Whoever wins the presidency in November must take a cue from President Eisenhower to craft a similar long-term approach toward China — as well as Russia — and shape a force needed to deter, and if necessary, defeat both, but on a budget.
Harjit Singh Sajjan, Canada’s new reappointed minister of national defense, discusses the Trudeau government’s plan to sharply increase defense spending, national security priorities, equipment and infrastructure modernization programs and Canada’s growing advocacy for human rights and democracy worldwide with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia, Canada. Our coverage was sponsored by Boeing and Leonardo DRS.
Gen. CQ Brown Jr., USAF, the commander of Pacific Air Forces, discusses China’s capabilities, the agile combat employment model to continually move air forces across the region to deter Beijing as well as safeguard assets from attack and associated logistical challenges with the approach, distributed joint-force multi-domain operations and the need to adopt innovative warfighting concepts, the need for more air and missile defenses and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Air Force Association’s 2019 Air Space Cyber conference and tradeshow outside Washington, DC. Our coverage was sponsored by L3 Harris and Leonardo DRS.
Matthew Goodman, Senior Vice President; Simon Chair in Political Economy & Senior Adviser for Asian…