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Arming Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel While Strengthening the U.S. Industrial Base

Instead of Rewarding Qatar With Weapons Sales, Washington Should Use Them as Leverage

Despite enabling terrorist groups, Qatar is poised to purchase nearly $2 billion worth of American arms. The U.S. State Department approved the potential sale on March 26 under the Foreign Military Sales...

Trump Administration Expedites Major Arms Sale to Israel

Rubio Uses Emergency Waiver: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on March 1 that he had used emergency authorities provided in U.S. law to expedite the delivery of roughly...

U.S. Approves Major Arms Sale to Israel

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How to Ensure Israel Has the Weapons It Needs

Building Partner Capabilities for Cyber Operations

Bipartisan Coalition Urges Biden to Send ATACMS to Ukraine

A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers introduced a resolution on Friday urging the Biden administration to send Ukraine the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS). These missiles would facilitate Kyiv’s...

Advance U.S. Interests by Giving Ukraine the Weapons It Needs Now

Baker’s Dozen: Thirteen Recommendations to Improve Deterrence in the Western Pacific

The United States Department of Defense (DOD), with the support of both Congress and the U.S. defense industrial base, has built the preeminent military force in the world. The United States has unmatched power projection capability, the ability to establish air and maritime dominance far from its shores, the resources to execute large scale ground maneuver operations, and the ability to conduct brigade-level amphibious operations. But despite all this, the United States will not be ready to deter and defeat America’s most capable adversary — China — in the demanding military environment the United States will face in the next few years in the western Pacific.

Stocking Ukraine could generate foreign military sales boom

Replacing the military equipment transferred to Ukraine by the United States’ NATO allies could lead to roughly $21.7 billion in foreign military sales or direct commercial sales for American industry,...

Losing an arms race with China is much worse than competing in one

The Pentagon’s annual China Military Power Report published last Tuesday makes clear that Beijing is sprinting to ensure the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) possesses the military means to conquer...

How ‘MacGyver’ magic can get Taiwan its Harpoon defenses faster

The Pentagon has a problem. The Defense Department report last month on the Chinese military makes clear that Beijing is sprinting to develop the means it would need to conquer Taiwan. Unfortunately,...

Pentagon Announces Contract for Israeli KC-46s but Has More Work To Do

The Pentagon announced on Wednesday an up to $927 million foreign military sale contract with Boeing to provide Israel four KC-46A air refueling aircraft, with the first currently expected to arrive in...

Expedite arms deliveries to beleaguered democracies

Fielded combat capabilities — not arms sales announcements from Washington — are what help America’s beleaguered democratic partners such as Taiwan deter and defeat aggression. Despite this fact,...

Israel has a KC-46 problem. Here’s the solution.

Eying growing and distinct threats that may require the United States and Israel to conduct long-range airstrikes, both militaries urgently need to replace their aging aerial refueling fleets with the modernized...

Standing With the Free People of Taiwan

U.S. Arms Deal Can Help Taiwan Deter Chinese Aggression

The Trump administration announced Monday it had approv...