2013-04-16 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake We have heard much about the anti-access, and area-denial threat which China poses to American and allied forces in the Pacific. We have read much about new missiles such as the DF-21, which it is asserted can destroy maneuvering ships at sea to…
2013-04-08 The USN-USMC team is continuing its work on the insertion of force from the sea. The team is working on better integration of the overall maritime force in support of the projection of power from the sea. With significant participation of allies, the goal is better joint and coalition…
2013-04-07 The rise of China in the last 20 years is a significant global event. The challenge for the next twenty is to understand how Chinese military power is intertwined with Chinese power projection and how the West and Asia will respond. But a key element is simply to understand…
2013-04-07 by Richard Weitz The Barack Obama administration’s missile defense policy presents both elements of change and continuity with the plans set out by the previous George W. Bush presidency. The main change is that the administration has deemphasized near-term efforts to develop and apply revolutionary BMD technologies and instead has…
2013-04-04 by Richard Weitz Under both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations, the United States has employed variety of tools to address evolving missile threats. U.S. officials have engaged in bilateral and multilateral diplomacy in an effort to persuade North Korea and Iran to end their nuclear weapons programs…
2013-04-04 by Ed Timperlake Recent events centered in Washington have perfectly captured the difficulty of politically protecting America. No enemy should ever discount the skill, training and weapons of the American military. U.S. soldiers, sailors airman and marines and their leaders in the field, instinctually grasp exactly what General Patton…
2013-04-02 In a recent report looking at the evolution of Chinese robotic air systems, otherwise known as unmanned aerial vehicles, two analysts associated with the 2049 project provide an overview on developments and projected impacts. According to the assessment of Ian Easton and L.C. Russell Hsiao, the PRC is weaving…
2013-04-02 We continued our discussion with Mark Lewis, former Chief Scientist of the USAF and currently head of the Institute for Defense Analysis's Science and Technology Policy Institute. Dr. Lewis is a leading expert on hypersonics. Earlier, we discussed hypersonics with Dr. Lewis, but in this interview we focused on…
