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The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers in the Twenty-First Century China’s Rise and the Fate of America’s Global Position
Regarding China's fifth-generation fighter program, Jesse Sloman and Lauren Dickey underscore that “engines are a critically important component of any fighter aircraft…. [W]ithout a reliable, high-performance turbofan engine to power them,” the fifth-generation fighter program “will be crippled.”
GOP Delays Budget Blueprint
Kate Blakeley, an analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments who used to work at the Congressional Research Service, weighed in. "Sounds like they will couple topline discretionary numbers -- possibly lower than the budget deal of 2015 -- with a menu of proposals to cut mandatory programs -- Social Security, Medicare, etc. Probably reprising frequent pitches like raising the eligibility age for [Social Security]," she wrote in an email...
New Possible Chinese Radar Installation on South China Sea Artificial Island Could Put U.S., Allied Stealth Aircraft at Risk
Bryan Clark, a maritime analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), said that while a high frequency radar on the island could have some law enforcement value – like similar radars the U.S. uses to detect drug runners in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean — it’s likely an HF radar on Cuarteron has a secondary military use to detect stealth aircraft.
Quest for Greater Lethality Drives Navy Modernization Plans (UPDATED)
The Navy is teeing up a number of high-tech projects aimed at boosting the firepower of its platforms, but challenges lie ahead as the service prepares to fight advanced adversaries.
CBARS Drone Under OSD Review; Can A Tanker Become A Bomber?
All the measures that would allow CBARS to become a bomber, however, would make it less efficient or more expensive as a tanker. That’s why former Navy Undersecretary Bob Martinage, now at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, was less optimistic.
China’s HQ-9 Missile Placement Underlines Pentagon Focus on A2/AD
Robert Martinage, a former undersecretary of the Navy now with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, says the weapon placement is not a game-changer in and of itself, but “it could be the canary in the coalmine, a harbinger of what’s to come.” If China expands its deployment of advanced defenses, Martinage said, it would have “significant operational implications” for the US and its allies.