Rebecah Heinrichs writes: The United States has the resources and the technology to deploy a robust missile defense system, including space-based interceptors, but it will require changes to current policy and leveraging the modern technologies that would qualitatively improve our missile defense system. Failure to make this decision is to choose to remain under-defended, and in some instances, undefended. – Hudson Institute
Navy engineers are working to bring new aircraft sensors and new weapons into the Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA) architecture, with near-term goals of bringing in the F-35’s radio frequency (RF) sensor and the anti-surface variant of the Standard Missile-6. – USNI News
The Navy is developing lighter-weight anti-submarine designed to better enable its Littoral Combat Ship to track, locate and destroy enemy submarines – all while recognizing potential rival such as Russia and China continue to rapidly develop new submarine weapons and technologies. – Scout Warrior
While to date “gray zone” challenges have frustrated U.S. efforts to respond, DoD can take a number of practical steps in the areas of policy, strategy and plans, and capabilities and concepts to restore the United States’ competitive edge. While the gray zone is by definition a “whole-of-government” problem, DoD will need to “lead up.” Failure to act invites irreversible strategic consequences. – Breaking Defense