Nimitz-class carriers early but keep building the more capable
Ford-class carriers.
The Marine Corps says it wants to retire “tired iron” – early-model F-18 fighters – as quickly as possible and buy F-35s.
The M2 Bradley has been repeatedly upgraded since its introduction, but after 40 years in service, the vehicle is reaching its limits.
The Army wants to replace its Bradley combat vehicle with another, modernized troop carrier, albeit a potentially self-driving one, the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle. Similarly, it wants to replace its Apache attack helicopters with a futuristic attack reconnaissance aircraft.
The strategists’ definition: old
kinds of systems. Many strategists say that all these approaches are wrong, mired in “old think” and ignoring new ways of warfare. These strategists focus on the demands of great power conflict, particularly in the Indo-Pacific. They envision such a conflict employing a radically different set of operational concepts
How Strategic Ambiguity on Taiwan Benefits the United States
No matter how much Washington is keen to support Taiwan against China, there may be certain scenarios under which Washington may choose not to intervene.
Despite the setback of Covid-19, the economic, political, and military power China has amassed to date has emboldened the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership to not only crush pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, but to punish Australia economically, confront India militarily, and arbitrarily lock up ethnic Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and Kyrgyz in Xinjiang.
Now that the promises made under the “one country, two systems” proposal to Hongkongers in their return to China have been revealed to be empty, the CCP has turned its focus on the most important piece of Chairman Xi Jinping’s “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation” that of “reunifying“ Taiwan, a self-ruled island nation claimed but never ruled by the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
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email Biden’s Interim National Security Guidance Is a Good, If Small, First Step
Next come the big questions: what is America’s current status, and where do we want to go?
The 7,000-word Interim National Security Strategic Guidance issued March 3 by the Biden White House is, first and foremost, a stopgap political statement designed to reassure the general public that mindful professionals are back in town, here to rescue us from the mindless amateurs who preceded them. It reminds us, without intending to do so, that a
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White House Cuts Live Feed Before Questions.
The White House promptly cut a live feed yesterday after President Joe Biden announced that he’d be happy to take questions from Democratic lawmakers. WATCH THIS: The White House cut a virtual event feed earlier after President Biden says he s happy to take questions from House Democrats. pic.twitter.com/nnvWT4yyPd
Biden Calls Mask Skepticism “Neanderthal Thinking.”
Only a “Neanderthal” would question the efficacy of mask-wearing at this point, according to Biden. (This, on the one year anniversary of the weekend Anthony Fauci told the world that mask wearing wasn’t necessary, by the way).