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China’s Shipyards Are Ready for a Protracted War. America’s Aren’t.
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“The scale [of China’s shipbuilding] is just almost hard to fathom,” said Thomas Shugart, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security whose research foc...
By Tom Shugart
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New CNAS Report: “Evolution Not Revolution: Drone Warfare in Russia's 2022 Invasion of Ukraine”
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Washington, February 8, 2024 —Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, Evolution Not Revolution: Drone Warfare in Russia’s 2022 Invasion of ...
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How Cheap Drones Are Transforming Warfare in Ukraine
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The appeal of FPV drones is that they offer cheap, accurate firepower. Unguided artillery shells cost anywhere between $800 and $9,000. A GPS-guided shell is closer to $100,00...
By Franz-Stefan Gady & Samuel Bendett
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The Logistics of War: How Washington Is Preparing for a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan
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In a war game run for Congress in April, China prepared for an amphibious assault on Taiwan with massive air and missile strikes against U.S. bases in the region. That include...
By Becca Wasser
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This Ambush Shows How Ukraine Is Holding the Line
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“At this stage of the war, neither side has been able to establish a decisive fire advantage,” said Franz-Stefan Gady, an independent military analyst who has toured the front...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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The ‘Crown Jewel’ of the Chinese Military Appears to Have a Serious Corruption Problem, but the U.S. Can’t Afford to Bet on Its Missiles All Being Defective
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"The rocket force is the center of gravity for the Chinese military," Tom Shugart, a former US Navy officer who is now an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New America...
By Tom Shugart
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How Building Fake Aircraft Carriers and Destroyers in the Desert Could Be Helping China Better Threaten the U.S. Navy
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It is not surprising the Chinese would develop a mock-up of the new carrier, Tom Shugart, a former US Navy submarine commander who's now an adjunct senior fellow at the Center...
By Tom Shugart
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Congress Asks Department of the Air Force for 2050 Force Design Plan. What Will It Mean?
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The department’s ongoing re-optimization review, implemented by Secretary Frank Kendall this fall, will likely inform that force design, which will be due by Aug. 31, 2024. “T...
By Becca Wasser & Hannah Dennis
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Why Is Israel Using So Many Dumb Bombs in Gaza?
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A report published last year by Operation Inherent Resolve, the American-led coalition against Islamic State (is), which has been bombing Iraq and Syria for almost a decade, m...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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What Happens in Ukraine If U.S. Aid Disappears?
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So both sides seem committed to continuing the war — but what would it look like if the US decides to bow out? “A failure to supply military aid to Ukraine isn’t going to caus...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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What Are Chinese Vessels Doing at Ream?
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The Ream Naval Base News released some photos of the course’s opening ceremony showing Chinese crew, both in uniform and plain clothed, sitting among Cambodian military staff....
By Tom Shugart
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Defense Innovation Unit to Host Replicator Technology Summit
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Andrew Metrick, a defense fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said Replicator’s goal of increasing the scale at which the department fields innovative capability...
By Andrew Metrick
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How the U.S. Courted the Philippines to Thwart China
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War games staged last year by think tanks, including the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), based in Washington, illustrated how indispensable the Philippines would be...
By Becca Wasser
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Manpower Becomes Ukraine’s Latest Challenge as It Digs In for a Long War
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“Ukraine needs infantry in top physical shape,” said Franz-Stefan Gady, a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. “The physical requirements for th...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Ukraine Seeks to Reignite Counteroffensive With Daring River Crossings
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The operation on the opposite bank a few miles from the Ukrainian-held regional capital of Kherson is proving costly and hard going. Soldiers involved in the fight say they ar...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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How Chinese Aggression Is Increasing the Risk of War in the Taiwan Strait
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Despite the Chinese efforts at unpredictability, the sheer scale of mobilization necessary to invade Taiwan means a sneak attack would be very difficult without American intel...
By Tom Shugart
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New CNAS Report: “Rolling the Iron Dice: The Increasing Chance of Conflict Protraction”
Washington, November 9, 2023 — Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, Rolling the Iron Dice: The Increasing Chance of Conflict Protraction...
By Andrew Metrick
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China's Senior Officials Formally Banished From Elite Politics
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"While Li Shangfu's removal is certainly interesting given other recent high-level removals in the PRC's national security apparatus, I doubt that it will have much effect in ...
By Tom Shugart
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The Laidback Australian City Key to Countering China
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Defence strategist Becca Wasser has spent years wargaming what might happen in the event of a conflict in the region. In most of the scenarios she's run, China does attempt mi...
By Becca Wasser
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Philippines Summons Chinese Ambassador over S China Sea Collisions
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The U.S. “reaffirms that Article IV of the 1951 U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty extends to armed attacks on Philippine armed forces, public vessels, and aircraft – incl...
By Tom Shugart
