By J. Wellington Brown, Strategy Bridge: “Technology and military organizations exist in a paradoxical relationship. The relentless march of science creates pressure on strategists and their organizations to adopt novel technology and adapt their doctrine. This pressure can derive from technological innovation by one’s own scientists as well as the fear of what a potential enemy is developing on its side. Yet, as political scientist Stephen Rosen points out, organizations, and especially military organizations, have difficulty changing because “they are designed not to change.””
By Patrick Shanahan, Defense One: “Swarming drones on the battlefield and sophisticated cyber attacks on our networks are obvious examples of how technology continues to transform the art of war. The Department of Defense must adapt much faster.”
By Sydney Freedberg, Breaking Defense: “It can’t build up war-ready forces to deter Russia and China while engaging in non-stop operations around the world, the way we have since 1991. If we have to choose – and we do have to, he said – modernization must take priority over growth and warfighting must take priority all other missions.”
By Brian Green, Defense One: “The Army's budget is woefully short of what it needs to recapitalize and modernize, and gridlock in Congress has again doomed the Army to the budget hell of a continuing resolution. If ever the Army were ever to think creatively about how to meet the extraordinary demands it faces, now would be the time.”
By Aaron Mehta, Defense News: “The U.S. Air Force’s two top officials issued a dire warning Thursday that if budget sequestration returns, it would “break” a service already stretched dangerously thin.”