Ben Connable
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U.S. Marine Corps
The Marines Got Rid of Their Tanks. Is Ukraine Making Them Look Smart, or Too Smart for Their Own Good?
Anyone watching video footage of the war in Ukraine has seen Ukrainian light infantry destroying lots of Russian tanks. In one video , a British NLAW...
Russo-Ukraine War
Vladimir Putin Has Almost No Chance of Successfully Occupying Ukraine
Ukrainians are bravely defending their country against Russian aggression, but President Vladimir Putin’s forces have seized or are on the verge of...
Land (Conventional Warfare)
Updated: Russian Occupation of Ukraine Troop-to-Task Estimate
In early February, I published a detailed forecast estimating the number of troops the Russians would have to deploy to successfully occupy part of...
Russo-Ukraine War
Will the Ukrainians Fight?
Russia’s inartfully veiled invasion of Ukraine is underway. Within days or hours—perhaps by the time this article is published—well over 100,000...
Russo-Ukraine War
Troop-to-Task: A Russian Invasion of Ukraine
In this December 8, 2021, Real Clear Defense article , I argued that while Vladimir Putin could easily seize eastern Ukraine, he would regret his...
Russo-Ukraine War
Putin Can Take Eastern Ukraine, But He Won't Like What He Gets
Russia appears poised to invade Ukraine. Probably over 100,000 troops are already crouched in position along the country’s northeastern and...
Indo-Pacific/Asia
Will to Fight: Are Americans and Chinese Ready to Die for Taiwan?
We do not understand our own (or China’s) will to fight. A war with China over Taiwan would generate high casualties, destabilize the global economy,...
U.S. Marine Corps
Afghanistan: What Now, Marine?
Many formerly-serving U. S.
Reflecting on an Epic Horse Campaign in the Mountains of Afghanistan
By Brian Glyn Williams • RealClearDefense
The Godfather of American Foreign Policy Realism Speaks to Today’s World
By Francis P. Sempa • RealClearDefense
In Pursuit of Nuclear Abolition
By Peter Huessy • RealClearDefense
Innovation Alone Won’t Prepare the U.S. for the Future Battlefield
By Joshua Segal • RealClearDefense
The sUAS Tactical Trifecta
By Bryan T. Woody • RealClearDefense
Navy Civilianizes Six Former Flag Billets, Reduces Six to Captains
By Mongilio, USNI N.
Raytheon's $8B Contract for Strategic Comms Terminal Modernization
By M+A El
America’s Maritime Moment Will Not Wait
By CDR Salamander
Armor Up?
By Marine Corps Compass Points
Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki • RealClearDefense
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