By Daniel Gouré, RealClearDefense: “Soon, the U.S. will have a layered capability that links every sensor with any shooter to create a truly integrated anti-access air and missile defense.”
The U.S. Is Building Its Own Anti-Access Air and Missile Defense System
By Daniel Gouré, RealClearDefense: “Soon, the U.S. will have a layered capability that links every sensor with any shooter to create a truly integrated anti-access air and missile defense.”
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Pentagon Aims to Win Global Race for New Hypersonic Technologies By Oriana Pawlyk, Military.com: “"The Air Force is using prototyping to explore the art of the possible and to advance these technologies to a capability as quickly as possible," spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said in a statement.” With the rise of hypersonics, the Missile Defense Agency wants more sensors (C4ISRNET) The head of the Missile Defense Agency wants the Pentagon to improve its sensors to combat new missile technology coming from Russia and China, according to his testimony before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee April 11. Russian and Chinese Hypersonic Glide Vehicles: Closing the Gap By Davis Florick, NIPP: “Moscow and Beijing have reportedly broached the possibility of arming HGVs with conventional or nuclear munitions thus complicating how the U.S., allies, and partners might handle a crisis situation. Missile Gap Is Looming in Hypersonic Weapons
By Dan Goure, The National Interest: “A new “missile gap” is emerging, one that is based in fact. This is the disparity between the United States and its main competitors, Russia and China, in the field of hypersonic weapons systems.” Presence Is Not Deterrence
By Joseph Hanacek, Proceedings Magazine: “In pursuit of its sailing direction to “operate forward,” the U.S. Navy seems to have confused presence with deterrence and, in so doing, hampered its ability to maintain, train, and equip its forces effectively and sustainably.” Private Enterprise Thriving in Central Europe
By Lanny J. Davis, RealClearDefense: “Recently, Raytheon chose CSG to assist the training of Afghan officers as part of the U.S. Army’s Warfighter Field Operations Customer Support (FOCUS) program.”
Leap-Ahead Technologies: Could They Be the Army's Undoing?
By Matthew Cox, Military.com: “The U.S. Army is locked on a path to replace its tanks, helicopters and other major combat systems -- a daunting venture in itself. But the true challenge for the service may be avoiding the minefield of mistakes that led to the multibillion-dollar demise of another leap-ahead plan, Future Combat Systems, less than a decade ago.”
Building the Hierarchy of Innovation in DoD: A Plan for Action
By Peter Newell, War on the Rocks: “In the process of defining these innovation pipelines we observed that there are distinct types of people who actually drive innovation in the military’s ecosystem: makers and innovators, entrepreneurs, and innovation gurus.”
US Army Eyes Faster Weapons Development with a New Collaboration Hub
// Caroline Houck Super-strong materials, cyber defenses are on the agenda as the Army Research Lab launches new partnerships.
Robert H. Scales writes: The Army’s decision to create a “Futures Command” is long overdue, well-intended, [...] But accelerating the pace of modernization without a rigorous understanding of how militaries anticipate the future of war might run the risk of creating an accelerating engine with greater thrust, but no vectors. - War on the Rocks
Forecasting the Future of Warfare
By Robert H. Scales, War on the Rocks: “The Army’s decision to create a “Futures Command” is long overdue, well-intended, and absolutely necessary if the Army is to emerge from the malaise that has held modernization in its vice for all of this new century. But accelerating the pace of modernization without a rigorous understanding of how militaries anticipate the future of war might run the risk of creating an accelerating engine with greater thrust, but no vectors.”
What is U.S. Army Futures Command?
