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US, Allies Must ‘Stop Fixating’ On ISIL & Friends; ‘Frankly, We Are Losing’
Western democracies and their military instruments of power are struggling with what seems to be the novel and dangerous apparition of radical global extremism. This headline-grabbing new threat,...
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Lunacy, Bluster & Unanswered Questions: Trump On Defense
Sen. John McCain, a stalwart defense Republican, has come out against GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, saying he shares the concerns expressed today by fellow former GOP presidential Mitt...
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Gen. Scaparrotti Moving From Korea To Europe: ‘Low-Key’ 4-Star
UPDATED with Sec. Carter statement & Gen. Barno comment WASHINGTON: The four-star chief of US and allied forces in Korea will become the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe — the critical SACEUR...
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Nuclear Bomber Signaling Doesn’t Work
In a recent article in Breaking Defense, Adam Lowther and Chris Winklepleck argue that the strategic aircraft leg of the triad provides unique “nuclear signaling” capabilities essential to...
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Doyle’s Wrong: Bombers ARE Best For Nuclear Signaling
The modernization of America’s nuclear weapons looms as one of the largest and most crucial set of strategic and spending decisions the American military faces over the next decade. A crucial element...
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Beef Up Conventional Forces; Don’t Worry About A Tactical Nuke Gap
At the end of this week, thousands of experts in one of humanity’s most terrible possibilities — nuclear war — will meet here in Washington to discuss how to avoid what they have spent their careers...
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Wargame Warns NATO Unready For Baltic Crisis
WASHINGTON: NATO would be dangerously slow to respond to a crisis scenario in the Baltics, warns a new report on a closed-doors wargame. That raises the unsettling possibility that in a Crimean-style...
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Obama To Hiroshima? Nukes To Zero?
Secretary of State John Kerrry visited Hiroshima’s Peace Park on April 10, becoming the highest-ranking American official to visit the city we pulverized with the first use of an atomic weapon to help...
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EUCOM Morphing To Better Deter Russia: SecDef Germany Trip Preview
PENTAGON: In a stark indicator of just how grim the situation between Russia and the United States is growing, senior US defense officials say European Command is shifting its focus from “reassurance...
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SecDef Keeps Door Open For Russia — If It Ends Aggression
EUCOM HQ: As he addressed reporters today during the European Command change of command ceremony here, a visibly moved Defense Secretary told us he had just learned an American soldier died in Iraq....
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F-35 Wins Denmark Competition: Trounces Super Hornet, Eurofighter
[UPDATING with Aboulafia analysis of questionable pricing] The F-35 just won a competition — and it wasn’t even close. In every category, from combat performance to cost, the Danish government rated...
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Tiny Defense Agency Strives To Make EU Dollars Go Further
WASHINGTON: If he were a European, Sen. John McCain would have a field day critiquing how Europe’s governments buy weapons. Imagine if each of the 50 united states fielded its own military. That, to a...
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Reach Out To Russia: Former EUCOM Breedlove
WASHINGTON: Retired Gen. Philip Breedlove, just weeks after retiring as NATO’s Supreme Commander, Europe, urged the alliance to reopen “a line of communication” with the Kremlin. While Breedlove’s...
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Spend More, Do More: Stoltenberg, Carter To NATO; Russia, Note New Battalions
NATO HQ: If there’s one undercurrent to all the discussions here and on Ash Carter‘s flight from Washington about NATO, it is that the US is — once again — calling on Europe to do more to defend...
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NATO Declares Cyber A Domain; NATO SecGen Waves Off Trump
NATO HQ: It’s taken a while, but NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced here that the 28-member alliance has agreed to declare cyber an operational domain, much as the sea, air and land are....
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NATO AWACS Likely For CENTCOM
NATO HQ: As Central Command continues to hammer Daesh with bombs, rockets, bullets, and more, that’s straining the limited supply of AWACS, the airborne radar/command post aircraft that form the...
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How To Keep Britain’s Global Power Post-Brexit
The United Kingdom is likely to need a new name after yesterday’s shocking vote by the British people to leave the European Union. Scottish leaders have made clear for some time that they were likely...
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The BREXIT Reality: A Key Opportunity for European Reform
Brexit, instead of being the end of an era, may be an opportunity for a political opening to a much needed, long overdue reform process in Europe. Much of the discussion of the British vote to leave...
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Key Cyber Issues For NATO´s Warsaw Summit
Cyberspace is likely be declared a domain of warfare at NATO’s Warsaw Summit. The cyber domain is an integral part of modern wars, conflicts and crises, and therefore also a key part of NATO´s...
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Obama Keeps 8,400 Troops In Afghanistan: McCain Lukewarm, Thornberry Scathing
WASHINGTON: President Barrack Obama promised this morning to keep 8,400 US troops in Afghanistan through the end of his term. The relatively modest cut of 14 percent (down from today’s 9,800) is much...
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