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“We are going to do a live-fire offensive exercise,” Rear Adm. Jim Aiken, Carrier Strike Group 3 commander told reporters Tuesday. “We are going to use the unmanned surface, unmanned air, and manned air and surface to provide a targeting solution.”
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The focus solely on 2022 was hinted at by an internal memo issued by Deputy Defense Secretary Kath Hicks.
By Paul McLeary
The US government will pay for all facilities it builds on Norwegian soil, and will not permanently base any troops there, officials in Oslo were quick to point out.
By Paul McLeary
Putting a variety of unmanned capabilities through their paces “in a Pacific warfighting scenario,” Rear Adm. Robert Gaucher, Pacific Fleet’s director of maritime headquarters, said in a statement, the exercise “will include maneuvering in contested space across all domains, targeting and fires, and intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance.”
By Paul McLeary
Lawmakers signaled today that the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan may not mean the end of US commitment, particularly in supporting the Afghan special forces.
By Paul McLeary
“The White House itself is not doing the job they should be doing,” charged the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Adam Smith
By Paul McLeary
Rep. Anthony Brown, a 30-year Army veteran and member of the House Armed Services Committee, said in a statement that “Wormuth has the experience and knowledge necessary to lead the United States Army through the complex and multifaceted challenges we face today.”
By Paul McLeary
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“The proactive, nefarious work coming from China and Russia in particular [will make US policymakers] “realize that we don’t have control over everything that we think we have control over,” Tara Murphy Dougherty, CEO of Govini said
By Paul McLeary
White House decides to slide war-funding accounts into the base budget, which will stress programs barely keeping up with inflation
By Paul McLeary
The release of the top budget numbers will set the stage for a months-long battle on Capitol Hill between budget hawks and an emboldened progressive wing of the Democratic Party over spending priorities.
By Paul McLeary
The ability to move vast amounts of data between far-flung units will be critical as the Pentagon continues to disperse ground, air, and sea assets further afield, untethered from large, stationary bases.
By Paul McLeary “We will be lucky to see any serious budget detail prior to Memorial Day” Arnold Punaro, former SASC budget director, says.
By Paul McLeary
The document outlines an evolving effort to stand up a series of small, agile units tasked with air defense, anti-ship and submarine warfare, and seizing, holding and resupplying ad hoc bases to support an island-hopping campaign in the Pacific.
By Paul McLeary
“I can clearly — in my mind — envision a way to say ‘fly a defensive combat spread, shoot on this target,’ and I will squeeze the trigger or I will enable that unmanned platform to shoot the designated target,” Rear Adm. Gregory Harris says.
By Paul McLeary
