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Having the ability to replenish surface combatants’ vertical launch system cells while underway is seen as critical to sustaining a fight in the Pacific.
Tiwari, The EurAsian Times
Three years after a formidable Seawolf-class nuclear attack submarine of the US Navy suffered an unprecedented collision in the South China Sea, Beijing has…
Sam Skove, Defense One
The experience of two brigades suggests that the number is far larger than it’s buying—and that’s just for training.
L. Jackson, G.Ferrer & H.
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The Pacific region is forcing the Army to be more intentional with its capabilities and employment.
This is one of the lessons distilled halfway through the rotation at the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center in Hawaii with 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. That unit is one of three so-called transforming-in-contact units that is helping pioneer and innovate new tactics and employment of technology for the Army.
The brainchild of Chief of Staff Gen.
As the Army continues to chart a path forward to modernize its network and outfit units with enhanced gear, officials are trying to figure out how to create flexibility for commanders with variations of equipment.
In a paradigm shift across several portfolio areas, the service is getting away from so-called pure fleeting, meaning the entire Army won’t get all the same gear. This is necessitated by differences in unit makeup, missions and environments that forces will be operating in.
Such is true for the network as well.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has brought the risk of nuclear escalation back to the forefront of popular fears and policy concerns. With the onset of renewed great power competition between the United States and the Russian Federation over the last 20 years, strategic stability between these nations has suffered a catastrophic degradation and is now at its most perilous position since the end of the Cold War. This has been exacerbated by both Russia’s and America’s acquisition of advanced offensive cyber capabilities.
Approximately 100 American troops will deploy to Israel along with a THAAD missile interceptor battery, the Pentagon announced on Sunday.
The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense or THAAD battery, designed to intercept ballistic missiles from the ground, has six launches, and can carry a complement of 48 munitions. The batteries are generally crewed by 95 people. The announcement marks the first deployment of American troops to Israel since the start of the war in Gaza last October. The decision comes in the wake of the Oct.