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The Russia Contingency with Michael Kofman - War on the Rocks
A bi-weekly podcast featuring in-depth analysis of Russia’s military power and the war in Ukraine, with your favorite expert on the topic.
U.S. Troops in Syria Are Critical For Multiple Missions: Keep Them On
Mar 8, 2024 · The Middle East has long been defined by complex conflicts, yet pride of place is likely Syria since the outbreak of the civil war in 2011. U.S. forces, operating there since 2014, officially against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), are involved in one of the more perplexing elements of that conflict.
Delivering the Army of 2030 - War on the Rocks
Aug 6, 2023 · The U.S. Army is transforming how it prepares to fight and win the nation’s wars. Senior Army leaders developed fresh concepts and logic to guide the Army’s most significant transformation in the past 40 years to ensure the service retains the capability to defeat current and future adversaries.
Addressing the U.S. Military Recruiting Crisis
Mar 10, 2023 · The other services barely met their active-duty recruiting goals last year, but it will be harder for them to do so in 2023. They all accelerated their delayed entry applicants at the end of the last fiscal year, leaving them with a far shallower pool to draw from this year. The Marine Corps may be able to compensate for this problem because its outstanding retention rates last year enabled it ...
The Tank Is Not Obsolete, and Other Observations About the …
Sep 6, 2022 · After six months of war in Ukraine, some observers have insisted that “we are seeing the very nature of combat change” and that tanks, along with fighter jets and warships, “are being pushed into obsolescence.” But it is too soon to write off the tank, and we should resist jumping to other sweeping conclusions about the future of warfare based on a conflict whose lessons are not yet clear.
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Feeding the Bear: A Closer Look at Russian Army Logistics and the …
Nov 23, 2021 · Most of these wargames, such as RAND’s Baltic study, focus on fait accompli, an attack by the Russian government aimed at seizing terrain — then quickly digging in. This creates a dilemma for NATO: launch a costly counter-attack and risk heavy casualties and possibly a nuclear crisis or accept a Russian fait accompli and undermine faith …
Uncrewed Systems and the Transformation of U.S. Warfighting …
Feb 9, 2024 · The most important impact of this transformation is that information in the battlespace — traditionally controlled by limited numbers of high-demand sensors and hierarchical distribution of analyzed information — has shifted from paucity to profligacy.