From the AUSA Global Force Symposium, here's what we've learned about the Army's command devoted to modernizing the service. (Jeff Martin/Staff) What’s next for Futures Command? In an interview before the Global Forces Symposium, Under Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy laid out what’s ahead in the process to stand up the service's newest command. (Jeff Martin & Daniel Woolfolk/Staff) Russia parades war-‘bots for the first rime (War Is Boring) On April 18, 2018, Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu announced that the year’s military parade in Moscow, commemorating the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, will feature new and advanced weaponry. Is Russia on the Doorstep of the Seventh Military Revolution? By Sergey Sukhankin, Eurasia Daily Monitor: “Army General Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, presented his reflections on future conflicts, on March 24. Notably, he argued that “the enemy’s economy and command-and-control system (C2) will be priority targets [for potential Russian attacks].” And aside from traditional warfighting domains, Russian forces will increasingly operate in the information sphere and outer space.” The strengths and weaknesses of Russia's military (Deutsche Welle) Russian armed forces provide Moscow with clear military superiority in the post-Soviet region, despite Russia's troops not being able to match the whole of NATO. The Kremlin is busy modernizing its army, experts told DW. Joshua Rovner writes: Competitive strategies are deliberately risky because by definition, they work by inspiring fear in adversaries. [...] Russia seems vulnerable to competitive strategies because of its oversensitivity and proclivity for overreaction. - War on the Rocks Russia’s strategic bomber force extends long arm (IHS Jane’s 360) On 30 March, Lieutenant General Anatoliy Zhikarev (retd), commander of long-range aviation (DA) in the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) in 2009–16, gave an interview to Russia’s Nezavisimoye Voyennoe Obozreniye ( Independent Military Review ) about the major improvements in the Tu-160M2. How to Respond to Russia’s INF Treaty Violation By Gary Schmitt & James Cunningham, RealClearDefense: “When The New York Times reported that Russia had likely deployed a nuclear-armed cruise missile in violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, declared the treaty “in tatters” and the deployment a lesson “about the price of not confronting aggression.”” Competitive Strategies Against Russia Are Seductive, Dangerous, and Unnecessary By Joshua Rovner, War on the Rocks: “In 1987, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger told Congress, “Wherever possible, we should adopt strategies that make obsolete past Soviet defense investments.” Russia’s Shipbuilding Program: Postponed Blue-Water Ambitions By Ihor Kabanenko, Eurasia Daily Monitor: “Russia’s shipbuilding program for 2011–2020, under which the country plans to build over 100 new warships, is reportedly causing “a very bad feeling” among some Russian naval experts. They describe the current status of the Russian Navy as a “ceremonial fleet” and have suggested that one third of the shipbuilding program has resulted in little more than a “donut hole.”” RUSSIA: Russian Navy Receives Upgraded Ballistic Missile Sub
By Franz-Stefan Gady, The Diplomat: “The Russian Navy took delivery of an upgraded Project 667 BDRM Delta IV-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) this month, according to Russian Deputy Minister of Defense Yuri Borisov. The Precarious State of Civil-Military Relations By Lindsay P. Cohn, War on the Rocks: “More recently, the apparent ramping-up of the U.S. military presence in Syria, Afghanistan, and parts of Africa has continued apace, while lacking a clear and consistent strategic narrative about what this is supposed to accomplish. There is no shortage of things for observers and scholars to worry about when it comes to civil-military relations.” Civil-Military Fusion and the PLA’s Pursuit of Dominance in Emerging Technologies By Lorand Laskai, China Brief: “China’s efforts to become a dominant ‘science and tech superpower’ (科技强国) in technologies like artificial intelligence, quantum communications, robotics and smart manufacturing are well documented. Less is known about how China plans to use CMF to convert its technological push into a long-term military advantage.” Sri Lanka cedes major port to China, fueling tensions (Defense News) Sri Lanka, an island nation in the Indian Ocean the size of West Virginia, has become another flashpoint in regional naval competition. The Global Dimension of China’s Influence Operations By Bates Gill & Benjamin Schreer, The Strategist (ASPI): “...sharp power shouldn’t be conflated with ‘soft power with Chinese characteristics’. Instead, it’s a vital instrument to fulfill President Xi Jinping’s ambition for China to become a global power by piercing, penetrating or perforating the political and information environments in target countries.” What Austria Can Teach the U.S. About Civil-Military Relations By Franz-Stefan Gady, Defense One: “I was raised in a culture in which soldiering is seen as just another dangerous profession.” Xi Doubles Down on Civil-Military Fusion By Lorand Laskai, China Brief: “Amid growing tensions with the United States over technology and trade, China is elevating civil-military fusion to the center of the country’s cybersecurity and informatization agenda.” Tempering the Rhetoric About Civil-Military Relations
