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Military Purges at China’s Fourth Plenum Have Implications for Readiness

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Analysis of the Fourth Plenum of the 20th Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, where nine senior military officials were expelled from the party.

, two of whom sat on the Central Military Commission (CMC), the PLA’s supreme command authority. The nine officers officially removed from the party and Central Committee at the plenum include CMC Vice Chairman He Weidong; CMC member and director of the CMC Political Work Department, Miao Hua; and commander of the Eastern Theater Command, Lin Xiangyang—responsible for missions around Taiwan ... that the purged officials had overlapping career paths. Xi could have seen these potential networks as undermining his control of the PLA. They were the target of a purge directed by the other CMC vice

Five Key Challenges in US-Russian Relations

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Both US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin aim to halt the downward spiral of the bilateral relationship when they meet on June 16 in Geneva, Switzerland.

stability concerns include emerging military technologies: artificial intelligence, hypersonic weapons, and space capabilities that target satellite-based nuclear command, control and communications. China's growing nuclear arsenal, which is not constrained by any arms control agreements, is an additional source of U.S. worry. Reaching consensus on new constraints may be challenging, particularly ... and arms control." And Putin told NBC , "It is my great hope that … there will not be any impulse-based movements." The fact that the meeting is taking place indicates that both sides are interested

The Demise of the INF Treaty and the Consequences for the Indo-Pacific

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The Indo-Pacific was not a factor when the two superpowers involved in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty negotiated the treaty.

formally withdrew on August 1, 2019. The INF Treaty was a landmark arms control agreement negotiated between President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev ... as Anderson Air Force base in Guam. U.S. officials — notably the former commander of the U.S. Pacific Command Adm. Harry Harris — have argued that the INF treaty constrained the U.S. because China ... over into additional technological domains other than traditional ballistic and cruise missiles seems hard to avoid.” One proposed solution is to negotiate an arms control treaty that includes China

The Chinese Military’s New Information Support Force

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The PLA’s new Information Support Force shows the importance of information systems to China’s military. US national security professionals should pay attention.

advances in US military information support systems. For example, China has demonstrated sustained interest in the US military’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) initiative, which involves integrating battlefield situation awareness data across domains, achieving integrated command and control capabilities across services, and preparing for future operational environments. One PRC

No Longer Hit or Miss: CNA Quantifies Missile Defense Training Results

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CNA’s SHIELD model provides fast missile defense training results to Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercise watch teams on Navy ships.

with quantified estimates of success and failure to help sailors understand what works and what doesn’t. “I saw a gap,” says Powell. “They didn’t even know they needed it.” Today, that same training command has ... exercise control center in San Diego. Powell initiated the development of the SHIELD model during the three years he was CNA’s field representative to SMWDC. For each SWATT exercise, he was present at sea or in the control center, observing how sailors react and learn to improve their tactics and skills. Determined to improve missile defense feedback, he worked with CNA headquarters experts in physics

Japan’s F-35B Sea Trials Aim to Boost Interoperability with US, Partner Navies

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Successful tests of the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter on a Japanese ship bring Japan closer to a future of close collaboration with the US Navy and Marine Corps.

on Japanese ships and certify for blue water operations. Managing command and control relationships between embarked F-35 squadrons and their carriers, likely through the impending Japan Joint Operations Command , will be crucial for coordinating at-sea operations. The JSDF will also have to continue to think hard about high-value unit protection, as the addition of F-35Bs will make the ships

The Case for Data Science at Sea

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A data science team on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier harnessed the power of data analytics and software development to achieve new efficiencies and better performance.

Operations (OPNAV) Requirements process to support scaling DS@S to other CSGs. With the support of Project Overmatch, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR), and Program Executive Office Command, Control Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (PEO-C4I), CSG-1’s DS@S team—comprised of one O-5 [commander], two O-4s [lieutenant commander], one E-6 [petty officer first class], one E-5

North Korea's Strategic Surprise in the Yellow Sea: A Future Scenario

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Markus Garlauskas presents a fictional future Yellow Sea conflict scenario, following the consequences of a surprise attack by North Korea against South Korea.

to come to the beleaguered island's aid. However, despite South Korea's more advanced military equipment, along with its superior command, control and intelligence capabilities, geography stacked the odds ... that a conflict in the Yellow Sea could be contained, particularly because China's interests would lead it to intercede if the situation started to spiral out of control. The clashes at sea between

Wargame for Better Solutions, Not Better Wargames

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Are the wargames conducted for the Department of Defense good enough? That question has been getting some attention lately. It might not be the right question.

the point of holding wargames at all. Adding more layers of bureaucracy and quality control does not solve the problems of those seeking answers through wargames. Outcomes are the important issue. Do ... analysis, it clouds our conversations with them. Debates over the definitions of a wargame can actually distract the military from more important questions. One command asked CNA for help with a big, underspecified problem. As part of the proposed study plan, CNA recommended a large tabletop exercise. The analysts at the command later noted that the tabletop exercise had been renamed as an “event

Arctic Strategy and Operations

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CNA provides Arctic analysis and expertise on Arctic operations, strategy, economics, and policy. Our analysts gather data from Arctic military exercises.

command and control for the U.S. Navy Maritime Operations Center in Iceland and the Arctic Expeditionary Capabilities Exercise in Alaska Cybersecurity and interoperability  for Carrier Strike Group