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Decisive Action Training Environment (DATE) Indo-Pacific Expansion: Strengthening Army Training and Theater Readiness

By Kevin O'Connell | 07/09/2025 | Comments Off on Decisive Action Training Environment (DATE) Indo-Pacific Expansion: Strengthening Army Training and Theater Readiness

TRADOC G-2 is adding five new countries to the U.S. Army’s Decisive Action Training Environment (DATE) Indo-Pacific region. This DATE expansion,…

U.S. Adversaries’ Trilateral Naval Exercises Reflect Convenience, Not Convergence

By Kevin O'Connell | 07/02/2025 | Comments Off on U.S. Adversaries’ Trilateral Naval Exercises Reflect Convenience, Not Convergence

This paper is the first in a new series that assesses the contours of the emerging alliance of the United…

The Pacific Security Environment

By Kevin O'Connell | 07/01/2025 | Comments Off on The Pacific Security Environment

TRADOC G-2 briefing on the “The Pacific Security Environment” presented during the Army’s 250th birthday celebration.

Operation MIDNIGHT HAMMER and China

By Kevin O'Connell | 06/30/2025 | Comments Off on Operation MIDNIGHT HAMMER and China

U.S. GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator

OE Watch Issue 2 2025

By Kevin O'Connell | 06/05/2025 | Comments Off on OE Watch Issue 2 2025

The OE Watch provides translated selections with background from a diverse range of foreign media that our analysts and expert…

Instruments of Chinese Military Influence in Uganda

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/28/2025 | Comments Off on Instruments of Chinese Military Influence in Uganda

What tools of national power does China use to gain military influence in Uganda? In this new report from FMSO’s…

India Works To Maintain Sri Lankan Foothold Amid Growing China Presence

By Kevin O'Connell | 10/02/2022 | Comments Off on India Works To Maintain Sri Lankan Foothold Amid Growing China Presence

New Delhi’s strategic and geographical compulsions barely allow it to sit back and watch Sri Lanka descend into chaos—a privilege…

China Develops World’s First Small Modular Reactor

By Kevin O'Connell | 10/02/2022 | Comments Off on China Develops World’s First Small Modular Reactor

“The project (Linglong No. 1) is the world’s first onshore commercial small modular reactor and demonstrates that my country is…

Commercial UAVs Creating “Revolution in Artillery”  

By Kevin O'Connell | 09/02/2022 | Comments Off on Commercial UAVs Creating “Revolution in Artillery”  

General of the Army (ret.) Yuri Baluyevsky, former chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (2004-2008). “Simple…

China Carries Out Ballistic Missile Defense Test Amid Related Developments

By Kevin O'Connell | 09/02/2022 | Comments Off on China Carries Out Ballistic Missile Defense Test Amid Related Developments

“It is worth noting that this is not the first time the Chinese military has announced a successful land-based midcourse…