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Should the United States buy more destroyers, or would the money be better spent developing bases, munitions, or software? These are the kinds of questions the Department of Defense confronts every year when building its budget.
Late last year, the Supreme Court blocked an attempted National Guard deployment into the Chicago area — but months earlier, far from the headlines, a federal memo was already reshaping what Guard “readiness” means at home. The Supreme Court’s order was procedural, not a final merit ruling. But it delivered a rare, immediate check on a Guard deployment that Illinois state officials argued violated the legal limits on federal power over state forces.The Chicago case matters but the more consequential development occurred months earlier, largely outside public view.
Editor’s note: This article is the first in an 11-part series examining how the United States should organize, lead, and integrate economic statecraft into strategy, defense practice, and the broader national security ecosystem. Prior installments can be found at the War by Other Ledgers page. The United States loses upwards of $225-$600 billion each year to stolen trade secrets, pirated software, and counterfeit goods, mostly through activities orchestrated by China’s government. Right now, the two countries are locked in a struggle that looks nothing like the wars of the past.
The U.S. Army has deployed M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) artillery units for live-fire exercises near Klaipeda, Lithuania, firing three rockets out to sea in a joint exercise with the Lithuanian Armed Forces. The choice of location, approximately 50 kilometres from the Russian border, was widely interpreted as a show of force. This closely coincides with multiple other deployments of U.S.
Reports from multiple sources in Taipei indicate that the Republic of China Army is planning to deploy M142 HIMARS rocket artillery systems equipped with ATACMS ballistic missiles to the islands of Penghu and Dongyin, extending their strike ranges deeper into the territory of the Chinese mainland. The Army Command stated that this will strengthen the effectiveness of its “kill chain.
A Ukrainian attack aircraft was shot down by a Russian fighter. Below is the view from the doomed aircraft, showing the last few seconds of the Ukrainian pilot’s life.
We have a toast the fallen airman below…
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The production of the T-5 Brave Eagle fighters to the Republic of China Air Force has fallen further behind schedule, with 11 of the aircraft currently overdue for delivery. According to the domestic aircraft manufacturing schedule, the Taipei-based Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation is obliged supply 66 Brave Eagles, with a delivery schedule of two fighters in 2021, eight in 2022, 17 in 2023, 18 in 2024, 18 in 2025, and three in 2026.
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit is on the hunt for commercial sensing capabilities that the department could launch into space to help detect, track and defeat missile threats.
The organization recently posted a solicitation for a new “Sensors and Seekers for Fire Control” effort, which aims to prototype an inexpensive space-based sensor capable of providing highly accurate and real-time data needed to intercept incoming missiles.
Army Staff Sgt. Michael H. Ollis, a New York City native who was killed in Afghanistan in 2013 after stepping between a suicide bomber and a Polish officer, has been approved for the Medal of Honor, according to his family. No date has been announced for the ceremony.
Ollis was 24 when he died Aug. 28, 2013, during an attack on Forward Operating Base Ghazni in Ghazni province. His father, Robert Ollis, said the family learned of the decision in a phone call from President Donald Trump, calling the news “bittersweet” as it brings recognition without bringing their son back.