Our Views on F-22s Earlier today I did a podcast with Addison Schonland, an aviation consultant, about the latest state of play on the F-22/F-35...
Afghan Fight Needs COIN Plus: Cordesman CSIS’s Anthony Cordesman recently returned from Afghanistan where he was part of a team of experts brought in by new Afghan...
Taliban Rule Well, Karzai Doesn't The U.S. led counterinsurgency war in Afghanistan is straining under fundamental contradictions that threaten to undermine...
Russkie Civvies Waging Cyberwar A new report by the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit (USCCU) finds that citizens quickly became cyber warriors when the Russians...
Use FCS Guts: Yakovac The Army has been tight lipped pending release of its omnibus ground combat vehicle modernization plan, expected within the...
Worst Case Unfolding in Afghanistan? What if the entire U.S. strategy in Afghanistan is based on a flawed premise? That's exactly what a number of experts fear is...
Gates Dismisses Fighter Gap Defense Secretary Gates dismissed the notion of a "fighter gap" Wednesday, saying the "more compelling gap" is the "deep...
McChrystal Troop Boost Comes Friday The long expected request for more troops from Afghan commander Gen. McChrystal is due within the next two days, his...
U.S. Eyes Israeli Tank Protection The Israeli's have jumped with both feet into the Active Protection System market, producing new systems designed to protect...
Guardsmen Patrolling DC Will Soon Be Armed, Pentagon Says Guardsmen have mostly been patrolling tourist areas not known for high crime rates, such as the National Mall and a transit...
Air Force Top Enlisted Leader Says Service Oath Isn't Made to 'Any Individual' Amid General's Retirement Chief Master Sgt. David Flosi's message to the force seemingly sought to calm the rank and file as the Pentagon goes through...
Veterans Stole over $150K from Air Force Base’s Sports Program in Florida, Feds Say Keith Pilawski, 63, and Edwin Ortiz, 58, defrauded the sports program from 2009 until 2024, the U.S. Attorney's Office for...
Why Is the Army Chopping Away at Its Chopper Fleet? The cuts are part of a larger reorganization as the Army prepares for the changing landscape of warfare with one of the...
Hegseth Fires General Whose Agency's Intel Assessment of Damage from Iran Strikes Angered Trump Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse will no longer serve as head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, according to the people, who...