Commentary
In April, the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet ran a much-anticipated Fleet battle problem. Arguably, its dull official name, Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem 21, was a touch misleading.
The guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) launches an SM-2 missile during exercise Rim of the Pacific 2020 on Aug. 26, 2020. Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Devin M. Langer/U.S. Navy
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Austin Bay
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Austin Bay is a colonel (ret.) in the U.S. Army Reserve, author, syndicated columnist, and teacher of strategy and strategic theory at the University of Texas–Austin. His latest book is “Cocktails from Hell: Five Wars Shaping the 21st Century.”