By Charlie Dunlap, Small Wars Journal: “The military is hardly as homogenous in its views as many narratives would have you believe.” What the F-35 Can Learn From F-22 Upgrades By Lara Seligman, Aviation Week: “Before there was “C2D2,” the Star Wars-evoking acronym for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 upgrade program, there was the F-22 Raptor’s “Scaled Agile Framework,” or SAFe.” There’s Still No Finish Line in Sight for the F-35 Program (War Is Boring) Jim Roche, then-secretary of the U.S. Air Force, made an announcement on Oct. 26, 2001, that all aviation enthusiasts had been waiting for. A winner had been picked to design and build the Joint Strike Fighter. The Pentagon's Plan to Move F-35 Management to the Services By Valerie Insinna & Aaron Mehta, Defense News: “The Defense Department plans to dissolve the F-35 Joint Program Office and revert to a more traditional management structure where the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps all run their own program offices – eventually.” The F-35's 'Drone-Like' Targeting and Sensor Capabilities
By Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven: ““The F-35s ability to integrate with air, ground and sea platforms is there. We do missions at Edwards AFB where we integrate with aircraft carriers and destroyers,” Lt. Col. Tucker Hamilton, F-35 Test Director, Edwards AFB, told reporters.” Army Air & Missile Defense Faces The Future By Robbin Laird Army aviation at ‘a crossroads’ as future requirements take shape (Defense News) Army aviation has found itself at a “crossroads” where the current fleet of CH-47 Chinook, AH-64 Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk multi-year contracts are “sunsetting” and the Army must decide when and how it takes the leap from the current fleet to a far more advanced rotorcraft, according to Brig. Gen. Wally Rugen, who has taken the lead on the service’s Future Vertical Lift modernization effort. US Army’s Futures Command sets groundwork for battlefield transformation (Defense News) It’s the beginning of a new era in Army acquisition in which soldiers might not have to wait 10 years or longer to see a new weapon or capability in the field, but instead could get modern, new systems in their hands within just a few short years. Army Units Will Be Tasked to Work on Each of Futures Command’s Priorities By Meghann Myers, Defense News: “There are eight cross-functional teams tasked with tackling the Army’s modernization needs, and this time around, leaders are taking care to get soldier feedback from the get-go.” U.S. Army Aviation: Get Your Act Together By Dave Funk, RealClearDefense: “The U.S. Army Aviation is forty years behind best practices in the flying business.” How (Not) to Fight Proxy Wars By C. Anthony Pfaff & Patrick Granfield, The National Interest: “The U.S. Army Aviation is forty years behind best practices in the flying business.” While the Army National Guard has retained the service’s only Short-Range Air Defense capability in its Avenger Battalions for years, the Army is now pushing to prioritize SHORAD in the active force. - Defense News Army Futures Command has yet to officially stand up after initially taking shape just six months ago, but the cross-functional team leaders in charge of the service’s most pressing modernization priorities within the command are already changing. - Defense News Army Secretary: We Will Kill Programs To Fund Big Six By Sydney Freedberg, Breaking Defense: “Dreading the potential return of sequestration cuts in 2020, the Army has started scouring over 800 acquisition programs for things it can cancel to free up funds for its Big Six modernization priorities.” New Army acquisition chief takes on rapid buying (Defense News) Bruce Jette is the new assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology where he is responsible for not only acquisition but also serves as the science adviser to the Army secretary, is the senior research and development official and is responsible for matters related to logistics. Here’s how the Army is trying to catch up to Russia and China on missiles, artillery
(Army Times) While senior officials admit that the Army is currently outgunned and outranged in its artillery and missiles programs, the service’s secretary and top general told Congress that fixing that problem at every level is their top priority. Lockheed Martin unveiled its concept for the Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aerial tanker in a series of images provided to USNI News on Monday by the company. - USNI News
Overcoming the Death of Moore’s Law: The Role of Software Advances and Non- Semiconductor Technologies in the Future Defense Environment By Stuart Vanweele & Ralph Tillinghast, Small Wars Journal: “The Army should lead core technologies when it is imperative and when only the Army will or can lead, shape other technologies by leveraging industrial and academic work to meet Army-specific applications and watch developing technology trends which may impact the Army mission. Thomas Karako and Ian Williams write: The new [Missile Defense Review] will need to address at least two major trends that have emerged over the past several years: the significant advances made by U.S. adversaries in nuclear and missile technology, and the shift to a more competitive footing with near-peer states like Russia and China as noted in the Trump administration’s National Defense Strategy. - Center for Strategic and International Studies Innovation and the Challenger Mentality
