35+ min ago  (512+ words) For nearly a century, America's defense industrial strength yielded a subtle benefit: influence as the world's security guarantor of choice. But the system that once anchored partner access to U. S. weaponry is now an obstacle. Modern statecraft " the interplay of industry,…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago  (360+ words) Given the success of Task Force ODIN a decade prior, one might expect manned-unmanned teaming to have come a long way in the intervening ten years. Yet today, air cavalry squadrons are no more, disbanded by the recent Army Transformation…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago  (694+ words) A 2024 Stimson Center report illustrates the scale of the problem. Repeated missile attacks could constrain fighter operations at U. S. bases in Japan for two weeks and disrupt tanker operations for a month, with smaller impacts at Guam. New Chinese missiles with…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (312+ words) What if fielding more nuclear weapons makes the United States less secure, not more? That question is now at the center of a growing debate as the United States confronts a nuclear landscape shaped by two major nuclear rivals. The…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (313+ words) What exactly they are bringing back is harder to pin down from the outside, and reasonable people will disagree on what counts as modern warfare. But it is hard to argue that they are returning with nothing. Rapid investment and…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1038+ words) War on the Rocks When the world's at stake, National security. For insiders. By insiders. Join War on the Rocks and gain access to content trusted by policymakers, military leaders, and strategic thinkers worldwide. In Talks with Israel, Lebanon is…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (43+ words) War on the Rocks When the world's at stake, National security. For insiders. By insiders. Join War on the Rocks and gain access to content trusted by policymakers, military leaders, and strategic thinkers worldwide....

4+ day, 36+ min ago  (501+ words) Operation Epic Fury and the regional defense that followed against Iranian retaliation provide a clear window into the future of air and missile defense. These were full-scale integrated air defense battles to detect, decide, defend, and attack across domains. These…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (110+ words) Ryan sits down at the Cogs of War mic for the last time to introduce Jonathan Panter, the new host and executive editor of Cogs of War. Jonathan shares his background, from naval officer to scholar. They discuss major defense…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (419+ words) U. S. Cyber Command's operational model consistently prioritizes control and intensity at the expense of speed. Operations that could contribute to a crisis in hours instead take weeks or months, not because the technology demands it, but because the organization was designed…...