Defense
Which Companies Will Benefit Most From Modernization Of The U.S. Nuclear Arsenal? (From Forbes)
The U.S. government is modernizing every facet of its strategic nuclear force, the first comprehensive update to its strategic nuclear arsenal since the Cold War ended three decades ago. The fundamental goal of all such activity is to minimize the like ...
Poland Must Buy More Abrams Tanks To Ensure Interoperability With U.S. Forces
Poland is building what looks to be the most powerful military in Europe. It is acquiring major hardware from the United States, including M1 Abrams tanks, F-16 and F-35 fighters, Apache attack helicopters, HIMARS rocket launchers, and Patriot air defe ...
Pentagon Discloses Plan For Defending Space Systems (From Forbes)
After many years of assuming that U.S. space systems were safe from attack, the Pentagon has now changed its tune. Russia and China are both acquiring tools for disabling U.S. satellites and ground stations, at a time when America's joint force has bec ...
Why China Would Be Hard-Pressed To Target U.S. Aircraft Carriers In A Pacific War (From Forbes)
Large-deck, nuclear-powered aircraft are the signature expression of American military power. However, some observers fear the carriers are so big that they could be easily targeted by China in a Pacific war. The concern about survivability seems warra ...
Looming Budget Cuts Could Devastate Air Force, Undermine Deterrence (From Forbes)
Air Force officials say that the ongoing budget impasse in Congress could result in their service delaying modernization plans and canceling training exercises critical to readiness. The problem extends beyond the possibility of operating for part of f ...
Growing Cyber Threats Require U.S. Allies To Implement A Zero Trust Strategy (From RealClearDefense)
The U.S. military cannot fight a high-end conflict without a coalition of friends and allies. In order to conduct effective joint operations, all parties must be able to share information rapidly across secure networks. Unfortunately, adversaries such ...
The President’s Power To Launch Nuclear Weapons Highlights A Troubling Paradox In U.S. Strategy (From Forbes)
The U.S. president possesses sole authority to launch the nation's nuclear weapons. That power is absolute; there is no test of competency, and no one beneath the president in the chain of command has the authority to countermand a launch order. Conver ...
Five Reasons Navy Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carriers Will Play A Key Role In A War With China (From 1945)
In an age of global surveillance and long-range precision strike weapons, recent wargames have reanimated an old argument about the survivability of aircraft carriers. Critics have long asserted that large surface ships, especially aircraft carriers, a ...
The Army’s Most Important Warfighting Tool Isn’t A Weapon, It’s A Network (From Forbes)
The U.S. Army is in the midst of a generational transformation that will carry it from the industrial age into the digital era. The centerpiece of this shift isn't a weapon system, it's a warfighting network that enables what the service calls "multi-d ...
Army Heeds Lessons Of Ukraine, Rethinks How Abrams Tank Will Fight And Win Tomorrow’s Wars (From Forbes)
On July 28, Army acquisition chief Douglas Bush signed a decision memorandum signaling that his service will embark on an aggressive upgrade of the Abrams tank. When it begins fielding, the M1A3 variant of Abrams will be more lethal, more mobile, more ...