Defense strategy is about choices. In peacetime, strategy is often expressed in the budget as choices among different types of weapon systems and force structure. Bernard Brodie, writing in a…
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Backgrounder: Operating from Range to Defeat Iran’s Anti-Access and Area-Denial Threats
January 20, 2012 • By Mark Gunzinger • Briefs
The Obama administration has released new strategic guidance for the Department of Defense (DoD) that announces its intent to “rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific region” and maintain the capability to “project…
Outside-In: Operating from Range to Defeat Iran’s Anti-Access and Area-Denial Threats
January 17, 2012 • By Mark Gunzinger and Christopher Dougherty • Studies
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the U.S. military has been able to project power overseas ..
Five Facts About Defense and Sequestration
November 2, 2011 • By Todd Harrison • Briefs
1. Defense Funding Under Sequestration Would Fall to FY 2007 Levels
2. War Funding Is Exempt from Budget Caps
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The Defense Industrial Base: A National Security Imperative
October 24, 2011 • By Barry Watts • Testimony
Chairman Shuster, Mr. Larsen, and Members of the Defense Business Panel, thank you for inviting me to testify at today’s hearing on the imperative to preserve essential elements of U.S….