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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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Defense / Middle East Security
Syria strikes just the latest mission for the Navy's Spain-based workhorsesWhen 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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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
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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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
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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Defense / Technology & National Security
Trump’s Military Buildup Promises Little For The Working GruntsThe 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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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Chinese missile-test sites appear to mirror US bases in JapanAs 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
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Why Strategies Disappoint—and How to Fix Them
It’s a new administration, which means it is time for a new round of national security documents. From the National Security Strategy on down, over the next months, the White ...
By Michèle Flournoy, Richard Fontaine & Shawn Brimley
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The cost of America's increasingly expensive military fighter jets
In late February, President Donald Trump announced a $54 billion increase in military spending. This week, he revealed where he's going to get the money from. On the chopping ...
By Steven Kosiak
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US Needs 12 Carrier Strike Groups in the 350 Ship Navy.
Donald Trump campaigned explicitly on the promise to grow the size of the United States Navy to 350 ships from its low of 271 ships in the fall of 2015 as part of his plan to ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense / Technology & National Security
How Intelligent Drones Are Shaping the Future of WarfareThe drones fell out of the sky over China Lake, California, like a colony of bats fleeing a cave in the night. Over 100 of them dropped from the bellies of three Boeing F/A-18...
By Paul Scharre
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Rumblings of a ‘Deep State’ Undermining Trump? It Was Once a Foreign Concept
President Trump’s allegations that former President Barack Obama tapped his phone and his assertions that the bureaucracy is leaking secrets to discredit him are the latest si...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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McMaster Faces Limits in Overhauling Flynn’s NSC
President Donald Trump’s newly installed national security advisor was promised full authority to reorganize the National Security Council to his liking after his predecessor ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Some Military Experts Say Trump’s Defense Budget Doesn’t Add Up
It appeared to be a classically braggadocios claim from President Donald Trump: The new administration's budget for 2018 would add $54 billion to the defense budget, "one of t...
By Paul Scharre
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Trump touts increased military spending but some lawmakers call for more
In his first address to Congress, President Donald Trump on Tuesday touted his plans to build up the military with more spending, a promise he has pursued since his campaign. ...
By Paul Scharre & Adam Routh