Whoaaa....

Over my pay grade, weighing in  to this one.  Would sea deployment of nukes be seen as an agressive escalation?  Maybe the trigger to invade Taiwan?

Time To Deploy Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons at Sea
By Joe Varner
May 18, 2024
U.S. Navy

The U.S. needs to break out of its post-Cold War posture and move to a warfighting doctrine with forward deployed theatre level or tactical nuclear weapons on warships to deter China and others.

The last decade has seen China threaten its Indo-Pacific neighbors with violence and claims on their territory including U.S. allies South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Many expect China to try and seize Taiwan by force of arms by 2027. Taiwan’s offshore front-line positions near the Chinese coast and the Pratas are under constant threat of attack and seizure. Beijing routinely pushes Japan on the Senkaku Islands and now has started with so-called ancient claims on Okinawa. The last few years have seen China force its way into the Philippines exclusive economic zone to try and seize territories it claims like Thitu inhabited by Philippine citizens.


Recent articles and reporting have focused on the threat posed to the U.S. and its allies by China and its growing military power. We have witnessed the more than doubling of China’s nuclear warheads, its large and diverse missile force, growth of the Chinese navy to 355 warships, and Beijing’s program to catch up to the U.S. on quality and quantity of fighter aircraft. The U.S. is concerned on several levels by the challenge posed by Chinese military forces in the Indo-Pacific, particularly their dual-capable cruise, ballistic and hypersonic missile forces, and Beijing’s more self-interested and aggressive intentions. China’s missile forces are deployed to threaten a devastating attack on U.S. and allied forces and bases in the region at the outset of any conflict, while Beijing’s strategic deterrent threatens U.S. cities in North America. The U.S. is increasingly faced with the decision to either fortify its forward deployed forces and bases to meet the Chinese challenge of missile attacks or move back to less vulnerable positions and leave American allies exposed to Beijing’s threats and bullying.

https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2024/05/18/time_to_deploy_low-yield_nuclear_weapons_at_sea_1032431.html

I think DEI in the military might be our undoing. 

Can you imagine how we'd fare in 1941 with this mindset?

Drone corps proposal would disrupt US Army plans, says undersecretary
By Courtney Albon
 May 17, 2024, 03:58 PM
 
Drones prepare to take flight as part of a human-machine integration experiment during the exercise Project Convergence at Fort Irwin, Calif., on March 11, 2024. (Sgt. Gianna Chiavarone/U.S. Army)
A House committee’s proposal to create a drone corps within the Army may run counter to the service’s push to expand tactics, training and spending for unmanned aerial systems across some operational units, according to an Army official.

The House Armed Services Committee’s draft fiscal 2025 defense policy bill includes a provision directing the Army to establish a drone corps — essentially a branch to oversee all UAS and counter-drone programs. The branch would be responsible for integrating these systems across the Army; providing specialized training for units; and leading research, development test and evaluation efforts.


Under the provision, the drone corps would join the Army’s 17 specialty branches, which focus on areas like aviation, cyberspace, infantry and ordnance.

Gabe Camarillo, the undersecretary of the Army, said May 17 he understands lawmakers’ interest in honing the services’ focus on uncrewed systems due to their proliferation in conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. However, he added, creating a dedicated branch for this work is not the right approach — at least for now.

https://www.defensenews.com/unmanned/uas/2024/05/17/drone-corps-proposal-would-disrupt-us-army-plans-says-undersecretary/

Might get Fauxahontas off the reservation though.

I think the EPA should make her put an electrostatic precipitator on her Smoke Signal Generator.