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China Is Fueling a Submarine Arms Race in the Asia-Pacific
That’s because while China has spent billions of dollars upgrading many aspects of its armed forces, from fighter jets to naval destroyers, its ability to carry out anti-submarine warfare still lags behind, said Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
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Why Japan and South Korea Should Fear North Korea’s Underwater Nuclear Weapons
“This development would potentially give the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] a relatively secure second-strike capability. This could reduce the value of the U.S. nuclear deterrent against the North Koreans,” Bryan Clark a senior naval analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments told The National Interest.
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New Government Reports Remind Washington That Budget Landscape Remains Uncertain
Kate Blakeley, a defense budget analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, said the reports released by OMB and CBO illustrate how gridlocked Congress remains. "Right now, these reports on sequestration and the current BCA cap limits are a reminder that the BCA caps are still in force, and highlight the gulf that exists between the Senate and House [defense authorization] and appropriations bills," she said.
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HASC Chairman Proposes Defense Strategy for Next President
The House Armed Services Committee chairman from Clarendon, Texas, co-authored the article with Andrew Krepinevich Jr., a national defense expert at Leesburg, Virginia-based Solarium and a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. The piece offers their thoughts on a defense strategy the new president will need deploy to successfully protect the country and its interests.
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4-Star Pacific Fleet Boss Releases New Guidance Amid Increasing Uncertinty
The serious tone of the guidance reflects the growing threat of great power conflict between the U.S. and China, said Bryan Clark, a retired submarine officer and former senior aid to Chief of Naval Operations Jon Greenert.
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The ISIS War Has a New Commander – And ISIS May Be The Least Of His Worries
“It’s hard to imagine walking into a more difficult scenario than General MacFarland did last year,” said Peter Haynes, a retired Navy captain who is now a military strategist at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington. “However, I think General Townsend is walking into an even greater challenge.”