Commentaries
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Administration’s New Strategy Points to Larger, More Capable Naval Force
By Steven Wills, Ph.D., Defense Opinion Writer. While not specifically saying so, President Trump’s new National Security Strategy (NSS) released on Dec.4 is in fact a clarion call for a larger and […]
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As the U.S. Military Integrates Artificial Intelligence, Data Integrity is Top Priority
By Michael Blake, Defense Opinion Writer. As artificial intelligence (AI) systems become deeply integrated into military decision-making, mission success hinges on AI data integrity. The complexity of multiple ingestion points […]
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As the Undersea Grows More Contested, U.S. Navy Subs are the Right Response
By Adm. James G. Foggo III and Steven Wills, Ph.D., Defense Opinion Writers. Once again, the undersea domain is growing contested, as it was during the Cold War. Unmanned underwater […]
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War Unfolding In Slow Motion: Russia Versus NATO
By Harry Readhead, Defense Opinion Writer. The American writer and thinker Michael Lind thinks we ought to stop invoking the two world wars. For him, pointing to the appeasement of Hitler, […]
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Restarting Explosive Nuclear Testing is a Bad Idea
By John Fairlamb, Ph.D., Defense Opinion Writer. Restarting explosive nuclear weapons testing, or even for political reasons conducting tests that don’t generate a nuclear yield, is unnecessary and counterproductive. It […]
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Great Power Competition in Air Defense Exports
By Shaza Arif, Defense Opinion Writer. Air defense systems (ADS) constitute a central function in modern conflicts. However, the increasing pace of their export has extended the role of the […]
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In Defense of Aircraft Carriers and a Navy that is Not ‘Broken’
By Steven Wills, Defense Opinion Writer. Whenever Department of Defense funds are in short supply, U.S. Army officers want to target the aircraft carrier force for cutbacks. This is not […]
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Does Resurrecting the Navy’s Iconic Battleships Make Sense?
By Steven Wills, Defense Opinion Writer. What’s old is new again. The possibility of resurrecting battleships as a potent symbol of naval power is back as a popular topic of discussion in […]
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Defense Software Factories Need a Major Reset
By Bryon Kroger, Defense Opinion Writer. Software factories were supposed to fix defense tech. They promised a faster, leaner path to warfighter-ready software. But instead of operating like real factories, […]
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The Golden Dome’s Blind Spot
By Will Hurd, Defense Opinion Writer. The Trump administration’s proposed “Golden Dome” missile defense initiative could revolutionize homeland defense. But the debate around it is overlooking a critical point. The […]