By Kareen Hart, Strategy Bridge: “An inherent tension exists in U.S. military culture. Intellectually, military members recognize the need to embrace technological innovation and change to survive in a complex and adaptive environment, yet the military organizational structure favors slow and deliberate development.” How China ends wars Oriana Skylar Mastro | The Washington Quarterly China’s approach to wartime diplomacy, escalation, and mediation all play roles in determining how a hypothetical conflict would unfold in East Asia and what the US role in restoring peace and stability should be. In its three major conflicts since the Cold War began, China has demonstrated a preference only to talk to weaker states, rapidly escalate any conflict to quickly impose peace, and use third parties to pressure its adversaries to concede. Chinese Nuclear Capabilities and Competition With the U.S. By Lorenzo Termine, RealClearDefense: “The NPR points that while the U.S. was seeking a smaller, less dangerous and less powerful atomic stockpile, the PRC moved in the opposite direction, increasing and modernizing its own.” Fewer Checks, More Balancing: How Xi Jinping’s Consolidation of Power Changes the Risk of War By Stephan Pikner, Strategy Bridge: “Since modern China has always been led by a highly authoritarian regime, is the shift from consensus-based decision making by Party elites to a more personalist style of rule merely a distinction without a difference? Does the consolidation of power under President Xi matter, particularly to issues of war and peace?” South China Sea: The Philippine Fissure By Jay Batongbacal, the interpreter: “A new normal is evident in the South China Sea disputes. Last week, Philippine Secretary of Defense Delfin Lorenzana revealed that China continues to exchange radio challenges and responses with Philippine aircraft patrols and resupply missions in the West Philippine Sea. ” Michael J. Green writes: There is a shortage of infrastructure investment to meet the needs of developing nations across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region and most nations have welcomed the opportunity to bid for Chinese funding. At the same time, there are growing questions about the economic viability and the geopolitical intentions behind China’s proposals. - Center for Strategic and International Studies
The Army Needs to Go Big With Futures Command By Daniel Gouré, RealClearDefense: “There has been a great deal of speculation in public fora regarding how far the Army will go with this reform effort and how hard senior leaders will fight to overcome the inevitable resistance from entrenched interests.” The End of the American Way of War By Paul McCleary, Breaking Defense: “For the past two decades, “the Chinese and the Russians have been working to undermine that model,” said Elbridge Colby, deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development.” The Era of Urban Warfare is Already Here By Margarita Konaev & John Spencer, FPRI: “The future of global violence is urban. While rural insurgencies have not vanished, recent trends reflect the rise of intrastate conflict involving non-state actors using the advantages of cites to achieve their political goals.” The Marine Corps is planning for a future that will pit Marines against an enemy well-versed in fighting and hiding in crowded urban areas and equipped with high-tech weapons and communications systems. - USNI News The Army of 2028 will be ready to fight any war, top civilian says
(Defense News) U.S. Army Secretary Mark Esper said the service of 2028 will be ready to fight any war, in his first major speech in the position, which laid out his vision for the future of the service. Army Futures Command taking charge of conjuring up new capability (Defense News) The Army Futures Command (AFC) will take charge of the Army’s processes for conjuring up materiel designs for modernized capability going forward, which means taking some elements from some of the major commands and moving them over to the new organization, Army Undersecretary Ryan McCarthy told Defense News in an exclusive interview just ahead of the Association of the U.S. Army’s Global Force Symposium. CHINA: China Testing Unmanned Tanks
By Gabriel Dominguez & Samuel Cranny-Evans, IHS Jane's 360: “Images have emerged showing a People's Liberation Army (PLA) Type 59 main battle tank (MBT) being remotely operated: an indication that China has begun trials of unmanned tanks as part of a push to modernise its armed forces.” Five Myths About Pentagon Weapons Programs // Frank Kendall As the service secretaries converge on Capitol Hill to talk acquisition reform, it's important to sort fact from fiction. Revamping the Army's Tactical Network By Connie Lee, National Defense Magazine: “Gallagher noted some of his team’s tasks include examining a “unified network transport” that will come after the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical, or WIN-T.” The new National Defense Strategy marks a clear change of direction for the U.S. military. After focusing for almost two decades on limited wars and non-state threats, it is now entering a period of great power competition and the renewed possibility of a major conflict. - War on the Rocks
Navy's Carrier-Launched F-35C to Be War Ready in 2021
By Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven: “The anticipated historical deployment could be accelerated by the 2019 budget proposal which supports a transition of the F-35C program from a developmental phase to more formal test and evaluation before being declared operational later this year.”
