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Gaming Poland’s Military Capabilities Against Russia
Mark Gunzinger, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments, discusses the outcome of recent wargames – conducted in partnership with Polish National Centre for Strategic Studies – that tested Poland’s military capabilities in a notional conflict with Russia.
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A-10 Warthog Replacement: U.S. Air Force Considers Two-Step Approach
The service officials detailed a possible “OA-X” for solely permissive environments, according to Mark Gunzinger, an analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. OA-X would be a low-end, low-cost, non-developmental aircraft meant to augment the Air Force’s existing light attack capabilities, he said…
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Analysts Predict Rifts in US-Turkey Relationship
Inside Turkey, an anti-American backlash has already started, including statements from Turkish officials blaming the US and questioning Kerry’s initial statement about about the coup attempt, which could be read as ambiguous, said Eric Edelman, former US ambassador to Turkey and former undersecretary of defense for policy. He described Kerry and the Obama administration as “badly stung by the level of anti-american rhetoric.”
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Turmoil in Turkey May Damage Defense Relations With U.S.
However, former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Eric Edelman, who has also served in other senior positions in the State and Defense departments, said in a telephone interview that U.S.- Turkish relations may be in for “a bumpy ride.” Edelman is especially concerned about anti-American rhetoric in Turkey alleging that the U.S. had a role in the coup. U.S. Ambassador John Bass on July 18 responded to those allegations. “Some news reports -- and, unfortunately, some public figures -- have speculated that the United States in some way supported the coup attempt,” he said. “This is categorically untrue, and such speculation is harmful to the decades-long friendship between two great nations.”
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Turkey Coup Raises Questions About NATO’s B61 Nuke Posture
“Over the last 67 years and now more so after the coup plot, literally hundreds of general officers have been removed from the system,” says Eric Edelman, who served as the U.S. undersecretary of defense for policy from 2005-09."
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Directed Energy Weapons Gaining Acceptance Across U.S. Military
A directed energy weapon could also be mounted on an MH-60 Black Hawk, he noted. Mark Gunzinger, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, said based on the relatively small size of a helicopter the laser would likely have between 15 and 30 kilowatts of power. “That would pack a pretty good punch” at short ranges against a soft target, he said…