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What is required to defeat an enemy force in a city? That question has plagued militaries for...
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Sweden, Finland, and NATO’s First-Class Airpower Upgrade
Paul Cormarie and John Hoehn | 04.19.24
In 2016, RAND ran a series of wargames examining a contingency in the Baltics. NATO did not do...
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Tom Gaines and Dave Lucas | 04.17.24
For decades, the cost of communicating for the Army has been almost entirely measured in dollars....
Read MoreIran’s Neutralized Counterstrike: Israel’s Air Defense Operation Was Effective—Just Not Necessarily Replicable
Peter Mitchell | 04.15.24
Iran directly moved against Israel over the weekend with a three-pronged saturation attack...
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It is April 15, the deadline for Americans to pay taxes to the United States federal government....
Read MoreUrban Warfare Project Podcast: Concrete Hell
Jayson Geroux | 04.12.24
In this episode of the Urban Warfare Project Podcast, guest host Jayson Geroux is joined by...
Read MoreAssemble the Bodyguard of Lies: Strengthening US Military Deception Capabilities
Fabian Villalobos and Scott Savitz | 04.11.24
Deception is as old as warfare. Ancient tales across cultures describe cunning and creative...
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