and other nations have been moving to boost their offensive and defensive EW arsenals to try to gain an edge and protect themselves against growing threats in the electromagnetic spectrum.
- “The first area that we’re focusing on [for the new innovation challenge] is electronic warfare, because we view enhancing our electronic warfare capabilities as critical from the perspective of all of our defense strategies. And it’s an area that we’ve been working together on in AUKUS,” the official told reporters.
- “I think for the innovation prize challenge, we were really focused on what are areas that our national defense strategies across all three countries identify as important, and … where we are working together in AUKUS, and where we see opportunities for further collaboration. And electronic warfare clearly fits into all three categories. You know, it’s clear that enhancing our capabilities in that arena will be essential on the 21st century battlefield.”
- They declined to reveal how much money will be up for grabs for the prize competitions.
- “We don’t have anything we’re ready to announce today on the specific dollar amounts involved, other than to say that we think that it will provide important incentives for industry partners from all three countries to contribute ideas to the first challenge focused on electronic warfare … The Defense Innovation Unit has been spearheading some of our efforts in the United States. And so our plan is for the release of the first prize challenge in early 2024,” the official told DefenseScoop at the briefing. . .
The official suggested the events could include tech that’s similar to what Task Force 59 under U.S. Navy Central Command has been using in the Middle East region. The task force has been using a variety of unmanned systems, sensors and artificial intelligence capabilities to create a “mesh network” for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The unit also recently successfully tested the ability of a robotic surface vessel to launch a loitering munition and hit its target. . .
🕒 Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
2:05 - China's Military Growth and Economic Might
4:30 - AUKUS Alliance and Its Implications
7:15 - The Technological Edge: Drones and Electronic Warfare
10:20 - The Naval Strategy: Submarines and Maritime Drones 1
1:45 - The Escalation of the Arms Race in the Indo-Pacific
12:10 - The Impact on Regional and Global Security
13:35 - Advanced Military Technologies: AI and Surveillance Aircraft
14:00 - The Diplomatic and Economic Fallout
14:15 - The Role of Cyber Warfare and Surveillance
15:10 - The Strategic Balance in the Indo-Pacific
15:25 - Conclusion and Discussion
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