Inside America’s Aging Nuclear Missile Submarines

Inside America’s Aging Nuclear Missile Submarines
Inside America’s Aging Nuclear Missile Submarines

America’s nuclear deterrent is aging, with a half-dozen replacement programs on the horizon. But the young men and women who serve, Gen. John Hyten said, are better than ever: “They love this country. They want to defend this country. They go to work every day. They’re amazing — they’re smarter than we were, by far. They get motivated differently so you have to lead them differently, but their passion is just the same.”

Pentagon Pushes Counterintel For Industry As China Hacks Away

Pentagon Pushes Counterintel For Industry As China Hacks Away
Pentagon Pushes Counterintel For Industry As China Hacks Away

Pentagon kicking off new program to work with the defense industry on counter-intelligence to stop Chinese hackers. But lawmakers aren’t convinced.

Israel Deploying to Eastern Europe, Pacific for First Time Alongside U.S. Forces

Israel Deploying to Eastern Europe, Pacific for First Time Alongside U.S. Forces
Israel Deploying to Eastern Europe, Pacific for First Time Alongside U.S. Forces

The Trump Pentagon is undergoing a major shift to focus on great power competition. And it’s looking for allies to step up in places that might come as a surprise.

HASC Budget Adds Hypersonic Weapons, A-10s, Strykers, But Fewer Bureaucrats

HASC Budget Adds Hypersonic Weapons, A-10s, Strykers, But Fewer Bureaucrats
HASC Budget Adds Hypersonic Weapons, A-10s, Strykers, But Fewer Bureaucrats

The budget battles have begun, with Republicans and Democrats already sparring over Rep. Mac Thornberry’s call to slash DoD civilians by 20 percent.

STRATCOM’s Hyten On B-21, Columbia Class, NC3

STRATCOM’s Hyten On B-21, Columbia Class, NC3
STRATCOM’s Hyten On B-21, Columbia Class, NC3

Air Force Gen. John Hyten has always wanted to spend time at the house he and his wife bought years ago in Colorado Springs — but he’s too busy with, among other things, alerts of missile launches around the globe, just in case one is US-bound. You’d think the former head of Space Command, now…

Navy’s New High Altitude Drones Ready for Pacific

Navy’s New High Altitude Drones Ready for Pacific
Navy’s New High Altitude Drones Ready for Pacific

The deployment comes as Beijing and Washington race to keep tabs on one another in the South China Sea.

Huntington-Ingalls Sinks $2B Into Shipyards: Digital Plans & Computerized Welding

Huntington-Ingalls Sinks $2B Into Shipyards: Digital Plans & Computerized Welding
Huntington-Ingalls Sinks $2B Into Shipyards: Digital Plans & Computerized Welding

“Each of your crafts — electrical, pipefitting, pipe-welding, painting, your riggers… still require some human touch,” Kastner told me. “Digital tools… free the craftsman up a bit to not do the grunt work.”

Wittman, Courtney Question Omnibus Ship Numbers, Funding

Wittman, Courtney Question Omnibus Ship Numbers, Funding
Wittman, Courtney Question Omnibus Ship Numbers, Funding

Wait — doesn’t this omnibus fund 14 new ships for the Navy, compared to 13 in the National Defense Authorization Act and just eight in President Trump’s request? Yes, but not all ships are created equal, Wittman said.

No, Trump Nuke Strategy Doesn’t Doom Planet: DUSD Policy

No, Trump Nuke Strategy Doesn’t Doom Planet: DUSD Policy
No, Trump Nuke Strategy Doesn’t Doom Planet: DUSD Policy

HERITAGE FOUNDATION: Just calm down and read the document. That, in essence, is the administration’s response to critics who call its new nuclear strategy irresponsible and dangerous. In fact, deputy undersecretary for policy David Trachtenberg said over and over here this morning, the Nuclear Posture Review is fundamentally conservative (with a small “c”). The 2018…

US Must Overcome ‘Hubris’ And Prepare For Surprise: Experts

US Must Overcome ‘Hubris’ And Prepare For Surprise: Experts
US Must Overcome ‘Hubris’ And Prepare For Surprise: Experts

“The United States has been fighting weak and isolated regional adversaries for the last 25 years, and a result we have a very inflated view of how good we are,” warned the study’s lead author, Mark Cancian of CSIS.

Navy Buys Lots More Fighters; Ships Up Slightly But 355 Not In Sight

Navy Buys Lots More Fighters; Ships Up Slightly But 355 Not In Sight
Navy Buys Lots More Fighters; Ships Up Slightly But 355 Not In Sight

PENTAGON: The U.S. Navy’s budget is growing by over $12 billion in 2019, and more ships are on their way – but not enough to get to the hoped-for 355-ship fleet any time before the 2050s. In unveiling its $194.1 billion budget for the 2019 fiscal year on Monday, Navy officials highlighted the increase in…

Marines Need Submarines: Commandant Neller On Major War

Marines Need Submarines: Commandant Neller On Major War
Marines Need Submarines: Commandant Neller On Major War

SAN DIEGO: Why does the Marine Corps Commandant want the Navy to build more attack boats? “As a naval force, part of a maritime campaign, we need more attack submarines,” Gen. Robert Neller said at the AFCEA-USNI WEST conference. Why? “I want to get where I’m going,” Neller said to laughter from the audience. “A bunch…

No ‘Automaticity,’ But Yes To Low Yield Nukes: NPR

No ‘Automaticity,’ But Yes To Low Yield Nukes: NPR
No ‘Automaticity,’ But Yes To Low Yield Nukes: NPR

PENTAGON: The United States government sees a fundamentally more threatening world today, one that requires a more nuanced balance of delivery systems than we’ve deployed since the end of the Cold War. That’s really the change that has driven the results of the Trump Administration’s Nuclear Posture Review, officially released today. Careful transparency continues to…

Outgunned Allies Must Contest Baltic, Black Seas: NATO Admiral

Outgunned Allies Must Contest Baltic, Black Seas: NATO Admiral
Outgunned Allies Must Contest Baltic, Black Seas: NATO Admiral

WASHINGTON: “When I was an ensign, a lieutenant, we knew we could beat the Russians. It was just a question of time because we were better than them,” NATO’s top admiral said. “I’m not sure we could make that assumption now.” The European allies suffer many shortfalls at sea, said Vice Adm. Clive Johnstone, the…