Author: Peter Mitchell

Army Air Defense Has a Problem, and It’s More than Magazine Depth

Peter Mitchell | 09.09.26 | Commentary & Analysis

The US Army currently has fifteen Patriot battalions and eight THAAD batteries—finite resources...

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The Indispensable Interceptor: Air Defense and the Problem of Cost-Exchange Logic

Peter Mitchell | 05.22.26 | Commentary & Analysis

Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of US Central Command, recently declared that the United States has...

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What Happens in the Middle East Doesn’t Stay in the Middle East: Strategic Signaling in a Multipolar Age

Peter Mitchell | 06.30.25 | Commentary & Analysis

Recent developments culminating in kinetic US military action against Iranian nuclear facilities...

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THAAD Attitude: What to Make of the Air Defense System’s Combat Deployment to Israel

Peter Mitchell | 10.15.24 | Commentary & Analysis

In an unprecedented move, the Department of Defense announced over the holiday weekend that it...

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Iran’s October Surprise: Three Takeaways for Future Air Defense Strategy

Peter Mitchell | 10.02.24 | Commentary & Analysis

At 7:30 pm local time on October 1, the Islamic Republic of Iran finally launched the retaliation...

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