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The New ‘Battleship’: Are Submarines Set to Become Obsolete?
Much has been made of the recent release of the report by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) into the emerging era of undersea warfare.
Who’s Afraid of America?
SINCE the end of the cold war one simple geopolitical rule has endured: do not take on America.
Pentagon Looks at Changes for ‘Up-or-Out’ Rules
The top Pentagon officials pushing for an overhaul of the military personnel system are setting their sights on the "up-or-out" rules that have defined active-duty career tracks for generations.
U.S. Adapts ‘Lily Pad’ Strategy to Defeat ISIS in Iraq
The top U.S. military officer likened the expanding American footprint in Iraq Thursday to “lily pads” that will sprout across the pond known as Anbar Province, where the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria seized the capital last month.
Directed Energy Weapons: Will They Ever Be Ready?
If Nikola Tesla had been deployed with the USS Ponce this past year, he would have been proud. A directed energy weapon — similar, in some ways, to his own 1934 invention “Teleforce” — was proved to be operationally effective on board a Navy ship for the first time.
Is The US Navy Breaking In The Gulf?
Citing budget strain and maintenance, the Navy is planning to pull its carrier from the Middle East later this fall, leaving a presence gap of up to two months—right in the middle of the fight against the Islamic State.