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Carried away: The inside story of how the Carl Vinson's canceled port visit sparked a global crisis
In early April, officials at U.S. Pacific Command were developing plans to respond to a sharp rise in tensions with North Korea. Defense Secretary James Mattis ordered PACOM C...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Time is running out for Congress to settle on budget
Congress returns from recess Monday to reckon with the looming threat of a government shutdown and the likelihood that no matter what resolution lawmakers reach for the stalle...
By Paul Scharre
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Army tests drone-killing lasers as threat grows on the battlefield
As Islamic State-piloted commercial drones complicate the offensive in Mosul, sending Iraqi troops scattering as grenades and bomblets rain down, the Army has field tested veh...
By Paul Scharre
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How Dangerous is North Korea's Navy?
In the event of a war with on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea’s naval forces might prove to be nuisance to allied forces if they are operating close to shore, but the threat...
By Jerry Hendrix
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US military considers shooting down North Korea missile tests
The US military is considering shooting down North Korean missile tests as a show of strength to Pyongyang, two sources briefed on the planning have told the Guardian. Amid he...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump Gives Generals More Freedom on ISIS Fight
U.S. military commanders are stepping up their fight against Islamist extremism as President Donald Trump’s administration urges them to make more battlefield decisions on the...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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The North Korean Crisis And The Need For A 350 Ship Navy
In The News
Captain Jerry Hendrix (USN, ret,) is a key naval strategist at CNAS, and co-author with Robert C. O’Brien of a Politico Magazine article published last week on the need for (a...
By Jerry Hendrix
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US Drops Most Powerful Non-Nuclear Bomb in Afghanistan
The U.S. military on Thursday dropped the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in its arsenal against the Islamic State in Afghanistan, marking the first ever combat use of the mass...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Trump’s Navy in 2024
Jerry Hendrix joined the John Batchelor Show to discuss the future of the U.S. Navy. Listen below or at The John Batchelor Show....
By Jerry Hendrix
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Can McMaster 'ground' White House foreign policy on the fly?
Long before he became a statesman, H.R. McMaster was known as a scholar, writing a best-selling book that criticized US military commanders for failing to stand up to Lyndon J...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Syria strikes just the latest mission for the Navy's Spain-based workhorses
When President Trump decided to strike at the Assad regime, two names that have become familiar to commanders in Washington, to Russia and the rest of the region were mentione...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense experts press Congress for more reforms
A trio of former defense officials on Tuesday pushed lawmakers to keep passing reforms to make the Pentagon more agile and efficient, even as it digests Congress' last batch. ...
By Michèle Flournoy
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April 23: The Day China Launches Its New Aircraft Carrier?
China’s first indigenously built aircraft carrier could be set to launch on April 23—the 68th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army Navy. The Type 001A carrier—thought t...
By Jerry Hendrix
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China's Next Aircraft Carrier: Everything We Know (So Far)
Construction of China’s third aircraft carrier is well underway at the Jiangnan Changxingdao shipyard in Shanghai. The massive vessel—dubbed the Type 002—is China’s first c...
By Jerry Hendrix
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CNAS Releases New Report “War Control: Chinese Writings on the Control of Escalation in Crisis and Conflict”
As President Trump prepares to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Center for a New American Security Defense Strategies and Assessments Program has released a new rep...
By Neal Urwitz
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Defense One: The D Brief
And now for something completely different: exosuits and their impact on gender integration in the military. Lauren Fish of the Center for New American Security shared her tho...
By Lauren Fish
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Trump’s Military Buildup Promises Little For The Working Grunts
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the new aircraft carrier President Donald Trump praised recently, is costing some $13 billion to build. That doesn’t count the airplanes. It’s the most...
By Paul Scharre
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Chinese missile-test sites appear to mirror US bases in Japan
As worrisome as North Korea’s missile capability has become, defense experts say China is a more potent threat to U.S. interests in Asia, with Beijing capable of showering bas...
By CDR Thomas Shugart, USN
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How the US Military Could Spend $54 Billion
Last Thursday, President Trump released his first budget proposal, outlining billions of dollars in cuts from programs designed to protect the environment, help the poor, and ...
By Paul Scharre & Adam Routh
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Trump Shifting Authority Over Military Operations Back to Pentagon
President Trump is shifting more authority over military operations to the Pentagon, according to White House officials, reversing what his aides and some generals say was a t...
By Michèle Flournoy
