Defense
Provide for the Common Defense: The 4% Solution
For more than fifty years the United States has maintained the world’s preeminent military. Now, at the beginning of a new century, the continued dominance of that force may be in serious jeopardy. Future . . .
Cluster Bomb Treaty Could Be Hazardous To Children
Some of the saddest stories to come out of recent military conflicts concern children who found the unexploded remains of cluster bombs. Cluster bombs are designed to neutralize a wide area by carpeting . . .
Further F-22 Production Is Crucial To Winning Future Wars
This summer marks the tenth anniversary of a powerful metaphor for the decline of U.S. air power. Air Force Gen. David Deptula was piloting his F-15C fighter (supposedly the best fighter in the world) over . . .
Funding Stability: A Proven Cure For Pentagon Disorders
Despite being the land of plenty – even excess – in recent years the United States has experienced an epidemic of eating disorders. One of these, Bulimia, a condition reported to have afflicted the late . . .
Tanker Fiasco: Five Steps to Fix the Problem
The Government Accountability Office's stinging rebuke of the Air Force tanker competition last week was so sweeping that some observers say a new award may not be made for years. That would be very . . .
One Future For Missile Defense
Over the past seven years, the Bush Administration fundamentally changed the face of U.S. missile defense. In so doing, it has significantly improved this Nation’s ability to defend against ballistic missile . . .
Why Missile Defense Makes More Sense Today Than During The Cold War
I want to spend ten minutes today explaining why missile defense is more feasible and desirable now than it was during the cold war. Let me begin with a little bit of history. The missile defense debate began in America about 50 years . . .
Aging Air Force Fleet Requires New Ideas To Sustain
As Air Force planners struggle to balance their final budget request for this disappointing decade, it is becoming increasingly apparent that many of the service's planes will require the aerospace equivalent of . . .
How The Air Force Fell So Far
The forced resignation of the Air Force's top civilian and uniform leaders last week is the latest chapter in a chronicle of decline that has been unfolding for decades. The political influence of U.S. air power has . . .
Hunting for Black Swans: Military Power in a Time of Strategic Uncertainty
The term Black Swan comes from a book by Nassim Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. The title derives from the fact that in Europe all swans were white. Therefore, it was . . .