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The Nuclear Option: Long Range Strike & The Case For Dual-Use

Date Posted:  10/29/2015

The Air Force is also considering whether or not to pursue a new air-launched cruise missile (ALCM). The new ALCM – known in defense circles as the long-range standoff (LRSO) weapon – would possess advanced capabilities to increase the chances of success and against modern air defenses. Like the new bombers that may one day empl...

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Integrating Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems into Non-Segregated Airspace

Date Posted:  10/16/2015

By Major André Haider, DEU Army, JAPCC
By Laura Samsó, ESP, Centurion Technologies Consulting LLC

In recent years, Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) have been the aviation industry’s most dynamic growth sector and this trend is expected to continue. Market studies estimate that worldwide spending on RPAS will nearly double over the next decade, totalling almost $91 billion in the next ten years.1<...

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Assessing Chinese Aerospace Training & Operational Competence

Date Posted:  10/15/2015

Inaugural 2015 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI) Conference, entitled Assessing Chinese Aerospace Training & Operational Competence. My associates and I are delighted that you joined us for what promises to be an informative and thought-provoking day devoted to learning more and sharing views on Chinese aerospace capabilities.

We are joined today by individuals from government, think tanks, and ...


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War by Other Means

War by Other Means by Roger D. Blackwill and Jennifer M. Harris. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2016, 366 pp., $29.95.

The ability to wage warfare has traditionally been aligned closely with the development of technological and military capacity. The United States, arguably the most technologically developed country in the world, has led the way with regard to using this capacity to support efforts achieving national strategic goals. Even so, the ability to secure geopolitical results has not been limited solely to the willingness and swiftness with which our country deploys troops and materiel, and Roger Blackwill and Jennifer Harris make a convincing argument for increasing the utili... Read Full Review