The Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, taken from an airplane in January 2008. Wikipedia
America’s Military At A Crossroads -- Harry Kazianis, The Diplomat
The U.S. military faces a 21st century identity crisis. But despite blanket spending cuts, it has options.
More than a decade after initiating the “War on Terror,” along with invasions and occupations that brought regime change to both Iraq and Afghanistan, Washington’s defense planners face the arduous task of refocusing America’s military towards the threats of the future: defeating anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) weapons and strategies that are quickly being adopted by nations and non-state actors alike.
How will the United States deal with this challenge?
Any defense analyst will tell you that reading the tea leaves when it comes to the future of America’s military these days is a thankless task. Those of us who track such developments for a living are fed an endless stream of information that, when combined, are prone to produce information overload. Even so, two paths seem pretty clear.
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