Artillery shells will be part of a new $1 billion tranche of various types of military aid to Ukraine announced Wednesday by the White House. Officials did not say how much of that would go toward 155mm artillery rounds, which cost roughly $3,000 apiece. But if, say, one-quarter of the funds are devoted to artillery, the roughly 80,000 rounds that would buy would last Ukraine just six weeks—and that only at their current reduced rate of fire. Read the story by Sam Skove: https://lnkd.in/gizy-HCH #artillery #ukraine #155mm #ukraineaid
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The Marine Corps will send small logistics drones to every logistics battalion in the service by 2028, officials said at the Modern Day Marine conference—part of the Corps’ overall plan to make its units lighter and harder-to-hit for any future fights. Read the story by Sam Skove: https://lnkd.in/g3qbf7dU #marinecorps #usmc #drones #uavs #logistics #moderndaymarine
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Yesterday, Defense One published a new article by General James E. Cartwright and #ForwardDefense director Clementine G. Starling on the role of US Special Operations Forces (USSOF) in strategic competition. They call on the national security community to update its understanding of the modern-day special operator and to use these highly trained and specialized forces to pursue US goals against near-peer competitors. One of their arguments: USSOF can operate across the spectrum of competition, executing and supporting US diplomatic, informational, military, and economic efforts to combat adversary threats globally. Read more about how USSOF contributes. https://t.co/Xpq0esHdso
Too few planners understand what special operators can do today
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In the latest backlash against the Pentagon’s proposal to bypass governors and move space-focused units from the Air National Guard into the Space Force, guardsmen are speaking up—and saying they don’t want to join the service. Read the story by Audrey Decker: https://lnkd.in/gEvy4FAV #ang #nationalguard #spaceforce #guardsmen #pentagon
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By year’s end, the Air Force’s new command will start lifting the burden of modernization planning from major commands, allowing them to focus on keeping their forces ready to fight. Read the story by Audrey Decker: https://lnkd.in/gyT8dpGb #usaf
Expect Air Force’s new requirements command to launch this year, chief says
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The specter of a quantum computer powerful enough to break today’s toughest codes has haunted militaries for years. An Australian project could bring their fears to life by 2027. Read the story by Lauren C. Williams: https://lnkd.in/g_2XvXuK #quantum #australia #defensetech #military
Will Australia’s giant quantum project bring militaries’ fears to life?
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In commentary: U.S. special operations forces have a unique role to play in today’s strategic competition with China and Russia, yet—outside a niche community—understanding of what SOF do is limited, outdated, and under-appreciated. It’s time that changed. For global security challenges that transcend traditional boundaries and cut across theaters and domains, Defense Department planners should look more often to special operations forces. Read the oped: https://lnkd.in/gVnUFty5 #sof #specialoperations #china #russia
Too few planners understand what special operators can do today
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China is the only country with “both the will and… the capacity to dominate the Indo-Pacific,” and it “continues to engage in increasingly coercive behavior” in the Taiwan Straits, the South China Sea, and elsewhere, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday. But under the leadership of Adm. John Aquilino, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command “has risen to meet the moment,” Austin said. Read the story by Jennifer Hlad, reporting from Pearl Harbor: https://lnkd.in/g3H7gt26 #indopacom #indopacific #china #defensedepartment
Paparo takes the helm at INDOPACOM
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JUST IN: The U.S. has long held a key advantage over China in space: it can hit mobile targets at extremely long distances. But that “monopoly is over,” the Space Force’s intel chief said today. Read the story by Audrey Decker: https://buff.ly/3UG4E94 #spaceforce #china #satellites #space
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Did you miss Defense One’s State of Defense series? Ben Watson has you covered with this series of Defense One Radio episodes covering the top conversations from each branch of service. Up this week: The State of the US Navy. Defense One's Bradley Peniston and Patrick Tucker speak to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti and Fourth Fleet Commander Rear Adm. James Aiken. Listen now: https://lnkd.in/eXkyzWKe #DefenseOne #DefenseOneRadio #podcast #defense #USNavy #StateoftheNavy #StateofDefense
Defense One Radio, Ep. 150: The state of the Navy
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