Airpower can legally be used against Hamas targets under the Geneva Conventions, despite the terrorist group’s use of human shields, airpower expert retired Lt. Gen. David Deptula said in an interview. He also argued for more decisive action to back up U.S. threats against would-be ...
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CCA's take shape; Modernizing the Battle Network; Scheduling the new nukes; CMSSF Towberman bids farewell.
Dangerous intercepts by Chinese and Russian aircraft of U.S. aircraft are an attempt to gain insight into how U.S. aircraft will behave and respond, but are also a sign that those air forces feel capable of challenging USAF, Air Combat Command chief Gen. Mark D. ...
Chinese pilots are risking “disaster” with their intercepts of American planes operating over the South China Sea, Pacific Air Forces commander Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach said Sept. 11. "Do it safely, do it professionally, and everybody will be OK," Wilsbach said. "We won't have a ...
The Air Force will pursue five lines of effort toward a speedy restructuring of the force, aimed at optimizing for great power conflict, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said.
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has announced a sweeping review of Air and Space Force readiness, to be completed in January 2024, aiming to hone the services' edge and heighten deterrence against China. Kendall promises major change and directed Airmen and Guardians to start sizing ...
The U.S. could find itself in a near-peer conflict with an adversary like China and Russia “tomorrow,” Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said in a recent livestreamed Facebook event—and if that happens, the department is “not as [ready] as we could be by a significant ...
Adaptive technology is the next step in fighter propulsion. It is our assurance of long-term air dominance and propulsion superiority.
We are also in a modern-day arms race, in some cases playing catch-up, and we are competing to win friends and influence nations worldwide.
Broadly speaking, the PLA has been pursuing a modernization effort in what is known as the three “izations:” mechanization, informationization, and intelligentization.
Through a new effort called the Replicator Initiative, the Department of Defense is seeking to rapidly expand its capacity through relatively inexpensive autonomous systems. And the DOD wants those systems fast—in the “volume and velocity required to deter aggression or win if we’re forced to ...
China’s People’s Liberation Army wants to be the first to capitalize on a range of military applications for generative artificial intelligence that could change warfare—but political, economic, and scientific challenges, some of which U.S. artificial intelligence developers also face, stand in the way.
