A pair of future-thinking US Air Force generals tell Breaking Defense how the service is honing its wargames to account for more nuances in combat and the unconventional use of conventional capabilities.
Ambiguity marks China's management of its nuclear forces and how it discusses them and uses them to deter. Unlike the US and Russia, Dean Cheng said "the Chinese believe ambiguity and doubt promote deterrence."
As space threats continue to evolve, existing satellites need new capabilities to defend and protect, even after launch.
The Marine Corps Commandant suggested the US could deter adversarial aggression by spotlighting their actions on the world stage.
“The Chinese see competition as a whole of government effort [and] they're actually pretty good at it,” the Army Futures Command Chief told us. “We’re way out of practice.”