Analysis of the FY2015 Defense Budget
The U.S. Department of Defense is one of the largest organizations in the world, managing global security responsibilities with numerous international allies and partners. What does it take to fund...
View ArticleFY2015 Weapons Systems Factbook
Each year, the Department of Defense (DoD) submits a Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) to Congress detailing the status, plans, and funding requirements for more than 80 major acquisition programs. The...
View ArticleToward a New Offset Strategy: Exploiting U.S. Long-Term Advantages to Restore...
This report provides a preliminary outline for an offset strategy that exploits and builds upon existing enduring U.S. capability advantages to restore and maintain U.S. global power projection...
View ArticleCommanding the Seas: A Plan to Reinvigorate U.S. Navy Surface Warfare
Within the next year, the Navy must take advantage of an uncommon opportunity to set the course for the future surface fleet or fall further behind competitors who will increasingly...
View ArticleHard ROC 2.0: Taiwan and Deterrence Through Protraction
Despite the recent ostensible improvements in relations between Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China, the deteriorating cross-strait military balance continues to worry leaders in Taipei. Taiwan...
View ArticleThe Emerging Era in Undersea Warfare
This report describes how undersea competitions evolved over the last century, the disruptive trends that may lead to a new era in undersea warfare, and the elements that will comprise...
View ArticleMaritime Competition in a Mature Precision-Strike Regime
For over two decades, the U.S. military has enjoyed a near-monopoly in precision-guided weaponry and their associated battle networks. Recently, however, the proliferation of these capabilities to...
View ArticleTrends in Air-to-Air Combat: Implications for Future Air Superiority
In this study, Dr. John Stillion conducts a historical analysis of air-to-air combat, drawing on a database of over 1,450 air-to-air victories from multiple conflicts from 1965 to the present....
View ArticleSustaining America’s Precision Strike Advantage
The U.S. military has enjoyed an enormous advantage in precision strike over the past 25 years. The success of America’s precision strike operations has not gone unnoticed, however. Potential enemies...
View ArticleWhat it Takes to Win: Succeeding in 21st Century Battle Network Competitions
Success or failure in war is often measured in terms of territory gained and losses imposed on the enemy. These metrics, however, may not reflect what is really most useful...
View ArticleThe Cost of U.S. Nuclear Forces: From BCA to Bow Wave and Beyond
Nuclear weapons have underpinned U.S. national security strategy since the early days of the Cold War. For more than half a century, the United States has relied on its nuclear arsenal to...
View ArticleDeploying Beyond Their Means: America’s Navy and Marine Corps At a Tipping Point
Today the Navy and Marine Corps are facing a fundamental choice: maintain current levels of forward presence and risk breaking the force or reduce presence and restore readiness through adequate...
View ArticleWinning The Airwaves: Regaining America’s Dominance In The Electromagnetic...
The electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) is one of the most critical operational domains in modern warfare, but its use in military operations is rapidly changing. In the same way smartphones and...
View ArticleA Vision of Future Aerial Combat
CSBA’s historical analysis of air-to-air combat, detailed in the 2015 report titled Trends in Air-to-Air Combat: Implications for Future Air Superiority by Dr. John Stillion, assessed how advances in...
View ArticleFY 2016 Weapon Systems Factbook
Each year, the Department of Defense (DoD) submits Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs) to Congress detailing the status, plans, and funding requirements for more than 80 major acquisition programs. The...
View ArticleRethinking Armageddon
The First Nuclear Age was characterized by the Cold War era bipolar international system and a corresponding bipolar nuclear competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. While a...
View ArticleWinning The Salvo Competition: Rebalancing America’s Air And Missile Defenses
Over the last fifteen years, the Department of Defense spent more than $24 billion buying a mix of capabilities to defeat guided missile threats to U.S. and partner naval forces...
View ArticleExtended Deterrence in the Second Nuclear Age
Ever since the early days of the Cold War, extended nuclear deterrence has been one of the most important but challenging aspects of American strategy. During the past 25 years,...
View ArticleFY 2017 Weapon Systems Factbook
Each year, the Department of Defense (DoD) submits Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs) to Congress detailing the status, plans, and funding requirements for almost eighty Major Defense Acquisition...
View ArticleAnalysis of the FY 2017 Defense Budget and and Trends in Defense Spending
As the last budget request of the Obama Administration, the FY 2017 request largely continues the shift towards greater investment in the high-end capabilities necessary in a new strategic era...
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