Defense
America Spends Less On Its Military Than You Think. Look At The Numbers. (From Forbes) U.S. military spending is not excessive relative to the size of the federal budget or the national economy. The Biden administration has requested $886 billion in national defense spending for the fiscal year beginning October 1, which represents about ...
Army Chief Stresses Need To Continue Improving “Enduring Fleet” Of Helicopters (From Forbes) Army Chief of Staff General James McConville told an audience in April that the Army will need to continue upgrading its existing combat helicopters for decades to come, because they are likely to remain in service through mid-century. In the case of t ...
Air Force Plan For An Indo-Pac Tanker Will Transform The Aerial Refueling Fleet (From Forbes) The Air Force has drastically revised its plan for modernizing the aged aerial refueling fleet. By the mid-2030s, it wants to begin moving away from derivatives of commercial airframes and instead develop a stealthy, purpose-built military refueler tha ...
Five Reasons The Missile Defense Agency Should Be Merged Into The Space Force (From Forbes) Four decades after its founding, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has not achieved much. It can defend the nation against a modest nuclear attack from North Korea, but not a larger attack from Russia or China. Many of its efforts against lesser threats ...
The State Department Is Taking A Major Step To Enhance Cybersecurity At U.S. Embassies (From 1945) With over one million individuals currently holding a top secret security clearance and an even larger number authorized to view secret and confidential information, the risk of a leak is very high. In addition to the millions of clearance holders, the ...
Navy’s Latest Shipbuilding Plan Signals Little Change In Fleet Size For The Foreseeable Future (From Forbes) The Navy this week delivered the latest version of its 30-year shipbuilding plan to Congress, and it is not being well received. The plan does not anticipate the size of the fleet growing in this decade, and foresees only modest growth in the 2030s. Al ...
Struggling U.S. Merchant Fleet, Critical To National Security, Needs More Federal Support (From Forbes) The U.S.-flag merchant marine is a miniscule player in global trade. With over 40,000 commercial vessels plying the world's oceans, less than 200 are registered in America. The entire tonnage of the U.S.-flag fleet amounts to about 13% of the tonnage t ...
The M1 Abrams Is Becoming The Benchmark Main Battle Tank For Eastern Europe (From RealClearDefense) The war in Ukraine has provided many lessons about the nature of modern high-intensity conflict. One of the most significant is the central role that armored fighting vehicles, particularly main battle tanks (MBTs), will have in both offense and defens ...
AM General’s Winning Bid For The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Makes No Sense. What’s Going On? (From Forbes) On February 9, the Army awarded AM General a production contract for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle that could be worth nearly 20 times the company's annual revenues. The award appears to have been made mainly on the basis of price, since the vehicle ...
TikTok Hearing Underscores Importance Of Big Tech Competition With China (From 1945) The recent Congressional hearing on the threat to the U.S. posed by TikTok underscored the powerful role that advanced technology in the hands of our competitors has on our economy, national security, government, and personal well-being. With more than ...