Articles by: Bradley Peniston

It was the hardest decision he had to make, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the Army War College as he explained why his 2010 budget proposal calls for the Future Combat Systems …

JTRS is essential to true joint operations

After World War I, the French built the Maginot Line, a series of defensive fortifications to guard against invasion by Germany or Italy. The French …

The Navy’s maritime strategy does not go far enough in reshaping the fleet

As the Obama administration formulates its approach to national security policy, it would do well to start with reading …

When Defense Secretary Robert Gates canceled the vehicle portion of the Army’s flagship Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, there was dismay among Army supporters on Capitol Hill and around the country — …

To the White House for authorizing the Air Force One photo op over Manhattan. For allowing something so indescribably stupid, White House Military Office director Louis Caldera was right to resign. But …

Learning exercises, eh? To paraphrase a famous anti-war poem by a real warrior (Wilfrid Owen): ‘If you had to go door-to-door/& Inform the families of the deaths of fathers, sons, moms, & …

To Congressman Jerry Moran for jumping on the Gitmo “not in my backyard” bandwagon. Ever since President Barack Obama ordered the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, legislators and city officials …

Opposition to budget changes is about jobs, not national security

People and companies don’t like change. Change means uncertainty, and uncertainty disturbs complacency and equilibrium.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in advancing his …

Beware the temptation to micromanage through unmanned systems

An amazing revolution is taking place in the history of war, and even perhaps of humanity. The U.S. military went into Iraq with zero …

Is America ready for a UAV bomber?

In the wake of the August 2007 incident in which six air-launched cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads were mistakenly flown from Minot Air Force …