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America needs to spend more on defense. As a fiscal conservative, I do not say that lightly. Today's force must stay ready while we build the next one, and that costs money. Calling the refusal to ...

Two Iranian messages went out in the same week of September. On September 20, a group of lawmakers in Tehran submitted a bill under the parliament's "triple urgency" procedure calling for Iran ...

War Secretary Pete Hegseth recently announced an aggressive and necessary plan to fundamentally reshape the senior leadership of the United States military. In a forceful move to eliminate redundant ...

For centuries, military power has rested on the assumption that the country with more soldiers, better weapons, and bigger fleets held the advantage on the battlefield. After World War II, no country ...

Test the path from battlefield need to fielded capability before war sets the deadline Before the first arrow flew at Agincourt on October 25, 1415, the English had prepared not just to fight, but to ...

In the strategic planning rooms at the Pentagon and across the sprawling flight lines of the United States Air Force, a dramatic shift in air superiority doctrine is underway. The Boeing F-15, a ...

Enabling concept-driven transformation through integrated aviation and ground training for contested, multidomain operations Training for the fight the Army expects to face As Army aviation adapts to ...

For years, I have advocated for evaluating the warfighting and command capabilities of colonels and Navy captains aspiring to be general and flag officers. Finally, someone has done something about ...

A new combination of surveillance, drones and precision strike is eroding the old assumption that navies could generate sea control through superior ships, vessels, aircraft and operational skills ...

Waging a "permanent contest" with China in the South Pacific, Australia is building new alliances and a new security system. Treaties signed with Island states are driven by fear and shock in ...