U.S. Evolving Middle East Operations of Carrier Strike Group
By Megan Eckstein, USNI News: “The rollback of ISIS forces in Iraq and Syria and changes in how Iran operates in the Persian Gulf are prompting the U.S. Navy to evolve how it operates its carrier strike groups in the Middle East.
Attack Submarine USS Colorado Commissions
By Ben Werner, USNI News: “Construction of Colorado started in 2012 and is the 15th Virginia-class fast attack submarine, and the fifth Virginia-class Block III submarine to be built. Colorado will be the fourth U.S. Navy ship commissioned named for the state of Colorado.
Persian Gulf are prompting the U.S. Navy to evolve how it operates its carrier strike groups in the Middle East. - USNI News
Office of American Innovation leader named to new White House role
(Federal Times) Chris Liddell has been named White House deputy chief of staff for policy coordination, according to a March 19, 2018, White House statement. Liddell joined the administration during the transition, acting as assistant to the president for strategic initiatives and an Office of American Innovation official. The Evolution of Chinese Nuclear Doctrine: Updating or Overhauling? By Lorenzo Termine, RealClearDefense: “Lost in the piles of rubble amid thousands of corpses on that tragic day on 9/11 were small handheld devices which afforded the hijackers a distinct advantage in the small, confined spaces of the aircraft cabins: namely, miniaturized chemical weapons containing CS gas or cayenne pepper.” China irons out high-altitude jet fighter engine faults in boost to defences against India, analysts say (South China Morning Post) Video of Chengdu J-10 and Shenyang J-11 jets flying low over snow-capped mountains was posted on the People’s Liberation Army’s official website on Monday. The jets are part of China’s fleet of third-generation lightweight multi-role fighter aircraft and are powered by Russian AL-31F engines. CHINA: China to Commence Research on Sixth-Gen Fighter From DefenseWorld: “China is preparing to commence research on a sixth-generation fighter aircraft from experience gained in the developing the fifth-generation J-20 stealth jet, its most modern fighter to date.” The Patchy Results of China’s Soft Power Efforts By Merriden Varrall, the interpreter: “Chinese media has reported that the Chinese Ministry of Culture is set to be merged with the National Tourism Association. So what? Well, as Xinhua points out, this is no mere bureaucratic reshuffle.” The Policy-Strategy Distinction: Clausewitz and The Chimera of Modern Strategic Thought By Adam Elkus, Infinity Journal: “Tactics and strategy are frequently mistaken for policy, and policy mistaken for the strategies needed to execute them. Widespread ignorance of policy-strategy in, among others, America holds back a sound analysis of modern security threats and retards the development of intellectual tools needed to cope with them.” Beijing’s Anti-Satellite and Missile Defense Systems: A Threat to Its Neighbors
By Davis Florick, National Institute for Public Policy: “In recent years, Beijing’s investments in missile defense and anti-satellite systems have stood in stark contrast to its sharp criticism of its rivals’ initiatives in the same fields” DIA: Russia 'Probably Developing' Nuke-Armed Drone By Anthony Capaccio, Bloomberg: “DIA also says multiple countries, particularly those with less established weapons programs, seek to build “ever smaller and more sophisticated nuclear weapons.” through their “technical ambitions may lead to compromises in safety” that “could make a weapons accident more likely”” RUSSIA: Russian Submarine Activity at Post-Cold War High
By John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes: ““They are deploying more and they are deploying at a higher rate,” said Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, adding that the Russian navy is regularly maneuvering from the Arctic to the Mediterranean. “The forces they are deploying are being modernized, particularly with their weapons systems.”” Chinese Views on the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review, and Their Implications By Michael S. Chase, China Brief: “Chinese experts assessing the NPR’s implications for China appear to be focusing on its proposals to develop new nuclear capabilities and its listing of several types of non-nuclear strategic attacks that could result in nuclear escalation.” In A Fortnight: Xi’s Other Amendments By Matt Schrader, China Brief: “But mostly lost in the uproar over the end of collective rule was the fact that the proposed amendment is but one of a larger package of amendments proposed by the Central Committee—21 in total—that, as a whole, comprise the largest rewriting of the PRC Constitution since its wholesale revision in 1982.” Systems Confrontation and System Destruction Warfare: How the Chinese People's Liberation Army Seeks to Wage Modern Warfare Jeffrey Engstrom
