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Slaughter in the East China Sea
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The year is 2030. Chinese troops seize a Japanese island in the South China Sea. Japan dispatches an amphibious task force to retake the island. Soon, U.S. warships and aircra...
By Chris Dougherty, Susanna V. Blume, Becca Wasser & Dr. ED McGrady
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‘How Much and How Fast’: Biden Watchers Anticipate Defense Spending Crunch
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Defense spending is likely to decline or at least flat-line in the coming years, regardless of who wins November’s presidential election. The pressures on the economy from the...
By Susanna V. Blume, Robert O. Work & Robert F. Hale
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Pandemic gives Navy ‘opportunity’ to revise its long-term plans
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Even before the pandemic hit the service hard, the U.S. Navy was in rough seas. The lingering aftermath of two deadly collisions in 2017, constant leadership turnover, and pre...
By Susanna V. Blume
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US military poised for post-pandemic shift
The novel coronavirus pandemic may soon lead to big changes in the U.S. military. COVID-19 has torn apart U.S. society so much that it is redefining national security, defens...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Foreign powers test US defenses amid coronavirus pandemic
U.S. adversaries are probing America's defenses as the world is preoccupied with the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. In the past two weeks, Russia, China, Iran and No...
By Susanna V. Blume
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The Pentagon is racing against inflation for military might
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In 2017, the top two officials at the Pentagon — then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joe Dunford — testified to Congress that...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Vital Signs 2020: Industrial Base Could Struggle to Surge Production in Wartime
The U.S. industrial base would be challenged to ramp up production to meet wartime requirements in the event of a protracted great power conflict, analysts and Pentagon offici...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Congress weighs closing up No. 3 office at the Pentagon
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Just three years after Congress created a new civilian position focused on Defense Department reforms and named it the No. 3 official in the Pentagon, key lawmakers are leanin...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Joint Base Charleston, Parris Island projects are in peril if Congress can’t pass a budget
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Congress avoided a government shutdown by passing a resolution to keep spending the same through next month, but the move could slow two vital construction projects: at Joint ...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Pentagon Underinvesting in Artificial Intelligence
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In recent years, defense officials have been banging the drum about the importance of adopting artificial intelligence to assist with everything from operating autonomous plat...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Army 'Night Court' deep cuts revealed as Esper eyes expanding process Pentagon-wide
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The Army's "Night Court" process cut $25 billion from legacy weapon systems to spend more on emerging technologies, with $15 billion coming from program eliminations and reduc...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Pentagon takes aim at China and Russia in proposed $750 billion budget
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The Pentagon on Tuesday unveiled details of the $750 billion national defense budget that the Trump administration has asked Congress to pass, calling it an example of how the...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Trump pumps up Pentagon war-fighting account in bid to fund defense over domestic programs
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President Trump asked for a massive increase in the Pentagon’s war-fighting account in an attempt to spend more on defense without having to cut a deal with Democrats on domes...
By Susanna V. Blume
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How Trump’s new chief of staff can impact the FY20 defense plan
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Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney’s takeover, at least temporarily, of the White House chief of staff position could have repercussions for defense spendi...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Pentagon braces for leaner Mideast war budget after Democrats win House
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The Pentagon is preparing for another era of lean budgets that defense officials worry could chip away at the military’s readiness to fight in the Middle East after the US Hou...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Department of Defense Ordered to Make 5% Budget Cut
The Trump Administration has directed all federal agencies and departments to make 5% budget cuts. This includes the Department of Defense whose officials assert it needs 2 to...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Trump’s border deployments could cost $200 million by year-end
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The total price of President Trump’s military deployment to the border, including the cost of National Guard forces that have been there since April, could climb well above $2...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Politicos are pushing to rebuild Tyndall, but should the Air Force bother?
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The Trump administration has vowed to rebuild Tyndall Air Base, the hurricane-ravaged home of the Air Force’s F-22 Raptor training fleet, though it seems the Air Force faces a...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Military issues largely MIA on the campaign trail
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For months, President Donald Trump’s campaign trail speeches have included the same version of the same applause line on national security. “Our military will soon be more po...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Inflection point: Army wrestles to strike balance between current and future capability
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The Army is at an inflection point. It’s a statement its top leaders have acknowledged countless times in recent months as they have made the case to begin major investment in...
By Susanna V. Blume
