I will be very curious to see how the Space Force shakes out in the next year or so. It s not going away but how it manifests itself could be different, said Victoria Samson, Washington Office director for Secure World Foundation.
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Theresa Hitchens on December 31, 2020 at 2:49 PM
Not sure if this is a black swan, but I would not be surprised if the next administration kicks off an internal review of the services’ roles and responsibilities, with an eye toward reducing excessive redundancy in force structure and capabilities, Mark Gunzinger says
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Theresa Hitchens on December 28, 2020 at 1:55 PM
Airmen install a new cable run on an aging Minuteman III missile.
WASHINGTON: Budget. Budget. Budget. It’s the first word out of the mouths of analysts, former DoD officials and retired brass when asked (in a totally unscientific poll) to opine on the three major issues facing the Air Force in 2021. The tightly entangled questions of how much money will be available, how service leaders want to spend it, and what Congress will allow them to
Russia and China have both made fast progress modernizing their respective nuclear arsenals.
Here s What You Need to Remember: While no one is advocating any move to cut corners or decrease the effectiveness of weapons development, the idea is to leverage newer technologies, realize the competitive global environment, and move new platforms to completion on an expedited, massively accelerated basis. This is already happening, as the Air Force’s prototype sixth-generation stealth fighter has taken to the sky years ahead of schedule.
The pace at which China is adding carriers, destroyers and amphibious ships is staggering, the Russians reportedly already operate hypersonic missiles and possibly even satellite-launched missiles and both Iran and North Korea seek advanced nuclear weapons such as intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and tactical nuclear-armed rockets.
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There was no warning when Chuck Yeager indulged in a moment of sentimentality after we landed one day in 2000 at San Antonio’s Stinson Municipal Airport.
As we taxied back in a P-51 Mustang, he spoke of his late wife, Glennis, saying he didn’t think he’d ever find anyone like her again.
In the couple of years I’d known the retired brigadier general a living American legend Yeager had never said anything so personal.
Getting personal wasn’t his way. Charles Elwood Yeager, who died on Dec. 7 at 97, had a crusty exterior.
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Despite the disruptions of 2020, Army modernization officials have been testing new, longer-range and more precise infantry weapon systems.
They ve also announced efforts that could lead to future machine guns, precision grenade launchers and possibly even hand-held directed energy weapons.
Here are a few of the weapons systems that soldiers could soon be wearing and carrying.
Despite all the disruptions of 2020, Army modernization officials have tested new, longer-range and more precise infantry weapon systems. They also announced efforts that could lead to future machine guns, precision grenade launchers and possibly even hand-held directed energy weapons.
Soldier lethality is a key Army modernization priority, one that has gained momentum since the service unveiled a strategy in 2017 to equip combat units with a new generation of air and ground combat systems.