On today’s program, sponsored by Bell, Dr. Jack Watling, senior research fellow for land warfare at the Royal United Services Institute, discusses the reality that Ukraine’s counteroffensive has stalled, the imperative for allies to quickly commit to furnishing Kyiv with the capabilities it needs to win, how Russia has stepped up its game, how a lack of trained and experienced personnel is the critical factor in battlefield success, the message failing to step up to support Ukraine sends to China and other adversaries about the staying power and commitment of the United States and its allies, what Europe can do to step up its game, lessons from Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza, the terror group’s plan to deliberately put civilians in harms way to impede the Israeli campaign, the challenges of fighting in cities, and Ukraine and Gaza lessons for Taiwan with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On today’s program, sponsored by HII, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses Ukraine’s strikes against Russian Navy ships in Crimea, Kyiv’s arsenal of unmanned surface and aerial vehicles, what the revelation of Ukraine’s possible involvement in the destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline says about the country’s global operations against Russia and its interests, and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses prospects for a government shutdown as the current measure to fund the government expires Nov. 17 and outlook for a full-year continuing resolution, how Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s holds on military promotions might impact defense spending, prospect for Ukraine and Israel supplemental funding, and a look at the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On today’s program, sponsored by Bell, EJ Herold, a retired US Army colonel who is now the chief strategist at the Veterans Coalition International, discusses the new organization’s mission of improving veterans’ services among allied and partner militaries, what we can learn from our allies and partners and what they can learn from America, the need to determine why US suicide rates are high and allied rates are low, how US treatment of service members and veterans have changed over the decades, Ukraine’s veteran needs and the obligation to help those fighting on behalf of allies everywhere, what’s next for the organization and US veterans care with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.