AFRICOM chief warns China attempting to ‘replicate’ US assistance as Washington pulls back
Gen. Michael Langley's warning comes amid the Pentagon's rebalancing of priorities and drastic cuts to foreign aid programs.
Space Force chief: Commercial imagery analysis aided Niger withdrawal — just don’t call it ‘intel’
“This is about providing situational awareness [and] operational planning products,” Gen. Chance Saltzman told reporters as he talked up a pet program, TacSRT -- which some in the intelligence agencies say treads on their turf.
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AI is transforming pilot training and the aircraft they fly
Modeling and simulation get an AI upgrade for more realistic training and improved autonomous platforms.
Space Force prototypes new ‘integrated’ Deltas for readiness boost
The two new Integrated Mission Deltas will be responsible for all aspects of electronic warfare and positioning, navigation and timing.
Trump’s German Withdrawal Plans ‘Extremely Expensive’
President Trump proposed re-stationing 11,900 US troops from Germany back in July. The redeployment of some to other European countries, with others coming home produced an avalanche of criticism. Although Defense Secretary Mark Esper tried to put a strategic spin on the moves, the president promptly undermined him. Then, representatives of the administration went before Congress […]
Don’t Let Turks & Russians Carve Up Libya
‘Lead from behind’ has failed in Libya. The US must lead from the front to prevent a destabilizing deal between rival factions dominated by Russia and Turkey.
Navy Waits on COVID Test Kits; INDO-PACOM Ships Self-Quarantine
Medical staff aboard aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and cruiser USS Bunker Hill are monitoring sailors who went ashore in Da Nang, Vietnam this month, while the ships are currently undergoing the mandatory 14-day quarantine all Navy vessels across the Indo-Pacom command are required to observe.
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Meeting modern airpower needs with faster R&D cycles for propulsion
As aircraft shrink, threats expand, and technology accelerates, aircraft engines must iterate along with the threats.
Bad Idea: Armed Drones in West Africa
We’re partnering with the Center for Strategic and International Studies to bring you their fab Bad Ideas series through the Christmas holiday season. We don’t usually pay much attention to this sort of operational policy decision — where to operate and with what — but each new location for drone operations can mean a larger […]
China Base Sparks ‘Very Significant Security Concerns’
WASHINGTON: For the first time, an important United States military base, one where a great deal of highly classified communications, intelligence and operations occur, sits within a few miles of a military competitor, China. Where? Djibouti, the tiny African state that sits on the Horn of Africa across from Yemen and sits astride the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. It […]
AUSA Head Carter Ham On Army’s Future, AUSA 2016
WASHINGTON: As the Army grapples with new concepts such as Multi-Domain Battle, Congress continues to avoid its constitutional responsibilities to pass spending bills, and the world grows ever more complex, the leaders of the Army gather here for the annual tribal event known as the Association of the US Army’s annual conference. Retired Gen. Carter […]
US Special Operators Helped Mali Hotel Rescue: AFRICOM
WASHINGTON: Two US special operators assisted with this morning’s hostage rescue operation in Bamako, Mali, a US Africa Command spokesman confirmed. The operators were in Mali already as advisors and so could swiftly respond to support the local forces, Col. Mark Cheadle told me. The Americans advised their Malian counterparts, who conducted the rescue, and physically helped […]
Modern Tech in Indo-Pacific Operations
Explore how networked warfare, AI, and 3D-printed drones are reshaping US Indo-Pacific strategy.
From Afghan Sell-Off To Pacific Build-Up: The Strategy Of Logistics
WASHINGTON: Some 45 football fields and gear worth $5 billion. That’s how much excess inventory and storage room the Defense Logistics Agency has sold or destroyed since the height of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and it’s not finished. DLA’s first sale of surplus equipment to local businesses in Afghanistan is scheduled for next […]
Mali: France’s Version Of Shock And Awe, Add Allies, Crush AQIM
France has been hailed by the people of Mali for driving al Qaeda-linked thugs from their country. Malians greeted French President Francois Hollande with cheers of Vive la France when he recently visited Timbuktu. But the rebels and al Qaeda are not yet crushed, though they have been forced to cede most inhabited territory. The […]
U.S. Should Help Secure Libyan WMD, House Intel Chief Says
Washington: The United States must help secure caches of Libyan military hardware, including chemical and biological weapons, so they do not fall into terrorist hands, the head of the House intelligence committee said today. “There are things that should still be done” by American forces in Libya, despite the fact that the U.S. handed over […]
Libya Won’t Be Blueprint For Future Wars: General
Washington: The American battle plan executed in Libya will not be the blueprint for how the U.S. military wages war in the future, the Army general who was in charge of that effort said today. There were key lessons that U.S. forces did pick up during the Libyan mission that DoD can use in future […]