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How should the Navy adapt to meet new security challenge? CSBA's Bryan Clark and the Hudson Institute's Bryan McGrath discuss their recent appearance before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces on In Depth with Francis Rose.
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Will We Let Iran, Like Russia, Violate its Nuclear Pact?
Eric Edelman and Tzvi Khan on how Moscow's long-time gaming of the 1987 INF Treaty illustrates dangerous lessons.
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Rethinking Acquisition Reform
Last week Representatives Thornberry (R-TX) and Smith (D-WA), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, unveiled a bipartisan proposal to reform the defense acquisition process.
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After You, Mr. Putin
Robert Joseph, Eric Edelman, Rebeccah Heinrichs •
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Peeling Back the Layers: A New Concept for Air Defense
The newest concept being forwarded by U.S. Navy surface fleet leaders is “distributed lethality”, in which almost every combatant and noncombatant surface ship would wield offensive missiles such as the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) or Long Range Anti-ship Missile (LRASM). The concept’s central idea is that deploying a large number of U.S. ships able to threaten enemy ships, aircraft, or shore facilities will create a potentially unmanageable targeting problem for potential adversaries. This, it is argued, could deter opponents from pursuing aggression and in conflict could compel adversaries to increase their defensive efforts, constrain their maneuver, and spend valuable time finding and defeating U.S. forces in detail.
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How to Deter China: The Case for Archipelagic Defense
In the U.S. military, at least, the “pivot” to Asia has begun. By 2020, the navy and the air force plan to base 60 percent of their forces in the Asia-Pacific region. The Pentagon, meanwhile, is investing a growing share of its shrinking resources in new long-range bombers and nuclear-powered submarines designed to operate in high-threat environments.