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US Defence Budget Report Hints at What Australia Could Pay for New Equipment
A new report on the US defence budget gives an insight into what Washington is paying for new equipment, some of which Australia is also planning to acquire.
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The Strategist Six: Thomas Mahnken
The Strategist Six, a feature that provides a glimpse into the thinking of prominent academics, government officials, military officers, reporters and interesting individuals from around the world.
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CSBA’s Van Tol on US Navy Reports on Deadly Ship Collisions
Capt. Jan van Tol, USN Ret., a naval analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments who commanded three US warships while on active duty, discusses the US Navy’s recent reports on collisions involving USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain that killed 17 sailors. The interview was conducted at CSBA’s Washington office on Nov. 7, 2017.
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Geurts supports small aircraft carrier study
The committee's mark of the fiscal year 2018 defense policy bill directs the Navy to begin designing a smaller carrier. The three organizations that conducted force structure assessments, the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, the Mitre Corp., and the Navy's assessment division in the office of the chief of naval operations (N81), all recommended the service add smaller aircraft carriers to its future fleet.
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US Nuclear Modernization Is Not Only Affordable, But Necessary
Taken overall, the CBO estimates compared for example to the similar 2015 study by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, (CSBA) are inflated by a whopping $450 billion...
When the CSBA study came out, the same chorus of nuclear opponents complained modernization was unaffordable and unnecessary even at that price. They lost that argument, and a solid majority of Congress continued to support going forward with the strategic deterrent modernization program, which is the very bedrock for all of U.S. and allied security.
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Hitting Erdoğan Where It Hurts, Not Where It Helps
Rather, the Turkish president sends another signal – following such moves as signing a deal with Russia to purchase S-400 air defense missiles – that Turkey is a force to be reckoned with, not lectured to. The recent arrests demonstrate Erdoğan’s strength to his domestic constituency and signal his determination to lead a “New Turkey,” one that does not need the West. In fact, Erdoğan may have an interest in keeping Gülen at arm’s length, as former Ambassador to Turkey Eric Edelman suggested. The accused coup plotter’s ongoing stay on American soil provides Erdoğan with endless justification to criticize the U.S. – criticism that buys him a lot of political capital at home as well as in the region.