Defense
Return to Crawford: Assessing Cambone’s Crystal Ball
On August 23, the Defense Department's Under Secretary for Intelligence, Stephen Cambone, will brief President Bush on military transformation at his ranch in Crawford, Texas. This isn't the first time . . .
Air Force & OSD: Different Takes On Transformation?
On August 23, the Defense Department's Under Secretary for Intelligence, Stephen Cambone, will brief President Bush on military transformation at his ranch in Crawford, Texas. This isn't the first time. . .
Killing Sead, Endangering U.S. Lives
Air dominance is at the center of the new American way of war and suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD), particularly surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), is vital to air dominance. SEAD is pursued through . . .
Weapons: Kerry Should Say What He Supports
According to political analyst Andrew Kohut, the decision of voters to remove a sitting President unfolds in two steps. First, voters have to decide the incumbent has made major mistakes. Then they have to . . .
Pentagon Transformation Plans Begin to Unravel
If there is a season of discontent for Bush Administration defense planners, it must surely be summer. In the summer of 2001, terrorist attacks undercut any pretense that the administration was better prepared . . .
Why Raptor? – The Logic of Buying the World’s Best Fighter
The U.S. Air Force has developed a replacement for its top-of-the-line F-15 fighter called the F/A-22 Raptor. Raptor flew for the first time in 1997 and is now entering high-rate production. This study . . .
Missile Defense: What Are The Next Steps?
Sometime this summer or fall, the Pentagon will announce that the ballistic-missile defense system the Bush Administration has been building in Alaska and California is operational. That declaration will be . . .
Secret Sub Study Raises Intelligence Issues
If you walk the hallways of the Pentagon these days, you can sense the power of Donald Rumsfeld's team ebbing away. The military senses it too, and has become perceptibly less concerned about the opinions of . . .
Indian Air Force Defeats U.S. Fighters in Exercise
In February, U.S. fighter pilots participated in their first air-combat exercise with the air force of India. The results were shocking. According to comments made the same month by Representative Randy . . .
Who’s the Biggest Disarmer of the U.S. Military in Recent History? Not Who You Might Think
Ever since Sen. John Kerry became the likely presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, Republicans have been trying to undercut his military credentials. Their basic message is that Mr. Kerry is a vacillating. . .