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Deterring the Dragon: The US Army and Sea Denial in Maritime Warfare
Nathan Jennings | 05.07.26
The battle for twenty-first-century global supremacy will be decided across the volatile expanse...
Read MoreThe Risk of Irrelevance: Multidomain Operations and the Problem for NATO’s Small States
Holger Lindhardtsen and Sandor Fabian | 05.06.26
“Multi-Domain Operations is NATO’s strategic priority, a game changer for our strategic advantage....
Read MoreAutonomy, Robotics, and Predictive Analytics: Sustainment’s Technology Trifecta and the Future of War
Charlie Phelps | 05.05.26
The intense humidity and radiating heat were oppressive and stifling. From his cramped observation...
Read MoreWhen Ground Movement Stops and the Mission Doesn’t: Project Hermes and Drone-Delivered Medical Resupply
Yu-Sheng Chen | 05.01.26
From Ukraine’s battlefields to ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, drones are no longer a...
Read MoreHitting Where it Hurts: Deep Strikes, Oil Infrastructure, and Kyiv’s Theory of Victory
Jefferson Burges and John Nagl | 04.30.26
With the Russian-Ukrainian War now well into its fifth year, the ground war remains...
Read MoreMissiles, Guns, Lasers . . . and Nets: The Case for Passive Drone Defenses
William Mayne | 04.29.26
Of all of the modern war lessons that have emerged from more than four years of war in Ukraine,...
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