Author: Benjamin Phocas

Closing the Army’s Tactical Air Defense Gap

Peter Mitchell and Benjamin Phocas | 06.14.24 | Commentary & Analysis

The Army’s inventory of antiaircraft weapons is badly in need of updating. As small drones...

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Return to Reforger: A Cold War Exercise Model for Pacific Deterrence

Michael Greenberg and Benjamin Phocas | 05.28.24 | Commentary & Analysis

From the Baltics to Taipei, allied governments continue to evaluate America’s staying power and...

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The Return of Tactical Antiaircraft Artillery: Optimizing the Army Inventory for the Era of Small Drone Proliferation

Benjamin Phocas and Peter Mitchell | 03.14.24 | Commentary & Analysis

As the war in Ukraine has unfolded over the past two years, a seemingly endless series of videos...

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Fighting for the Pearl of the Orient: Lessons from the Battle of Manila

Benjamin Phocas | 08.01.23 | Urban Warfare Project

As tensions continue to rise between the Philippines and China and with US troops poised to return...

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Pacific War Manual: Modern Warfare Lessons—from the US Army in World War II

Benjamin Phocas | 06.22.23 | Book Reviews

John C. McManus, Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941–1943 (Penguin Random...

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