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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 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 / 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
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CNAS Press Note: President Trump’s Defense Spending Request
Washington, February 28 – As the Trump administration prepares to submit a defense budget request calling for a 10 percent increase in defense spending, Center for a New Ameri...
By Paul Scharre & Adam Routh
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Repeal Of Anti-Corruption Rule May Hurt National Security, Critics Warn
One of the very first bills President Trump signed into law this month killed a Securities and Exchange Commission rule meant to promote transparency in countries riddled with...
By Kate Bateman
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Marine Corps looks to empower squad leaders with new combat tech
The Marine Corps is planning to field new high-tech combat gear — a rifle-mounted laser range finder — that will give squad leaders some extraordinary new capabilities and re...
By Adam Routh
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Defense / Technology & National Security
CNAS, Bard College’s Center for the Study of the Drone Launch New Database on UASThe Center for a New American Security and Bard College’s Center for the Study of the Drone have introduced a database designed to help the public and policymakers learn about...
By Ben FitzGerald, Paul Scharre & JaRel Clay
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Center for a New American Security and the Center for the Study of the Drone Release “The Drone Database”The Center for a New American Security has released The Drone Database, a tool aimed at helping policymakers and the public understand the scope and implications of global dro...
By JaRel Clay
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Press Release
Defense / Technology & National Security
CNAS Releases Report on Automation and the Patriot Air and Missile Defense SystemThe Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Future of Warfare Initiative has released a new report, “Patriot Wars: Automation and the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System....
By Neal Urwitz
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Trump’s NATO critique reverberates across Europe
Philip Bilden, a Hong Kong-based business executive at the investment firm HarbourVest, has emerged as a new leading candidate to be the new president’s Navy secretary, accord...
By Shawn Brimley
