C-130J deliveries paused due to technical issues, Air Force says
Despite continued expansion of C-130J usage worldwide, deliveries to the US Air Force have been temporarily paused due to an issue with the aircraft’s communications package.
As Trump orders troops, airlift assets to border, long-term impact is unclear
Pentagon leaders have not yet had to pull troops away from other missions outside of the US for this one or trade future mission readiness, the military official added, but acknowledged that could become a factor going forward.
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Border Wall Money Taken From Alaska Missile Interceptors, Shipyards & More
“We have been been given a lawful order by the president to respond to this crisis on the border and we’re doing that,” a Pentagon official said.
SecDef Esper OKs $3.6 Billion Of DoD $$ For Trump’s Border Wall
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Trump Says Troops Heading to Border
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Trump’s Tariffs May Put Defense Jobs at Risk, Increase Costs
WASHINGTON: The pushback to President Donald Trump’s global steel and aluminum tariffs — announced Thursday — has been swift and blunt. Republicans, Democrats, top defense officials, Trump advisors and trade groups have all made public their misgivings, saying the taxes could actually prove harmful to national security, and end up costing the Pentagon money. But […]
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Doomsday Clock Sweeps Forward At End of Trump’s First Week
WASHINGTON: A disruptive leader disrupts. Large and fast disruptions of the global order rarely portend happier times and that would seem to be the case as the first week of the Trump Administration comes to an end. “For the first time in the 70-year history of the Doomsday Clock, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science […]
It’s Time to Take Donald Trump Seriously
Donald Trump is going to be president, notwithstanding the handwringing in the national security policy community about whether they should agree to serve in his administration (here, here, here, here, here). Concerns are understandable given Trump’s unorthodox campaign and often extreme statements. But there is an element of hubris in these commentaries and in discussions I […]
Britain To Buy P-8s, Reaffirms Full F-35 Buy; Doubling Special Forces Spending
WASHINGTON: The British have released their Strategic Defense Review, declaring they will plug the gaping hole in their anti-submarine warfare capabilities by buying nine P-8s from Boeing and showing considerable confidence in Lockheed Martin’s F-35 as they pledge to buy more earlier. The “National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review” also restated its commitment to […]
Why The Pacific Strategy Requires A Western Hemisphere Energy Policy
Energy security is a key element of national security. The missing piece of America’s energy security policy, in turn, is the glaring absence of a strategy to coordinate and secure the enormous energy resources of the Western hemisphere. Today, America is over-dependent on the increasingly volatile Middle East, China is increasingly aggressive in its quest […]
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Terrorists’ Growing Ties To Criminals Open New Avenues of Attack
WASHINGTON: As terrorist groups increasingly work with drug gangs and other international criminals, they pose new threats to the United States – but they also create new vulnerabilities that savvy Americans can use to attack them, said the Pentagon’s top drug war expert, William Wechsler. The US needs to go beyond thinking of terrorist groups […]