Since the AIxBio Horizon Scan Winter 2025-2026 published in March 2026, there has been steady, incremental progress across AI-enabled biological tools. Protein design tools have continued to improve, agentic coding tools have matured in ways that lower barriers to computational biology, and commercial AI companies are making significant investments in the life sciences.
Nuclear and tech experts know that all digital systems are at risk for cyberattacks—including nuclear weapons systems.
NTI explores the risks and benefits related to the digitization and automation plans for modernization of U.S. nuclear weapons systems and addresses implications for the national security community to consider as the process moves forward.
The first detailed, exclusively open-source assessment of the five new nuclear weapon systems announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2018
North Korea and Iran have been suspected of collaborating on missile development. Analysts closely compare the Nodong-X and Ghadr-1 for similarities. (CNS)
The threat of non-state actors using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to carry out terrorist attacks. (CNS)
Addressing challenges associated with the threat of cruise missiles and UAVs, and evaluating how more effective policies can help contain them. (CNS)
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