Sen Graham: ‘Just A Matter of Time’ Til North Korean Redlines Crossed

Sen Graham: ‘Just A Matter of Time’ Til North Korean Redlines Crossed
Sen Graham: ‘Just A Matter of Time’ Til North Korean Redlines Crossed

WASHINGTON: “When does that moment come when their program matures and goes across those redlines? At the pace we’re on, it’s just a matter of time. If something doesn’t change, it will be inevitable these redlines are met — if there’s another test of a warhead.” Sen. Lindsey Graham appeared to document one of the redlines he…

Army Boosts Air Defense, Key To Joint & Allied Fight

Army Boosts Air Defense, Key To Joint & Allied Fight
Army Boosts Air Defense, Key To Joint & Allied Fight

The shift from low-intensity land wars and the concepts of operations associated with them to getting ready for higher tempo and higher intensity operations are key to the transformation of U.S. and allied forces.  The challenge facing the liberal democracies was well put in a recent presentation by a senior Finnish defense official: “The timeline…

Bad Idea: Starting a War on the Korean Peninsula

Bad Idea: Starting a War on the Korean Peninsula
Bad Idea: Starting a War on the Korean Peninsula

As Christmas draws closer, we hope you’re enjoying the troubling thoughts these Bad Idea pieces by experts at the Center for Strategic and International Studies are bringing to the policy sphere. This one deals with an issue much on the mind of those keeping close tabs on the current madness in the world — the…

Army IBCS Missile Defense System Tracks Jets Despite Jamming

Army IBCS Missile Defense System Tracks Jets Despite Jamming
Army IBCS Missile Defense System Tracks Jets Despite Jamming

The Army’s embattled missile defense network, IBCS, passed a major field test at Yuma Proving Ground in October, contractor Northrop Grumman announced today. In stark contrast to chronic software crashes early on, the command-and-control system accurately tracked everything from drones to helicopters to fighter jets, both Army aircraft and Marine ones. (It’s hit ballistic and…

US Navy Should Boost Ties With Indo-Pacific Partners: Rep. Wittman

US Navy Should Boost Ties With Indo-Pacific Partners: Rep. Wittman
US Navy Should Boost Ties With Indo-Pacific Partners: Rep. Wittman

The Navy’s Force Structure Assessment (FSA) calls for a 355-ship fleet, ultimately growing to a force of 653 ships. However, the Navy knows that a 653-ship fleet, outfitted with the proper weapon systems, is simply financially unattainable. But the world has become more dangerous in the last eight years and a credible U.S. naval deterrence remains…

Shutdown Looms, North Korean War Closer, UK PM Mocked

Shutdown Looms, North Korean War Closer, UK PM Mocked
Shutdown Looms, North Korean War Closer, UK PM Mocked

CORRECTED: Changed Stealth To Fifth Generation Fighters In Fifth Paragraph.  WASHINGTON: Can the Christmas holidays come quickly enough? Republicans, hungry for their first major legislative accomplishment since the 2016 elections, are focused above and beyond all else on changes to tax law, leaving a dangerous vacuum into which a shutdown could fall. Last week, the…

Canadian Navy Competition Previews US Frigate Fight

Canadian Navy Competition Previews US Frigate Fight
Canadian Navy Competition Previews US Frigate Fight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK0GGTyoWPc The contest to build Canada’s next warship just kicked into high gear, and it’s a preview of the US Navy’s own frigate competition, with many of the same players. Earlier today — ahead of other competitors and the official deadline — Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems officially submitted the Type 26 frigate, which BAE…

Inside The Wargame: The Challenges Facing Air Force’s MDC2

Inside The Wargame: The Challenges Facing Air Force’s MDC2
Inside The Wargame: The Challenges Facing Air Force’s MDC2

SUFFOLK, VA: Inside one of six large rooms in Lockheed Martin’s Lighthouse complex here, flanked by a phalanx of huge TV and other screens, an earnest conversation between a cyber warrior and a “commander” plays out. We’re in the middle of a three-day wargame, one of a series of exercises to help develop the early stages…

Clock Ticks As Argentine Submariners Run Out Of Air; US, Allies Race To Rescue

Clock Ticks As Argentine Submariners Run Out Of Air; US, Allies Race To Rescue
Clock Ticks As Argentine Submariners Run Out Of Air; US, Allies Race To Rescue

In an extraordinary international response, a dozen nations have poured assets into the stormy South Atlantic to help find and save 44 Argentine submariners from the missing sub San Juan. It’s a stark contrast to the last great submarine disaster, when Russia was slow to accept international help for the stricken Kursk in 2000 and lost all…

‘They Will Fight’: NATO Readies Forces Vs. Russia

‘They Will Fight’: NATO Readies Forces Vs. Russia
‘They Will Fight’: NATO Readies Forces Vs. Russia

WASHINGTON: NATO troops will stand and fight if Russia attacks the Baltic States or Poland, Maj. Gen. William Hickman said last week. The prospect of combat — like that of being hanged — has concentrated NATO’s mind, changing plans, training, and future tactics. “There are US troops, French, British troops in these countries, standing tall,”…

‘No Classified F-35 Info’ Stolen: Defense Contractor Hacked In Australia

‘No Classified F-35 Info’ Stolen: Defense Contractor Hacked In Australia
‘No Classified F-35 Info’ Stolen: Defense Contractor Hacked In Australia

WASHINGTON: An unnamed contractor in Australia was hacked by an unattributed hacker who stole what the BBC says was “sensitive” information about the F-35 and other Antipodean weapon systems. “It could be one of a number of different actors,” Christopher Pyne, the minister for defense industry, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. on Thursday. “It could be…

Heavy Competition For Light Tank: SAIC & Singapore Vs. BAE, GDLS

Heavy Competition For Light Tank: SAIC & Singapore Vs. BAE, GDLS
Heavy Competition For Light Tank: SAIC & Singapore Vs. BAE, GDLS

If the stars align for defense contractor SAIC, the US Army and Marine Corps will soon be buying hundreds of armored vehicles designed in Singapore. Yesterday, six months after joining forces for the first time on the Marines’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle competition – and just four days before the massive Association of the US Army…

Russian Robots: Fear Jammers, Not Terminators

Russian Robots: Fear Jammers, Not Terminators
Russian Robots: Fear Jammers, Not Terminators

WASHINGTON: Don’t worry about Russia building a killer robot someday. Worry about the radio-jamming drones they have today. Despite a few grandiose claims and snazzy videos of robots shooting guns, Russia remains behind “the Chinese, Iranians, and the Turks” in developing armed unmanned systems, let alone the United States, CNA expert Samuel Bendett said this…

Saudis Rock US Alliance, Say They’ll Buy Russia’s Top Plane Killer, S-400

Saudis Rock US Alliance, Say They’ll Buy Russia’s Top Plane Killer, S-400
Saudis Rock US Alliance, Say They’ll Buy Russia’s Top Plane Killer, S-400

WASHINGTON: That rumble under your feet you sensed this morning was the earthquake caused by the decision of one of America’s closest allies, Saudis Arabia, to join Turkey in buying Russia’s vaunted S-400 surface to air missile system. The announcement carried extra diplomatic weight as Saudi King Salman was visiting Russia when the Saudis made…