In fact, it takes a lot of everything to conduct even one air operation much less meet the requirements of a global superpower. By the standards of modern air warfare, the campaign against ISIS (Operation Inherent Resolve) is not a big affair. Nevertheless, this small war against an adversary with no air force or even…
Aircraft Carriers Provide Best Value to the Nation In Uncertain Times
Which military platform or system is best suited for the uncertain and dangerous times in which we live? If you could choose one would it be a long-range bomber (B-1, 2, 52 or the new LRS-B), fighter aircraft (F-15, 16, 18, 22 or the new F-35), the M-1 Abrams tank or Stryker Infantry Fighting Vehicle…
Is There A Case for A Larger US Amphibious Fleet?
It has become something of a meme among military planners that we are living through a period in international relations marked by unparalleled complexity, uncertainty and even chaos. As a consequence, the military finds it hard to know how to respond or what kind of forces to build. Force planners go back and forth, vacillating…
This Is No Time to Be Buying Additional Russian Rocket Engines
No military in the world is as critically dependent as ours on space. Reliance on space assets for military purposes requires assured access and assured access is a function, in turn, of the ability to lift payloads into space at a variety of altitudes and orbital geometries. U.S. military access to space is critically dependent…