Author: Michael

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti on Wednesday laid out a new initiative called Project 33 that includes a goal of scaling robotic and autonomous systems across the fleet by 2027 so that the sea service will be ready for a potential war against China.
The forthcoming push is part of her “CNO Navigation Plan,” which acknowledges that officials “cannot manifest a bigger traditional Navy in a few short years.”
“The Chairman of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has told his forces to be ready for war by 2027 — we will be more ready,” Franchetti wrote.

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Christopher Knight, Proceedings
The War of 2026 scenario and various wargames paint a dire picture of the way a violent struggle for Taiwan would likely unfold.

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What if the next war goes nuclear because one side mistakes a conventional missile for a nuclear one, and responds accordingly? This issue of “entanglement,” or the risks of confusing conventional weapons with nuclear ones, and vice versa, deeply concerns us. It is also finally starting to receive the public policy attention it deserves: For example, whether to develop a nuclear variant of the U.S. Tomahawk sea-launched cruise missile has become a relatively important topic in the U.S. Congress. Vice Adm. Johnny R. Wolfe, Jr.

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