The Commission cannot responsibly recommend a force structure until it answers a question that Congress, the administration, ...

Coming on the heels of a new National Security Strategy (NSS) issued in December 2025 and a National Defense Strategy (NDS) ...

However, Western navies have yet to fully grasp that within these loosely integrated sensor-to-shooter networks, land-based ...

Operation Epic Fury raises many questions about how well the U.S. military is prepared for the character of a 21 st-century great-power war against the People’s Republic of China. While it appears too ...

Between January 13 and 15, the 38th Annual Surface Navy Symposium convened in Crystal City, Virginia, offering a detailed look at the state of the surface fleet. Senior leaders—from the Secretary of ...

In January and February 2025, Chinese-operated ships Shunxing 39 and Hong Tai 58 committed similar sabotage tactics. Both ships dragged their anchors for miles, intentionally targeting and cutting the ...

“Whether you build a Navy for high consequence, low probability or low consequence, high probability scenarios — in either case you’re left with an over or undersubscribed force that’s sub-optimized ...