Robert Beckhusen
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Military Strategy
China's Expert Fighter Designer
There’s aircraft designers, and then there’s ace designers. There are thousands of engineers around the world producing planes, but ace designers only...

Iran
Iran's Military Is Weak Even Without Sanctions
Iran and the P5+1 coalition of six major powers have reached a historic deal to halt Tehran’s nuclear enrichment program. Some months from now, as...

Military Strategy
What Does a Major 21st Century War Look Like?
Scattered along America’s coastlines are hundreds of rusting, mothballed Navy ships. The United States doesn’t keep these reserve vessels floating...

Air Warfare
The U.S. Ignored Ramadi...Until Now
The American-led air campaign over Iraq has a patternâ?? —â??

SOCOM / SOF
Everything that's Mind-Boggling about the Jade Helm Panic
It was just supposed to be another military exercise. American Special Forces troops would practice carrying out covert operations at several...

Terrorism
ISIS Tactics Are Similar to Nazi Germany's
In January, Kurdish troops launched a major offensive that broke Islamic State’s lines in northern Iraq. In response, the jihadist group sent 14 giant...

Russia
Russia's Stealth Fighter Is in Serious Trouble
Just a short time ago, Russia planned to have 52 advanced T-50 stealth fighters by the end of the decade. At least, that was the plan.

Land (Conventional Warfare)
East Asia's Bloodiest Border War
On March 31, the government of Myanmar signed a major ceasefire agreement with 16 rebel groups. But the ceasefire didn’t include the Kokang.

Military Strategy
The Future of War: Swarms of Missiles and Drones
One of the most important jobs for an air force is suppressing enemy air defenses. It means hacking, jamming or otherwise blowing up radars and...

Africa
Ethiopia: Small Defense Budget, Mighty Military
There’s a few unusual things about Ethiopia. First, it has a pretty small military budget.

Eight Months of Epic Fury and Still No Internal Alternative
By Stephen D. Cook • RealClearDefense
The Readiness Cliff: Pacific Lessons Drawn from the Middle East
By Brian McSorley • RealClearDefense
The Pentagon’s Real Modernization Problem Is Time, Not Technology
By Bruce Allen Lubbering • RealClearDefense
The World His Mother Opened
By Carlo J.V. Caro • RealClearDefense_underway_on_5_January_1945_(80-G-301306)-500x500.jpg&w=128&q=75&dpl=dpl_b4z9kRAur4hKL7cdKLa4NMnWKbQq)
Wake Island Lessons for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations
By Brian J. Dunn • RealClearDefense
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Wake Island Lessons for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations
By Brian J. Dunn • RealClearDefense
U.S. Navy Expands Unmanned Mine Hunting
By Global Defense News
MRF-SEA Will Maintain Continuous Presence in the Philippines
By Mahadzir, USNI News
Space Force Weighs Proliferated Cislunar Satellite Constellation
By C. Albon, A&SF
America-Class Amphibs Enable New Ship-to-Shore Attack Strategies
By Warrior M.
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