Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is reminding the world that missiles can help militaries achieve objectives even when ground and air forces are kept far away. The degree to which Russia’s strikes are steadily destroying Ukrainian targets highlights the importance of considering how such weapons may shape the conduct of future conflicts in Europe and in other regions.
The Biden administration’s national defense strategy, still classified and with only a brief summary available to the public, identifies China as the United States’ primary security concern. Even as the Department of Defense (DOD) talks the talk of preparing for future conflict, it is far too resistant to adapting the systems or picking up the pace that served it well for the 30 years since the end of the Cold War.
The past 10 years have seen a steady cadence of reporting on highly classified and time-consuming wargames showing that the United States consistently “loses” to China. The results, easily summarized as “bad!,” lack sufficient publicly available detail to enable informed debate on how best to resolve the potential shortcomings.
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