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Silent Signals: Russian and Chinese Conventional Threats to NC3 and U.S. Extended Deterrence in Australia

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Emerging Threats, Strategic Adversariesalliance integration, anti-submarine warfare, ASW, AUKUS, Australia, China, communications, conventional threats, cyber defense, cyber operations, deterrence coherence, diesel-electric submarines, Doctrine, early warning, escalation, escalation manipulation, grey-zone, Harold E. Holt, India, Indo-Pacific, Indo-Pacific nuclear alliance, infrastructure hardening, long-range strike, mobile systems, multi-domain threats, NC3, nuclear consultation, Nuclear Deterrence, Pine Gap, PLA Navy, policy adaptations, precision strike, redundancy, regional security, Russia, signals intelligence, space-based systems, strategic dialogue, strategic resilience, threshold management., U.S. extended deterrence, undersea surveillance

Silent Signals: Russian and Chinese Conventional Threats to NC3 and U.S. Extended Deterrence in Australia

Natalie Treloar0 Comments

Published: April 27, 2026 Introduction Russia’s recent deployment of a conventionally armed, diesel-powered submarine to Indonesia should not be dismissed as routine naval activity. It is a calculated strategic signal.…

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Ukraine’s Drone Attack: What It Means

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Emerging Threats, Strategic Adversariesairfields, anti-air defenses, anti-drone technology, armed drones, asymmetric drone warfare, asymmetric threats, Club-K container concept, communication, covert operations, infrastructure defense, Iran, Israel, military installations, military targets, National Institute for Deterrence Studies. , nuclear installations, Pacific conflict, pre-placement, Russia, shipping containers, signals intelligence, SIM cards, soft targets, solar panels, Spiderweb drone attack, strategic bombers, suppression of enemy air defense (SEAD), Ukraine, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), US Air Force, US Navy

Ukraine’s Drone Attack: What It Means

Michael Fincher0 Comments

The recent Ukrainian “Spiderweb” drone attack on Russian airfields that destroyed a number of strategic bombers proved the utility of asymmetric drone warfare. Taking the Russian “Club-K” container concept, with…

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