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To alleviate equipment shortfalls and enable the military tofulfill current and future missions, Congress must fully fund theArmy's Future Combat Systems program and the addition of an eighthStryker brigade. 

Munitions shortages, failed audits and surveillance gaps exposed by the Chinese balloon ultimately shot down off South Carolina suggest that America’s military-industrial complex may no longer be fit for purpose.

WASHINGTON — It was envisioned as the centerpiece of a $200 billion program revolutionizing how the U.S. Army would fight. Now it’s languishing in storage in Virginia, a 25-ton symbol

The Obama Administration's core defense budget request for fiscalyear 2010 (not including funding for overseas contingency operations) will absorb 3.8 percent of gross domestic product(GDP). This points to a future in which the military will be unableto acquire the modern weapons and equipment for a prudent nationalsecurity strategy. Congress needs to work toward a core defensebudget that is at least 4 percent of GDP.

Recently, the U.S. Air Force unveiled its first new strategic bomber in 34 years — a boomerang-shaped stealth plane called the B-21 Raider that may ultimately cost taxpayers some $200

The Biden administration trumpets its promises to defend the free world. But it isn’t yet willing to provide sufficient means — a dangerous mismatch in an era of authoritarian adventurism.

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Despite the war in Ukraine and China’s growing belligerence toward Taiwan, US defence spending shows it is sleepwalking into what is a decisive decade for geopolitics.

A redesign already trimmed the troop compartment from nine passengers to six, BAE says. Want to upgrade the engine? Load new software? Add a drone-killing laser? Unlike on the old Bradley, there’s plenty of room.

A year into the invasion of Iraq, then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld visited Iraq-bound soldiers in a remote desert camp somewhere in Kuwait. With the holiday season in full swing, the Secretary may have expected a quick meet-and-greet to reiterate that the well being of the troops remained a priority. The soldiers, however, had other plans in mind.