Norms plus counterspace weapons: RAND recommends holistic strategy to deter space attack

Norms plus counterspace weapons: RAND recommends holistic strategy to deter space attack
Norms plus counterspace weapons: RAND recommends holistic strategy to deter space attack

“The prospects for complete success in deterrence of hostile attacks on space assets, particularly reversible, nondestructive attacks, are limited,” the RAND study cautions.

Berger calls for ‘deterrence by detection’ in light of Russia-Ukraine tensions

Berger calls for ‘deterrence by detection’ in light of Russia-Ukraine tensions
Berger calls for ‘deterrence by detection’ in light of Russia-Ukraine tensions

“We have to have the capability to illuminate” adversarial actions, Berger said. “Some portion of that is so that we can understand how they’re setting their pieces for battle. And part of it, frankly, is to bring it to international attention and expose it for what it is.”

Deterrence during Great Power Competition: Allies must build fighter capability

Deterrence during Great Power Competition: Allies must build fighter capability
Deterrence during Great Power Competition: Allies must build fighter capability

Real deterrence has to be underpinned by military capability, particularly in the skies, author and Atlantic Council expert Scott Cooper writes.

Exclusive: Pentagon Poised To Unveil, Demonstrate Classified Space Weapon

Exclusive: Pentagon Poised To Unveil, Demonstrate Classified Space Weapon
Exclusive: Pentagon Poised To Unveil, Demonstrate Classified Space Weapon

The push to declassify an existing space weapon is being spearheaded by Gen. John Hyten, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

‘We’re Getting Our Rear End Handed To Us’ In Information Space, NORTHCOM Head Warns

‘We’re Getting Our Rear End Handed To Us’ In Information Space, NORTHCOM Head Warns
‘We’re Getting Our Rear End Handed To Us’ In Information Space, NORTHCOM Head Warns

“Rather than primarily focusing on kinetic defeat, for the defense of the homeland, I think we must get further left,” the head of NORTHCOM said Tuesday.

Chinese Nuke Modernization Prompts Shift In DoD Strategy

Chinese Nuke Modernization Prompts Shift In DoD Strategy
Chinese Nuke Modernization Prompts Shift In DoD Strategy

“The growing diversity of the Chinese nuclear threat and its mixing in with conventional forces creates complexity for US commanders. It is also unclear what conditions would lead to PRC nuclear use, since their arsenal is growing and creating more options,” Bryan Clark of the Hudson Institute says.

Declassify Space Threats, US Capabilities For Stronger Deterrence: AFCENT

Declassify Space Threats, US Capabilities For Stronger Deterrence: AFCENT
Declassify Space Threats, US Capabilities For Stronger Deterrence: AFCENT

“Right now space is a supporting element to a geographic [component command] … but that paradigm is going to flip over time, where the supported command — the primacy, where the actions will happen first — is going to be space,” says Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella, head of Air Force Central Command.

Competition (With China) IS The New Deterrence, US Military Leaders Say

Competition (With China) IS The New Deterrence, US Military Leaders Say
Competition (With China) IS The New Deterrence, US Military Leaders Say

Vice Adm. David Kriete, deputy STRATCOM commander: “Strategic deterrence is active deterrence; it’s very dynamic.”

Space Force: What Is It Good For?

Missing in the national security space conversation, says Aerospace Corporation’s Russ Rumbaugh, is how space operations can and should fit with diplomacy and foreign policy. Instead, he said, the debate is solely about “how do I win the war I see.” 

How To Implement The National Defense Strategy In Pacific

How To Implement The National Defense Strategy In Pacific
How To Implement The National Defense Strategy In Pacific

The National Defense Strategy does a service by getting the diagnosis right. But that is only the first step. To get the right prescription—the defense program—we will have to develop the operational concepts that link the ends sought with the means we can procure to achieve them.

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…

What Trump’s First Nuclear Posture Review Should Do

What Trump’s First Nuclear Posture Review Should Do
What Trump’s First Nuclear Posture Review Should Do

If we’re lucky, the fourth Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) will encourage a reawakening of strategic analysis and renewed efforts to assess the role of nuclear weapons in US national security. If we’re not, and this is more likely, we’ll find ourselves awash in time-worn arguments about assured destruction, limited war, arms limitation, modernization, and morality.…

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…

‘At War Next Week’: Bob Work On Readiness, Modernization, & COCOMs

‘At War Next Week’: Bob Work On Readiness, Modernization, & COCOMs
‘At War Next Week’: Bob Work On Readiness, Modernization, & COCOMs

WASHINGTON: The US can’t afford to modernize its military and increase its size at the same time, said the former deputy secretary of defense , Bob Work. It can’t build up war-ready forces to deter Russia and China while engaging in non-stop operations around the world, the way we have since 1991. If we have…