{"id":86340,"date":"2019-04-17T12:07:23","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T16:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=86340"},"modified":"2019-04-17T12:07:23","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T16:07:23","slug":"army-secretarys-weapons-wish-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=86340","title":{"rendered":"Army Secretary’s Weapon’s Wish-list"},"content":{"rendered":"
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High Mobility Artillery Rocket System exercise in Kuwait. (SGT Bill Boecker)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The military’s shift in emphasis to peer to peer threats like Russia and China continues. The Army Secretary is proposing some investment shift from platforms needed to do counter insurgency. With the U.S. reducing its footprint in the wake of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria, the leadership is looking towards strategic threats.<\/p>\n

China and Russia would be the two main candidates in this area. The Chinese are staking claims to disputed territories in the South China Sea. Not satisfied with just a ship presence, they’ve built infrastructure and manned these islands. So far, we’ve been willing to continue our freedom of navigation and flight operations in areas the Chinese claim to be theirs… But is open to everybody per international law.<\/p>\n

What if, to borrow a term constantly used during warning calls in the area, miscalculation does happen? One need would be able to punch through anti air defenses and to match enemy artillery.<\/p>\n

The Army Secretary is looking at investing in both, and more. From Defense One:<\/span><\/p>\n

Defense One<\/strong><\/p>\n

Army Secretary Mark Esper said he wants to shift some money away from vehicles and aircraft more suited for conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq and into “what I need to penetrate Russian or Chinese air defenses.”<\/p>\n

Among the new weapons and technologies he said are critical: long-range artillery, attack and reconnaissance aircraft, air and missile defenses, and command-and-control networks. Esper said the artillery — known as Long-Range Precision Fires — could be used “to hold at bay Chinese ships.”<\/p>\n

Army officials recently briefed Adm. Philip Davidson, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, who oversees all U.S. military personnel in the Asia-Pacific region. This comes as the Army plans to rotate thousands of soldiers on expeditionary deployments throughout the Pacific — an expansive region often associated with Navy and Air Force military operations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This change was inevitable. The wars in the middle east are winding down, as was expected over the past few years. The immediate operational emphasis is shifting to training, advising, and assisting friendly nation forces. This would hopefully enhance their fight against terrorism, as well as make them strong enough secure their own nation.<\/p>\n

The medium and long term emphasis is returning to the Maritime and littorals. The more common examples of this involves our interaction with the Chinese military in international Asian waters and with the Russian military in international waters near Russia.<\/p>\n

This favors a shift towards the Air Force, Navy, and the Marines. The Army is pointing to the Army’s strategic values in the areas of this shift.<\/p>\n

You can read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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