TAITUNG, Taiwan—Taiwan’s air force showed off its new locally designed and made jet trainer on Wednesday, touting the more advanced, combat-capable abilities of the aircraft that will replace aging and accident-prone existing equipment. Taiwan’s armed forces are mostly equipped by the United States, but President Tsai Ing-wen has made development of an advanced home-grown defense…
Beijing Snubs US Defense Secretary
Commentary In a snub to Washington, Beijing relegated U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to meet with China’s No. 3 military official. Asia’s most important security summit, the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, was held in Singapore on June 10–12. Attendees included the defense ministers of the United States, China, Australia, Japan, South Korea, France, Fiji, and…
Biden Strategy Pushing US Nuclear Deterrence ‘Beyond Its Usefulness’: Experts
May 5, 2022
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The Biden administration’s nuclear policies and budget are too ambiguous or otherwise wide reaching to provide the type of conflict deterrence that is expected of them, according to several experts. “How are you going to contain Russia and China?” said Harlan Ullman, a senior advisor at the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based think tank. “The policy…
Proposed Defense Budget Puts US at ‘Real Risk’: Sen. Collins
May 4, 2022
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The Biden administration’s proposed defense budget for FY23 would place the United States in a weakened position in the event of conflict with China, according to one senator, who questioned the Pentagon’s desire to reduce the Navy by more ships than it could replace. “There’s real risk in relying on capabilities that won’t be ready…
‘You Need a Plan’: Former Defense Official Calls for End to US Strategic Ambiguity on Taiwan
The Russian invasion of Ukraine demonstrated the failure of strategic ambiguity, according to one former defense official, who said that the war would have profound implications for Chinese Communist Party (CCP) efforts to forcibly unify Taiwan with the mainland. “I think it should be the declarative policy, it should be a stated policy of the…
Learning From Ukraine to Defend Taiwan
News Analysis Russia’s disastrous war in Ukraine has held obvious lessons for China when contemplating an armed attack against Taiwan. At the same time, Taiwan should be drawing important examples of a small state deterring, defending—and even defeating—a larger power. The answer lies in something called “asymmetric warfare,” and Taipei has been keen to adopt…
Defending the Borders—Including the Western Border—of the United States
Commentary For almost four centuries, Western political thought has identified the security of its peoples as the foremost responsibility of government. This tenet is a foundation of America’s founding and the country’s institutions and political principles, norms, and traditions. Security begins at the border, and if that is eroded, the government has failed its citizenry….
US Military OKs Prototype Mobile Nuclear Reactor in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho—The U.S. Department of Defense plans to build an advanced mobile nuclear microreactor prototype at the Idaho National Laboratory in eastern Idaho. The department late last week signed off on the Project Pele plan to build the reactor and reactor fuel outside of Idaho and then assemble and operate the reactor at the lab….
Pentagon’s Joint Command and Control Initiative ‘Unlikely to Deliver’ on Time: Report
The Pentagon’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) initiative, a concept for connecting sensors from all of the military services into a single network, is unlikely to deliver within the timeframe initially hoped for, according to a new report. Experts believe the Department of Defense (DoD) will need to overhaul the program to prevent a…
US Should Build a ‘Great Wall’ to Deter Chinese Aggression
Commentary Much of the discussion over the threat from communist China is about its technology and initiative. But that is too reactive. The United States and its allies can take concrete measures to deter the Chinese regime and actively stop it in case of war by using available resources and geography to create a “great…
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