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Wrapping up 2021 and looking forward to 2022 with the Breaking Defense team
What you may have missed from the last year, and what you need to read as 2022 kicks off.
Managing China, whether through threats or talk: 2022 Preview
Expect the political battle over the island nations like Fiji or the Solomons to be a big part of Chinese-American geopolitics in the new year.
It’s ‘delivery time’ on JADC2: 2022 Preview
Its unclear how much the Pentagon is spending on JADC2 and it needs to provide examples of progress next year.
Watching the Navy’s words vs its actions in the Indo-Pacific: 2022 Preview
The Pentagon has long talked up its pivot to the Indo-Pacific. What does that actually look like?
For Space Force, it’s acquisition, acquisition, acquisition: 2022 Preview
In 2022, the Pentagon will need to see real movement on acquisition reform to reduce long understood vulnerabilities that have been essentially ignored for many years.
The Pentagon’s new strategy might already be behind the times: 2022 Preview
A Russian invasion of Ukraine could derail the Defense Department's planning.
For the Army, looming budgets and multi-domain everything: 2022 Preview
Here's the key Army storylines we'll be tracking at Breaking Defense next year.
For national security space, running to stand still: 2021 In Review
US leaders this year faced difficult decisions against a backdrop of rapidly growing challenges from potential adversaries, and a booming commercial space sector that innovation-wise is leaving the Defense Department and the Intelligence Community in the dust.
Letting the subs go by, letting the budget hold me down: 2021 In Review
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was / Same as it ever was, same as it ever was / Same as it ever was, same as it ever was etc
Hacks raised questions about Pentagon’s role in securing cyber and networks: 2021 In Review
The military focused its efforts on networked warfare and the US government responded to cyberattacks.
The Army fought to balance new capabilities with tight budgets: 2021 In Review
New capabilities that will transform an Army balancing tight budgets in 2021.
Air Force got a new leader, a new fighter plan and can ditch old planes: 2021 In Review
In 2021, Air Force laid a path for big changes coming down the line in 2022 and beyond.
Space was the place, including for starry-eyed optimism: 5 Stories From 2021
Among all the space action over the past year, AFRL's push to expand military space operations to cislunar space — the vast volume of space between the Earth's outer orbit and that of the Moon — and beyond has been a gift that keeps on giving.