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One of our core pillars of work is to navigate great power competition in a non-partisan way. Today, Dr. Esper, the 23rd Secretary of the Army, speaks to us about why the national defense strategy calls for a shift in focus from counterinsurgency to high intensity conflict. 1/
Russia and China are rapidly modernizing their militaries and have been doing so for many years. "Since the end of the Cold War, the US military has maintained an unparalleled overmatch on the battlefield but that gap has narrowed," @SecArmy says at #ACDefense. 2/
In the future environment, large, slow formations and stationary units are targets waiting to be destroyed. "Mobility and speed will be the key to survival," @SecArmy says. #ACDefense 3/
