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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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Too Fragile to Fight: Could the U.S. Military Withstand a War of ...
May 9, 2022 · Conrad Crane, Ph.D., is a research historian at the Army War College. He has written widely on airpower and land-power issues. His two latest books are American Airpower Strategy in World War II, published by University Press of Kansas, and Cassandra in Oz: Counterinsurgency and Future War, from Naval Institute Press. The views expressed in this essay are those of the author and do not ...
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.
The U.S. Military’s Force-Management Tug-of-War
Mar 23, 2022 · Caitlin Lee is the senior fellow for Airpower and Autonomy Studies at the Air Force Association Mitchell Institute. She teaches the Art and Science of Force Planning at Georgetown University, and previously was a political scientist and Associate Director for Acquisition and Technology Policy at RAND Corporation.. Image: U.S. …