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Global Def. Two U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers demonstrated rapid hot-pit refueling at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, in a Bomber Task Force operation highlighted by U.S…. Source link

Jonathan Buckland, Modern War Institute Excess Equipment and the Army’s Regeneration Problem Source link

T&P The new units, based in Quantico, Virginia, and Twentynine Palms, California, will experiment with new technologies and develop training for deploying Marines. Source link

Marine Corps Compass Points We may have had the best-equipped, most capable Marine Air Ground Task Forces (MAGTF) in history, but without the dedicated strategic and operational lift needed… Source link

John M. Ruggero & Jeremy W. Cannon, RealClearDefense A Call for Decisive Transformation in Military Medical Readiness Source link

M. Van Wagenen & A.P. David, RCD The Russia-Ukraine conflict has delivered a definitive, unappealing verdict on the future of combat: the era of the platform-centric military is dead. Source link

Emzari Gelashvili, RealClearDefense How Soviet and Chinese Intelligence Subverted Western Education — and What the Results Look Like Source link

Henry Sokolski, RealClearDefense Although nuclear talks with the Iranians will resume

Donald Trump’s posture toward India in his second term has shocked and awed New Delhi. There was a noticeable shift even before his inauguration: he surprised Indians by extending an unusually early invitation to Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend the ceremony, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi received no comparable invitation. From then on, the warmth between Washington and New Delhi began to fade. India’s strategic community is struggling to make sense of the rapidly transforming relationship. The key question animating New Delhi is whether this change is transient or whether it represents a fundamental rupture, triggering long-term and profound…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Australia on July 8-10 has cemented the deepening geostrategic relationship between Canberra and New Delhi. As part of his state visit, Modi was in Melbourne for the third Australia-India Annual Summit, where both sides finalized memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and agreements in the fields of maritime security, civil nuclear energy, skill development, emerging technologies, science and technology, and filmmaking. In addition to a one-on-one discussion with his Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese, Modi also met with Australia’s governor-general and the leader of the opposition. He also addressed the Australia-India CEOs Forum, the Economic Roadmap…