Tag: Tom Roeder
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Analysis: Readiness report offers troubling assessment as military spending shrinks | Tom Roeder
America is ready to fight on the ground, but a report from the Government Accountability Office this month offers a worrying assessment of the military’s preparedness everywhere else. The report found that “mission readiness” dropped from 2017 to 2019 for air, sea, cyber and space forces. Why that readiness went down isn’t clear in the…
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Analysis: Biden could face test if battle erupts for Taiwan | Tom Roeder
The White House and the Pentagon have unveiled an early look at the Biden administration’s national security policy and two items top the list: growing alliances and countering China. The first reverses course from the Trump administration, which backed away from many partnerships with its “America First” policy. Instead, President Joe Biden wants to make…
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Pentagon issues new plan for electronic wars of future | Tom Roeder
The Pentagon has issued a new strategy that looks to software, artificial intelligence and faster 5G networks to win future wars. The military over the past 20 years has learned a new way of elect ronic-enabled warfare that allows better targeting of enemies through high-tech intelligence methods and networks that can quickly connect units in…