Defense
“Quick Kill:” The Next Revolution In Warfare
One of the keys to an effective counterinsurgency/counterterrorist strategy is the ability to defeat asymmetric threats. In Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. forces have confronted an array of asymmetric . . .
Tanker Competition: Buying Both Planes Would Waste Billions
The oldest fleet of jets in the world isn't operated by Uzbekistan Airways. It is operated by the U.S. Air Force, which decided in the early 1950s to buy hundreds of Boeing 707s as the backbone of its aerial- . . .
Public-Private Partnerships
It has been six years and three days since the Al Qaeda attack on the American homeland. I doubt anyone in this room woke up on September 12th, assuming you were able to sleep that night, thinking it . . .
Troop Surge Fails To Yield Political Progress — In America
Iraq isn't the only place where a recent change in military strategy has failed to produce political reconciliation. In Washington, Republicans are singing the praises of General Petraeus while some . . .
Army Plans For Reconnaissance Drones Misuse A Vital Asset
The only upside to the heavy burden that America's Army is carrying in Iraq is an abundance of money. Congress may not know how to deal with IEDs or save the marriage of a soldier deploying for his fourth . . .
Joint Fighter: The Case For Buying Competing Engines Is Weak
The biggest program in the Pentagon's weapons budget is the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which will cost $338 billion -- a third of a trillion dollars -- to develop, manufacture and maintain. Current plans call for . . .
TSAT: Essential to Security
The Transformational Satellite Communications program, or TSAT, is a planned constellation of five communications satellites in geosynchronous orbit linked to thousands of portable terminals distributed . . .
Joint Radio: Vision Of A Transformed Force Slipping Away
When President Bush took office nearly seven years ago, his vision of how the military needed to change could be summed up in one word: transformation. Bush shared with many other observers a belief that . . .
Air Force Plan For Radar Planes Is Missing In Action
If there is one lesson U.S. defense planners should have learned from the frustrating campaign to take down Al Qaeda since 9-11, it is the need for better intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. The . . .
Congress Moving to Increase UN Support
Conflicts over the war in Iraq and turmoil at the Justice Department are obscuring a rare case of cooperation between the Administration and Capitol Hill. The White House has asked for greater support . . .