Defense
U.S. Army Fears Major War Likely Within Five Years — But Lacks The Money To Prepare (From Forbes)
U.S. Army leaders believe their service could be engaged in major conventional conflict with Russia, Iran or North Korea sometime in the next five years. It isn't ready. Having fought terrorists and insurgents since 9-11, many of the skills associate ...
Will The U.S. Army Get Serious About Revolutionizing Long Range Fires? (From The National Interest)
If Russian integrated air defenses and massed missile and rocket batteries are to be defeated, it will take a new generation of U.S. long-range, high-speed, very precise weapons and projectiles. Systems over 100km are particularly important, as are tho ...
Our National Guard – A Treasure for Cybersecurity Assistance
Since 1636, the citizen soldiers of our National Guard have been the first line of defense in protecting our freedom. Today, the National Guard continues that legacy with a dual purpose of supporting both the state and federal missions, domestically an ...
Leidos Deal Closes, Spawning Vast Solutions Enterprise (From Forbes)
On Tuesday of this week, Leidos Holdings completed its acquisition of Lockheed Martin's information systems and services unit, doubling in size to become a dominant player in the federal technology solutions business. With $10 billion in sales and a d ...
NATO’s Foothold in Eastern Med Is Faltering
Greece and Turkey are North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members that are geopolitically important to the West. One thing Athens and Ankara have in common is that their domestic challenges have motivated them to look to Beijing and Moscow for he ...
Defeating Russia’s Ambitions In Europe (from National Interest)
The challenge posed to NATO by Putin’s Russia is both political and military and the Alliance’s responses need to be in both spheres. The political challenge is perhaps the more difficult because it requires that the West accept the reality that Putin ...
The Outdated Arguments Against National Missile Defense That Could Get Us All Killed
The United States currently spends less than 1% of its military budget on defense of the American homeland against a nuclear missile attack. Instead, it depends on the threat of retaliation-in-kind to deter nuclear aggression. However, arguments firs ...
Five Reasons U.S. Aircraft Carriers Are Nearly Impossible To Sink (From National Interest)
The United States is the only country with a sizable fleet of large-deck, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Nobody really doubts their value as combat systems, and the cost to build and operate them is only a fraction of one-percent of the federal bu ...
The Iran Nuclear Deal’s Uncertain Future Impedes Business Ties
A year has passed since the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was signed, and economic partnerships between Iran and the P5 + 1 (permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, an ...
Five Ways The F-35A Fighter Totally Transforms Air Warfare (From Forbes)
When the Air Force announced that its first squadron of F-35A fighters was operational last week, that was good news for the Pentagon's biggest weapons program. The Air Force will buy over 40% of the 4,000 or so F-35s that are built, and most of the f ...