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Coverage Map

This map defines the initial archive architecture for WARLOCK-INDEX. It is not a list of recommendations. It is a research coverage model for organizing future open-source defense assessm...

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This map defines the initial archive architecture for WARLOCK-INDEX. It is not a list of recommendations. It is a research coverage model for organizing future open-source defense assessments.

Theater Lanes

  • Global strategic environment.
  • Homeland and Western Hemisphere.
  • Indo-Pacific.
  • Europe and Russia.
  • Middle East.
  • Arctic and High North.
  • Africa security environment.
  • Space and orbital competition.
  • Cyber and critical infrastructure.

Actor Lanes

  • People's Republic of China.
  • Russian Federation.
  • Islamic Republic of Iran.
  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
  • Transnational criminal organizations.
  • Foreign terrorist organizations and major nonstate armed networks.
  • NATO and major U.S. allies.
  • U.S. defense industrial base.

Domain Lanes

  • Nuclear and strategic deterrence.
  • Conventional force modernization.
  • Maritime power and sea control.
  • Maritime chokepoints, canal exposure, freight, insurance, and allied maritime response.
  • Air and missile defense.
  • Uncrewed systems and counter-UAS.
  • Cyber operations and infrastructure risk.
  • Space and counterspace.
  • Information operations and political warfare.
  • Defense industry, munitions, shipbuilding, and logistics.
  • Energy, critical minerals, and supply chains.
  • AI, quantum, semiconductors, and emerging technology.
  • WMD, biodefense, and nonproliferation.

Product Types

  • Strategic baseline.
  • Global operating picture.
  • Actor profile.
  • Theater profile.
  • Event timeline.
  • Capability profile.
  • Source packet.
  • Tracker.
  • Indicator watchlist.
  • Actor-domain assimilation matrix.
  • Chokepoint assimilation matrix.
  • Assumption check.
  • Prior assessment update.

Priority Source Families

  • U.S. statutory and strategy documents.
  • U.S. intelligence, homeland security, law-enforcement, sanctions, border, maritime, cyber, and geospatial public source families.
  • U.S. Combatant Command public testimony and posture statements.
  • DoD annual military power reports.
  • ODNI and IC public threat assessments.
  • NATO and allied government strategy documents.
  • Congressional Research Service and Government Accountability Office reports.
  • Reputable research institutions with transparent methods.
  • Professional media reporting used for current-event context.

Quality Gate For New Products

Before a new assessment is considered part of the finished corpus, the core metadata set includes:

  • A clear product ID.
  • A UTC preparation time.
  • A UTC information cutoff.
  • Source class notes.
  • Confidence language.
  • At least one official or otherwise high-reliability source for major judgments.
  • A no-recommendations and no-operational-guidance boundary.
  • A source list that a later researcher can follow.