Threats
Marines Are Learning from the Ukraine Conflict—But Are Wary of Adjusting Force Design Based on It
Education, training, concepts, and equipment purchases are changing, but not Force Design 2030.
Ideas
Four Lessons that Should Upend the Pentagon’s Five-Year Strategy
From the quick consumption of weapons in Ukraine to rising inflation, the current resourcing plan is untenable.
Policy
Marine Infantry Battalion Experiment Needs More Time, General Says
‘I would expect that this will continue to be a learning process over the next couple of years,’ Maj. Gen. Watson said.
Ideas
We Need More Amphibs, and We Need to Buy Them Smarter
Buying amphibious warships one at a time has left us with too few, and little prospect of closing the gap.
Threats
Pentagon Seeks to Update U.S. Weapons Stocks Depleted by Ukraine Donations
Defense Department's top acquisitions exec says Ukraine war is changing the way the U.S. thinks about stockpiles.
Policy
Biden Already Willing to Increase Recent Defense Spending Request
Just six weeks after requesting $773 billion for 2023, the Pentagon’s No. 2 acknowledges the military may need more money, due to inflation.
Ideas
Defense One Radio, Ep. 99: The role of drones in Russia’s Ukraine invasion
Two drone researchers explain some of the lessons we’ve learned about drone-assisted warfare after almost three months of war in Ukraine.
Threats
For Russia and the West, Ukraine War Is a Study in Supply
“I fully believe that logistics has been an Achilles heel for the Russians,” Army Secretary Wormuth said.
Policy
NCOs: America Has Them, China Wants Them, Russia is Struggling Without Them
Non-commissioned officers, long the “backbone” of the U.S. military, are proving even more crucial on modern battlefields.
Ideas
Don’t Overinflate the Pentagon Budget
There are plenty of perennial problems draining the military’s coffers that need attention.
Threats
China Likely to Use ‘Nuclear Coercion’ in Bid to Take Taiwan by 2027, STRATCOM Chief Says
Adm. Richard urged Congress to restore funding for a ship-based nuclear missile.
Policy