Luke O'Brien, Modern War Institute: Let’s Get Some Things Straight About Nuclear Weapons
With the second US-North Korea summit having come and gone with no discernible sign of Pyongyang’s willingness to denuclearize, the topic of nuclear weapons remains at the forefront of discussions in national security and defense policy circles. And yet these discussions routinely treat nuclear weapons as a monolithic category of unthinkably destructive power, rather than acknowledging the graduated scale that extends all the way down to the tactical level. Even the Army’s institutional knowledge on the topic has drastically—and dangerously—eroded.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 26, 2019
Pentagon: 'Milestone' ICBM missile intercept test a success -- The Hill
Homeland missile defense system takes out ICBM threat in historic salvo test -- Defense News
Will Hypersonics Finally Force the Pentagon to Integrate Kinetic and Non-Kinetic Defenses? -- Defense One
Raytheon to update Advanced Synthentic Aperture Radar for U-2 Dragon Lady -- UPI
Rocket Lab Scrubs Launch of Experimental DARPA Military Satellite -- Space News
Additional F-35As, KC-46s Wanted in New Unfunded Priorities List -- Air Force Magazine
Navy Unveils $3.2B Unfunded List: 2 F-35s, New Laser & More Precision Strike -- Breaking Defense
Where in the world is the Zumwalt today? -- Navy Times/AP
How the Navy got to be 6K sailors short at sea -- Navy Times
The U.S. Military is Mounting a Giant Laser Cannon on a Destroyer -- Futurism
How the US Army cut programs to boost lethality -- Defense News
US Military Power Depends on This Fastest-Growing Defense Stock -- Forbes
Memo: Pentagon delivers reprogramming request, seeks supplement for $9 billion hurricane damage -- Defense News
Sec. Wilson: Air Force will rebuild flooded Offutt, make it ‘even better than it was’ -- Air Force Times
Pentagon notifies Congress $1 billion authorized to begin new wall construction -- CNN
Pentagon to Defend Projects Targeted by Trump Border Project -- US News and World Report/AP
US approves $3.8 billion F-16 sale to Morocco -- AFP
AFRICOM to Respond to Cyclone Disaster in Mozambique -- Military.com
Colombian Air Force tanker refuels U.S. Air Force Growlers at Red Flag -- UPI
US Consulate worker spy trial begins in Turkey -- DW
The United States Army in Europe: Roadblock, Speedbump, or Something Else Entirely? -- Sam Canter, RCD
Britain to buy Wedgetail aircraft in nearly $2 billion deal -- Defense News
German export policies threaten European defense projects: French ambassador -- DW
EU military wants to partner with Canada in Mali as it races for exit -- CTV News
Russia Will Deploy New Missiles to Defend Arctic, Admiral Says -- Moscow Times
Get Ready, NATO: Russian Air Force Tu-22M3 Backfire Bombers are in Crimea -- National Interest
Russia’s nuclear-armed underwater drone may be ready for war in eight years -- CNBC
Russian military to receive first Su-57 stealth fighters in 2020 -- Defense Blog
Brazil Isn’t Ready for Trump’s Invitation to NATO -- James Stavridis, Bloomberg
The Portuguese army is ditching the G3 and getting a US spec ops-inspired rifle -- Military Times
Indian snipers will be using these two new rifles to guard their border with Pakistan -- Military Times
Wanna be the next Chuck Yeager? Here’s the deadline for applying to test pilot school -- Air Force Times
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