Two US Destroyers Enter Black Sea; Russia Responds

Two US Destroyers Enter Black Sea; Russia Responds
Two US Destroyers Enter Black Sea; Russia Responds

The deployment of the two US Navy ships, along with a refueling ship, is the largest American presence in the waterway in three years.

Electronic Warfare Trumps Cyber For Deterring Russia

Electronic Warfare Trumps Cyber For Deterring Russia
Electronic Warfare Trumps Cyber For Deterring Russia

CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: NATO’s plans to defend the Baltic States are “inadequate” because they don’t take full account of Russia’s electronic warfare capabilities, a leading expert warns. The Russians are hardly invincible, Roger McDermott emphasized at CSIS on Monday. The story of them “shutting down” the Aegis radar on the USS Cook…

Forbes: DoD Budget Should Rise As Threats Do, Budget Deal Be Damned

Forbes: DoD Budget Should Rise As Threats Do, Budget Deal Be Damned
Forbes: DoD Budget Should Rise As Threats Do, Budget Deal Be Damned

WASHINGTON: With the House Armed Services Committee marking up its annual defense bill next week, the outspoken chairman of HASC’s seapower subcommittee told Breaking Defense he wants to undo last year’s budget deal — which he opposed and which drops Pentagon spending in 2017 — to get more dollars for defense. That’s political heavy lifting, I told Forbes. House speaker…