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The Pentagon’s New Defense Strategy Is Out. Now the Real Work Begins, Experts Say
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Stacie Pettyjohn, director of defense programs at the Center for a New American Security, agreed that the strategy lays out a “sound vision,” but will require the Biden admini...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Three Key Takeaways from the Biden Administration’s National Security Strategy
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While an unclassified version of the National Defense Strategy has not been released yet, Pentagon officials — including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in a statement on the N...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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US Army Juggles Effects of Ukraine, Recruiting and Inflation on Budget
The big question in FY24 is “just how much [the Army] is going to be investing in missiles and ammunition that they have cut in the past years,” Stacie Pettyjohn, a defense an...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Preventing Nuclear ‘Armageddon’ Hinges on Us Policy of Ambiguity
President Joe Biden warned Thursday the US is trying to find an “off-ramp” for Putin, and worried Russia’s threats to use tactical nuclear weapons are real and could lead to “...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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No More Ambiguity: US Troops Will Defend Taiwan If China Invades, Biden Says
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Stacie Pettyjohn, a defense strategy expert, has run several wargames for the Defense Department involving a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. While these games don’t track the numb...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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The US Military Needs a Lot More Artillery Shells, Rockets, and Missiles for the Next War
However, if China attempted to invade Taiwan, the U.S. military’s main goal would be to destroy as many Chinese invasion ships far from shore, and that would require a lot of ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Inside a U.S. Navy Maritime Drone Operation Aimed at Iran
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The U.S. Navy is working with Israel, Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern nations to build a network of unmanned drones as it seeks to constrain Iran’s military in the regio...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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US is sending Ukraine VAMPIRE rocket launchers that can turn a regular pickup truck into a drone killer
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Ukrainian forces will soon be able to turn regular pickup trucks and other vehicles into mobile rocket launchers able to take out Russian drones thanks to a new item in the la...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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A look at missile systems and military tactics deployed in Ukraine and what could tun the tide
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Stacie Pettyjohn, the director of the defense program at the Center for a New American Security, a Washington, D.C.-based military think tank, does not believe the world’s lat...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Which drone was used in Al-Zawahiri strike? Experts point to General Atomics’ Reaper
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The White House announced the successful operation on Aug. 1, without saying how it was conducted. The Associated Press reported that the CIA carried out the strike, citing fi...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Air Force’s RQ-4 Global Hawk drones headed for retirement in FY27
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Stacie Pettyjohn, director of the defense program at the Center for a New American Security, said it will be important for the Air Force to retain its Block 40 drones “as a st...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Why this tiny island in the Pacific may be ground zero in a war with China
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In a war with China, the American territory of Guam would likely become the 21st Century Pearl Harbor. Stacie Pettyjohn, a defense strategy and wargaming expert, said that mos...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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US unveils $800 million in weapons and equipment, plus training, for Ukraine
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U.S. President Joe Biden has announced an additional $800 million in heavy weapons the country will speed to Ukrainian forces, which will include more than a dozen heavy-artil...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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‘Battlefield nukes’ in Ukraine? A low but complex threat.
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In her experience running war games for the U.S. military, Stacie Pettyjohn found that whenever scenarios involved nuclear weapons, participants tended to be flummoxed. “Norm...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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The upcoming defense strategy dubs Russia an ‘acute threat.’ What does that mean?
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Stacie Pettyjohn, director of the defense programs at the Center for a New American Security, agreed that the change in terminology likely reflects the ongoing war in Ukraine,...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Biden administration kills Trump-era nuclear cruise missile program
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In a rare political win for non-proliferation advocates, the Biden administration has cancelled the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile-Nuclear program, one of the two new nuclear wea...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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White House to Seek $813.3 Billion National Security Budget
President Joe Biden plans to request $813.3 billion in national security spending -- including $773 billion for the Pentagon -- in the federal budget he will send to Congress ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Surge capacity exists for Javelin, but Army has yet to say how many it wants
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There is enough surge production capacity available in the Javelin missile supply chain to build thousands more per year, to refill U.S. stockpiles that have supplied Ukraine,...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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The U.S. Has Spent Billions on Equipment and Training in Europe to Deter Russia. Is It Enough?
The U.S. military has nearly 80,000 troops on average on rotational or permanent orders in Europe. Now, it’s sending thousands more to support those units. About 3,000 combat ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Inflation to be 2023 Budget Request Headline, Experts Say
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The Biden Administration’s inflation estimates will be the big story related to the fiscal 2023 defense budget submission, experts said in a Center for Strategic and Internati...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