The People's Liberation Army's approach to training, organizing, and equipping for modern warfare over the past two decades has been influenced by systems thinking. It now characterizes modern warfare as a confrontation between opposing operational systems rather than merely opposing armies. Read more » Special Operations for Strategic Effect: Protracted Campaigns, Rationale and Implications By LTCOL N, The Cove: “Knowledge of the logic that underpins the relationship between special operations campaigns and strategic effect is essential for policymakers and military practitioners, (within and external to the special operations community) if SOF are to achieve the return on the taxpayers’ investment that their existence implies.” How the Network Generation Is Changing the Millennial Military By KC Reid, War on the Rocks: “This new generation is more intellectually prepared for danger and uncertainty, and is full of determination and self-confidence, but it is also uniquely fragile. The U.S. military requires mental toughness beyond what many NetGens possess when they join.” Special Operators Are Getting a Bit More Much-Needed Rest
// Caroline Houck At least two SOF components are on a 'glide path' to the Pentagon's desired optempo. Will China Out-Innovate the West?
Edmund Phelps thinks Asia's giant has discovered what Western economies have forgotten: the engine of productivity growth. Ten Ways to Fix the U.S. Military’s Close Combat Lethality By Steven Cummings, Jeff Cummings, John Kivelin, John Spencer & Scott Cuomo, War on the Rocks: “Last month, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis directed the establishment of a Close Combat Lethality Task Force. The task force's mission is to improve the “combat preparedness, lethality, survivability, and resiliency of our Nation's ground close-combat formations.”” The Key to Good Infantry is Training Squad Leaders
By Keith Nightingale, Task & Purpose: “The position of squad leader is the least experienced and the most junior of all infantry positions. Yet, it often is the most important on the field of battle as well as the least capable of supervision.” Why Are so Many Fighter Pilots Leaving the Air Force? By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media: “For the Air Force, the main issue is retaining pilots after they've gone through years of costly training. And those staffing problems are only likely to get worse in the years ahead." Revitalizing the Air Force’s Aging Four Horsemen By John C. Johnson, National Defense Magazine: “Today's battlefield requires a fully interoperable grid and near instantaneous data sharing. Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information sharing and exploitation with strike platforms has become a mainstay of the modern battlefield. Air Force in Crisis, Part II: How Did We Get Here? By Mike Benitez, War on the Rocks: “Distilling internal Air Force retention data from the flying community reveals the true crisis: the Air Force has not met its fighter pilot retention goal in 10 years. Air Force in Crisis, Part III: It’s All About the Culture By Mike Benitez, War on the Rocks: “The methodology a fighter pilot uses to debrief after a mission is simple yet effective: What happened, why did it happen, and how do you fix it? We Are on the Road to Aviation Retention
By VADM Robert P. Burke, Proceedings Magazine: ““The border wall is only one of the tools we need to secure the border – the wall system also involves mission-ready agents, patrol roads, sensor technology, and support resources.” Navy, Marine Corps Leaders Warn That China Is 'Weaponizing Capital' By Ellen Mitchell, The Hill: “Top Navy and Marine Corps officials on Wednesday expressed concern over China’s expanding global reach and said the superpower was rapidly buying up foreign land to “win without fighting.”” Swifter mobilization, more drills among proposals for PLA BY ASIA TIMES STAFF Armed police may face more drills and reforms after the force was brought under the Central Military Commission With the stated national goal of achieving ‘great power status,’ China’s military modernization efforts have contributed to rising tension in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as between China and the United States.
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