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A Magazine of American Culture
March 2, 2018
The new NDS was followed by a new Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) in February, which provided for an expanded role of nuclear weapons in U.S. military doctrine. It focused on upgrades to America's nuclear arsenal and the development of "low-yield," small nuclear weapons which could be used inÃâà...
War on the Rocks
February 27, 2018
U.S. military doctrine is thoroughly imbued with these tactics. They were acquired during World War II and embedded into the military's DNA over the following decades as it prepared to defend the Fulda Gap against the Red Army. To this day, America's military forces are masters of the maneuver warfareÃâà...
The Diplomat
February 26, 2018
The Trump administration's Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) was a break from its predecessors in many ways. It envisions an expanded role of nuclear weapons in U.S. military doctrine, the development of low-yield weapons — specifically a low-yield SLBM — and the removal of 2010 NPR language thatÃâà...
Center for Research on Globalization
February 21, 2018
Fire and Fury” was not invented by Donald Trump. It is a concept deeply embedded in US military doctrine. It has characterized US military interventions since the end of World War II. What distinguishes Trump from his predecessors in the White House is his political narrative. We are nonetheless at aÃâà...
Daily Times
February 19, 2018
The Secretary was responsible for designing the US Military doctrine of 'Massive Retaliation' — had the Soviets attack Europe. Apparently, Jahangir Tareen due to his wealth and money influenced Imran Khan a lot in many ways. The Neo-Classical Realist school of thought of the Realist tradition arguesÃâà...
War Is Boring
February 12, 2018
The U.S. Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group was formed in 2006 to identify gaps in U.S. military doctrine, equipment and field tactics, and to study how potential adversaries are developing tactics to exploit them. In 2017 the group released the 61-page Russian New Generation Warfare Handbook, based onÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
February 11, 2018
The U.S. Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group was formed in 2006 to identify gaps in U.S. military doctrine, equipment and field tactics, and to study how potential adversaries are developing tactics to exploit them. In 2017 the group released the sixty-one-page Russian New Generation Warfare Handbook,Ãâà...
War on the Rocks
July 17, 2017
Specifically, current U.S. military doctrine assumes an economy and industrial base that can mass-produce high-end weapons, such as fighter aircraft, battle tanks, long range missiles, and ships. But can the U.S. economy and industrial base deliver? American defense planners may need to dramaticallyÃâà...
Secrecy News (blog)
October 22, 2014
A newly disclosed Department of Defense doctrinal publication acknowledges the reality of offensive cyberspace operations, and provides a military perspective on their utility and their hazards. Attacks in cyberspace can be used “to degrade, disrupt, or destroy access to, operation of, or availability of aÃâà...
