“We have to demonstrate a resolve as a country and as an alliance that prevents the worst-case scenario from happening or nobody’s going to care how much [readiness] I preserved for the future,” Air Mobility Command head Gen. Mike Minihan said in an exclusive interview.
By Valerie Insinna“We’ve seen Russian soldiers — short of weapons and morale — refusing to carry out orders, sabotaging their own equipment and even accidentally shooting down their own aircraft,” said Sir Jeremy Fleming.
By Colin Clark“Acute is a sharper, sort of more immediate word,” said Mark Cancian, a senior adviser to the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “I think that’s a response to Ukraine, and the fact that this is not a long term challenge, it is immediate [and] happening today.”
By Valerie Insinna“The budget was done before Russia invaded Ukraine. That does not mean that our strategy is off in any way,” a senior defense official told reporters.
By Valerie InsinnaLawmakers’ concerns echoed similar worries brought up earlier this month during a hearing with the heads of US Central Command and US Africa Command.
By Justin KatzRussian and Chinese international weapon sales are continuing on a downward trend from last year’s report.
By Justin Katz“The lesson every Taiwanese is learning from what we are seeing in Ukraine is that we have to defend ourselves, no one else will fight for our democracy like we can,” said Kolas Yotaka, spokeswoman for Taiwan’s presidential office.
By Chris Horton“If they pursue the maximalist plan, we judge it will be especially challenging for the Russians to hold and control Ukrainian territory and install a sustainable pro-Russian regime in Kiev in the face of what we assess is likely to be persistent and significant insurgency,” said Avril Haines, director of national intelligence.
By Andrew EversdenRussia’s invasion of Ukraine has only highlighted an American strategy that is out of date and
leaves us ill-prepared for modern, global threats.
With the attention of the world on Ukraine, China has an opportunity to see how the globe reacts to a major power forcefully invading land it has long coveted. In this op-ed, former House intelligence committee chairman Mike Rogers warns about the lessons China might be learning to one day apply to Taiwan, and what…
By Mike RogersOn Russia, the Air Force secretary said, “If President Putin thought he could divide NATO, divide Europe, and even divide the United States, he was wrong. Now it’s up to all of us to ensure that something like this doesn’t happen again.”
By Valerie Insinna“The United States has not lost focus on the Indo-Pacific region, and […] Xi should not get any ideas from Putin’s aggression,” says Jacob Stokes at CNAS.
By Colin ClarkThere is one bright spot in the ongoing US-China space traffic brouhaha: Beijing has begun publishing for the first time the basic orbital positions of its crewed space station.
By Theresa Hitchens
Lisa Porter and Mike Griffin, the Pentagon’s two top research and engineering officials during the Trump administration, lay out the case for new conventional long-range strike options in the Pacific.
By Lisa J. Porter and Michael D. Griffin