How Army’s Multi-Domain Overhaul May Impact The National Guard
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HUNTSVILLE: Modernizing the Army is about much more than equipment. To defeat Russia and China in future multi-domain warfare — or better yet, deter them — the service is contemplating cultural revolutions as ripe for controversy as any multi-billion dollar weapons program. They include allowing junior officers more initiative, ending chronic micromanagement; creating long-term “regimental” affiliations… Keep reading →
Army’s Multi-Domain Unit ‘A Game-Changer’ In Future War
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But modernizing the Army will take decades and tough decisions about everything from online propaganda to the National Guard.
Pentagon’s New Ballistic Missile Interceptor Doesn’t Work, Suffers Years-Long Delay
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What happens when the Pentagon’s new ballistic missile defeat program doesn’t work? They keep using the old one, which has a spotty track record.
Why DoD Cut A Carrier in 2020 Budget: Survivable Robots & Missiles Vs. China
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US ‘Gets Its Ass Handed To It’ In Wargames: Here’s A $24 Billion Fix
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Warships sink. Bases burn. F-35s die on the runway. Can $24 billion a year — 3.3 % of the Pentagon budget — fix the problem?
Two LPD Amphibious Ships Cut From 2020 Budget Plan
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Are big, expensive vessels like amphibious ships and carriers too vulnerable in a long-range missile war with Russia or China?
No More ‘Playing Defense’ For US Navy; Offensive Weapons Are The Play
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“We’ve spent a lot of time over the past years playing defense,” Rear Adm. Ronald Boxall, director of surface warfare, said at the West 2019 conference here. “The best defense is a good offense, and the idea that we will go after the threat — at range — is something that we have to be able to do.”
The Middle Kingdom Is Dead; Long Live A Global China
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It’s one of the fundamental questions about China and its future place in the world: does the great civilization still view the world through the traditional lens of the Middle Kingdom, or does the world face a new China, unbound by many of the structures under which it has operated for most of the last… Keep reading →
The Navy Has Had Enough of Missile Defense And Sees Its Chance
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WASHINGTON: The Navy is looking to get out of the missile defense business, the service’s top admiral said today, and the Pentagon’s new missile defense review might give the service the off-ramp it has been looking for to stop sailing in circles waiting for ground-based missile launches. This wasn’t the first time Adm. John Richardson… Keep reading →