China busily catching up in nuclear arms race with US
Editor's Note: This piece by J.M. Phelps features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. “The rapid expansion of China's nuclear arsenal—that...
Defense
Why arms control with the PRC is a threat to US security
This week the Biden administration will meet with officials from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to discuss an arms...
Houthi’s Iranian missiles aimed for US ship, not Israel
It is unlikely that the launch of three cruise missiles and eight drones by the Houthis in Yemen was aimed...
Biden’s foreign policy: Disaster upon disaster and missed opportunities
Biden’s halting and curious performances during his recent visit to Israel and in his presser aboard Air Force One are representative of a administration...
US Iraq and Syria bases lack effective air defenses
For years I have complained that vulnerable American bases in Iraq and Syria lacked adequate air defenses. Bottom line: they still...
A test of wills: ISR missions must be protected now
The Pentagon has rightfully issued a condemnation of aggressive intercepts of U.S. military conducting Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions....
Air Force moving Reaper squadron in Japan south to Okinawa
Editor’s Note: This piece by Seth Robson features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan –...
US Army receives high tech new laser weapon
This U.S. Army debuted some new tech this autumn, as the 4th Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (4-60th Battalion)...
Questions linger over F-35 crash in South Carolina
On the day after Constitution Day, the day of the signing of the American Constitution in 1787, a U.S. Marine...
The old ‘bomb truck’ that any army must fear
The A-10 Warthog first flew more than half a century ago, but the platform continues to play an important role in the...
The US Navy has one ‘weapon’ no country can match
Meet the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier: The U.S. Navy’s largest and most expensive aircraft carrier arrived in Oslo, Norway last...
From victory to defeat: History’s lessons for the US military
History has many lessons for militaries. How militaries rise and fall in combat effectiveness and so determine the fate of...
The B-52 bomber could fly for 100 years
The B-52 Stratofortress is old, but it remains the mainstay of the U.S. Air Force’s bomber fleet. In fact, the...
Will the US enter another war, this one in Armenia?
Nikol Pashinyan, Armenia’s Prime Minister, has decided to align Armenia with the United States, maybe also with NATO. Accordingly, he has...
Are the US Navy’s littoral combat ships useless?
The U.S. Navy commissioned its latest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) over the weekend, despite the vessel’s expected short tenure...
US Navy gives up the ghost on its failed ‘urban street fighter’
How do you build a ship without a mission? The littoral combat ship (LCS) is how. It could not carry...