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U.S. Precision Strike Advantage Waning, CSBA Says In New Report

U.S. Precision Strike Advantage Waning, CSBA Says In New Report
An artist rendering of the Zumwalt class destroyer DDG 1000, a new class of multi-mission U.S. Navy surface combatant ship. Photo: U.S. Navy.

The U.S. advantage in precision strike is waning and simply using more current generation precision guided munitions (PGM) to offset an enemy’s countermeasures could be a very costly proposition, the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) think tank says in a new report.In its report, “Sustaining America’s Precision Strike Advantage,” CSBA details salvo competitions: the dynamic between two militaries that each have PGMs and capabilities to counter one another’s strikes. CSBA says in this competition, both combatants seek to…

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