WELCOME TO DEFENSE TECH 3.0

Welcome, every­one, to the retooled and revamped Defense Tech. If you’ve vis­ited before, you’ll notice there have been a few changes around here. And they’re all good, if you ask me. More about those in a sec­ond.
For those of you drop­ping by Defense Tech for the first time, here’s what the site is about, in a nut­shell: Technology is chang­ing how wars are fought, crooks are caught, bor­ders are pro­tected, and indi­vid­ual rights are defined. Defense Tech is my attempt to stay on top of these devel­op­ments, and present them clearly enough that you don’t have to be a PhD or (too big of) a pol­icy wonk to get a feel for what’s going on. I’ll keep up with the day’s news, dole out links to little-​​known reports and infor­ma­tion troves, and to try to give a bit of analy­sis of what’s ahead.
From killer drones to road­side bombs, com­puter secu­rity to nuclear threats, body armor to mis­sile defense, Defense Tech tries to look at the inter­sec­tion of tech­nol­ogy and defense from every pos­si­ble angle. Soldiers and hack­ers, mad­men and geniuses, inven­tors and dic­ta­tors all of their exploits make it onto the site, sooner or later. And while the site is founded on a belief in technology’s power to make progress, don’t expect a lot of fawn­ing, gee-​​whiz kind of cov­er­age here. It ain’t my style.
Now, for you Defense Tech recidi­vists, an expla­na­tion: After nearly two years of oper­at­ing this site on my own, I’ve decided to team up with the fine folks at Military​.com. And I couldn’t be hap­pier about the choice. I’ve been a daily vis­i­tor to Military​.com for quite some time no one rounds up defense-​​related news and views bet­ter. But I’ve always been jeal­ous of the site’s slick design, and its almost bot­tom­less well of fea­tures. No longer. It feels good to join a crew this bad ass.
In addi­tion to the new design for Defense Tech, we’ll be adding more fea­tures in the months to come. But start­ing today, read­ers can expect an expanded ros­ter of news, tid­bits, rumors, and analy­sis about the future of national secu­rity. We’re also set­ting up a forum, so you can dis­cuss the lat­est in mil­i­tary tech­nol­ogy, defense news, and secu­rity trends. Expect more soon, includ­ing inter­views with some of the key fig­ures behind the chang­ing face of defense.
Anyway, no mat­ter how many times you’ve been here before, I’d love to hear what you think of Defense Tech 3.0. Let me know what you like, and what youd like to see done dif­fer­ently in the days ahead. Drop me a note at defense AT defensetech DOT org.
BIG UPS: As the site relaunches, I want to thank some of the peo­ple who have been instru­men­tal in Defense Tech’s devel­op­ment, and in get­ting me off my butt and blog­ging in the first place. That means you, Glenn Reynolds, Phil Carter, Joel Johnson, Clive Thompson, Alan Boyle, Josh Marshall, Nick Denton, Joe Katzman, Steve Gilliard, Xeni Jardin, Meryl Yourish, Mike Tronnes, Jon Stokes, Jeralyn Merritt, Brad DeLong, John Pike, Phil Anderson, Victoria Samson, Phillip Coyle, Jim Lewis, Steven Aftergood, Elizabeth Visceglia, Tom Shachtman, Carol Guber, Steve Tuttleman, Alex Roy, Lucas Sussman, Chuck, Wyatt Earp, Adam Rogers, David Miller, Jon Rochmis, Farhad Manjoo, Kourosh Karimkhany, Alison Macondray, Nick Schultz, Hylton Jolliffe, LB Deyo, Lefty Leibowitz, Paul Weismann, Matt Rechs, Greg Clayman, BC Wilson, Victor Ozols, Webster Mudge, and about a zil­lion other peo­ple I’ve thought­lessly neglected to men­tion.
Lastly, a giant thank you to all of Defense Tech’s read­ers, who’ve hon­ored me with your clicks, your tips, and your rants. Keep ‘em coming.

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