The fourth Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft arrives at the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, April 24, 2013, REUTERS/U.S. Air Force/Daniel Hughes/Handout
P.W. Singer and August Cole, Reuters: The weapons the U.S. needs for a war it doesn’t want
Terrorism and Middle East insurgencies are not going away. Yet in the 21st century, the United States must understand it faces a return of a serious national-security concern that shaped the last century: the risk of great-power conflict.
The Defense Department’s new military strategy acknowledges this by noting the implications of the renewed rivalry with China and Russia. The possibility of a major war with great powers, like World Wars One and Two, is “growing,” according to the U.S. National Military Strategy released this month.
WNU Editor: An excellent analysis on how the Pentagons goes about acquiring expensive weapon systems that may now function as advertised. Near the end of this commentary the authors sum it all up accurately with one sentence .... The Pentagon must plan for the worst day of war, not the best. Read it all.
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