Disruption at the Strait of Hormuz will set off a chain reaction of pressure through the global shipping network, requiring international defense efforts, writes US Navy Supply Corps Capt. Michael Kidd.
Adm. Daryl Caudle’s Fighting Instructions aims to guide the Navy’s future, but it does not make the tradeoffs or force-design decisions a true strategy requires, Bruce Stubbs writes.
The Sixth Domain is not defined by geography. It’s a new kind of conflict in which autonomy and networked systems allow thousand-dollar consumer electronics to destroy multi-million-dollar conventional weapons systems.
New Pentagon requirements reforms need to account for whether the industrial base can actually build systems at the desired scale, John G. Ferrari and Dillon Prochnicki write.
When the Pentagon stops buying, it doesn’t reflect “demand signal,” but “execution volatility” for smaller suppliers, Rachel Gorken, president of GMS Industrial Supply, writes in this op-ed.
A doctrine of air denial leads to stalemates and drawn out conflicts, while air superiority can lead to decisive victory, Lt. Col. Grant "SWAT" Georgulis writes.
America's armed forces already suffers damages and handicaps due to climate change, and recent action is only going to make it worse, writes Will Rogers of Johns Hopkins University.
As threats rapidly evolve, digital engineering, manufacturing capacity and robust supply chains are critical to meeting challenges.
Focusing on the Coast Guard's development can help the US match countries like China who have already moved on the trend.
An executive from Textron argues that while new entrants can help the Pentagon, the department needs to remember that experience matters.
Proxies, such as the Houthis, should be heavily considered by the US while measures are taken against Iran.
Current policy strongly prohibits the Army from ordering small quantities of spare parts with short notice. That currently acts as an Achilles heel for their Abrams tank fleets.
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
Columnist Robbin Laird visited a major Marine exercise in December, and left with a few key impressions for the future of the Corps.
The Chinese PLA has gone through wide-scale restructuring in recent years, leading to questions as to why and what the effects may be.
A $600 billion increase to the budget in reconciliation will be needed to get to $1.5T in spending, say a pair of AEI analysts.
If missile defenses can't protect everything, then Pentagon planners need to start thinking about new ways of deploying their limited assets - and that means new risks, say two Hudson Institute experts.