Defense

U.S. Marines Double Down On “First To Fight” Amphibious Capabilities (From Forbes) Aside from bravery and devotion to duty, the most distinctive feature of U.S. Marine Corps culture is its focus on amphibious warfare.  Marines have fashioned a warfighting posture that relies on naval mobility to get them to every conflict first -- wh ...
Normandy Cemetery Begs Question: Why Shed American Blood For Europe Again? (from The National Interest) After losing tens of thousands of lives during WWII to liberate Europe, why should Americans again come to the defense of Europe, threatened now by Russian aggression and Islamist fanaticism?  Because the loss of a continent that has finally achieved d ...
Perhaps The U.S. Army’s Most Remarkable Leader In More Than Half A Century (From The National Interest) Dealing with the emerging Russian/Chinese/North Korean/Iranian threat will necessitate a transformation of the Army and the Joint Force. Given enough money and time, the Army could probably find solutions to most of its pressing capability gaps. Unfort ...
F-35s To Become Eyes And Ears Of The Fleet (from The National Interest) In the not-too-distant future, the F-35 may find its central role in the fight not in air superiority or ground attack but as a sensor platform, expanding the ability of other forces. As a forward deployed, stealthy, passive sensor system, all three va ...
The U.S. Army Faces Defeat In Europe. One Day Of Federal Spending Per Year Can Save It. (From Forbes) The Romans had a saying that if you want peace, prepare for war.  The U.S. Army is having trouble following that dictum because its budget for buying new weapons has been slashed by three-quarters during the Obama years.  As a result, Russian forces in ...
Slow Pace Of New Air Force Radar Plane Could Prove Fatal To U.S. Soldiers (From Forbes) The Air Force's fleet of 16 Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) planes is on its last legs.  At any given time, half of the fleet is unavailable due to maintenance needs.  It won't be long before all the planes must retire.  But ...
The Adaptive Engine Transition Program Will Revolutionize Combat Aircraft Performance (from The National Interest) American air power is critical to mission success – it provides precision strike, rapid logistics, detailed reconnaissance and air dominance while denying those advantages to adversaries. It is essential that the U.S. continue to advance its air power ...
White House Approves Boeing, Lockheed Fighter Sales To Gulf States (from Forbes) The White House has approved sales of U.S. fighter jets to three Persian Gulf states, and begun the process of notifying Congress.  Congress can block the sales, but probably will not given the impact on U.S. jobs and the need to counter inroads by Ira ...
BAE Systems Is Building The Electronic Weapons That Will Win World War Three (from Forbes) Future warfare with peer adversaries will be largely about exploiting the electromagnetic spectrum, and the Electronic Systems unit of BAE Systems is the dominant player in that mission area.  Headquartered in Nashua, New Hampshire, Electronic Systems ...
Deterring To Defend: Delivering On NATO’s Promise Russia’s invasion and illegal occupation of parts of Ukraine in March 2014 was a wake-up call for the international community. It also shattered the already fragile relations between Russia and the West. With these actions, Vladimir Putin’s Russia had ...
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