U.S. defense emphasis on expeditionary high-end warfighting undervalues homeland sovereignty enforcement and leaves the Coast Guard underresourced against gray-zone threats.
U.S. defense priorities undervalue the Coast Guard and homeland sovereignty enforcement, misaligning resources with rising gray-zone and near-home security threats.
Ministry of Defence's F-35 blunder: 57B and counting
MoD short-term budget cuts have undermined the UK's F-35 program, tripling whole-life costs, delaying key capabilities and leaving the fleet understrength and undercapable.
