Time for a new Key West Agreement

[Kirkhill]

It's time for a new Key West agreement

Airpower, air defense, Marines’ role—all need revisiting, three-quarters of a century after the seminal roles-and-missions pact.

www.defenseone.com

I think it is fair to say that this is a relevant discussion.

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I also think these articles, emphasizing the defence, also frame the current debate.

Ukraine proves that Clausewitz was right on the relative strength of the defence.

Theory to Reality: Defensive Operations Confirm Clausewitz’s Theory - Military Strategy Magazine

This article reaffirms Carl von Clausewitz’s assertion that defensive operations hold a strategic advantage over offensive operations. By examining the inherent advantages of the defense through the lenses of resource supply, psychological influence, public support, and fortifications, Lt Col...

www.militarystrategymagazine.com

Trump is moving to a strongly defensive posture

If this is war, so be it

America has been placed on a wartime footing in a military engagement against an illegal invasion, and it is one that we cannot afford to lose. President and Commander-in-Chief Donald Trump has just focused on the U.S. military to make the defense...

www.americanthinker.com

Donald Trump's Iron Dome — Global Security Review

Bonus Reads Deterrence

globalsecurityreview.com

DOD eyes tactical drones to accompany troops Trump is surging to the border

Defense leaders are weighing their options to deploy various types of military drones on the U.S.-Mexico border for information-collecting and surveillance operations in support of the Trump administration’s move to rapidly expand troop presence there, a senior military official told reporters...

defensescoop.com

Trump aims to cut US force in Europe by 20,000, compel subsidies from allies, Italian report says

www.stripes.com

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US National Strategy

Turtle Island - Wikipedia

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[Kirkhill]

Is Trump serious? The Danes certainly seem to think so.

Trump tells Denmark’s PM he’s serious about taking over Greenland in ‘fiery’ call

President has wanted the U.S. to obtain Greenland since his first term

www.independent.co.uk

President Donald Trump told Denmark’s prime minister he is serious about taking over Greenland in a “fiery” phone call last week, the Financial Times reports.

Trump and Mette Frederiksen spoke on the phone for 45 minutes last week after the president said he wanted the US to take Greenland, despite officials repeatedly saying it’s not for sale.

The phone call was fiery, the Financial Times reports, with one official with knowledge of the conversation calling it “horrendous”.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Last I read Trump and Frederiksan had agreed to put things on the back burner for now and that the relationship has been cordial.

I still hold great distrust for the MSM. Especially the Brit tabloid style of inflammatory language and friend of a friend whose uncles boss talked with a high up Insider style of inventing quotes to create questionable sensationalist stories. I would not believe a single thing printed without further, trusted sources verifying it.

 

[Kirkhill]

And maybe the Goldwater-Nichols funding format needs to be reviewed as well....

Goldwater-Nichols do-over? Mitchell Institute calls to reinstate service chief's acquisition powers - Breaking Defense

The Goldwater-Nichols Act has resulted in "a pervasive pattern within the military of neglect of long-term defense procurement strategies and requirements," the Mitchell Institute argues in a new policy paper.

breakingdefense.com

“Deficiencies of the 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Reform Act (GNA) are a root cause of under-resourcing our critical warfighting forces. This legislation restructured the DOD, resulting in a bureaucratic structure that severely restricts the ability of the services to prioritize long-term strategic threats in favor of the immediate, non-combat demands of the combatant commands and civilian defense bureaucracy. Consequently, there is a pervasive pattern within the military of neglect of long-term defense procurement strategies and requirements,” the paper, “A Call for a New NSC-68 and Goldwater Nichols Reform,” states.

In addition, the paper argues, “organizational misallocation of priority is not only limited to short- versus long- term planning needs but also service equities.” The result has been that the Pentagon has not been able to properly fun its pivot to the Indo-Pacific theater, which the paper asserts requires a shift in resources from the Army to the Air Force, Space Force and the Navy.

“Instead, the service shares of the defense budget remain static, and DOD’s leadership continues to approve Army investments in duplicative capabilities — for example, the Army’s $60 – 70 million-a-shot long-range surface-to-surface missiles for long-range strikes, which the Air Force could conduct with far more cost-effective capabilities,” the paper says.