Outgunned, Outranged US Army Hurries to Forge Long-Range Weapons

Outgunned, Outranged US Army Hurries to Forge Long-Range Weapons
A Russian Grad multiple rocket launcher system fires in Kubinka Patriot Park outside Moscow on Aug. 22, 2017. Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images
Simon Veazey
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The U.S. military needs a longer stick.

For decades, U.S. aircraft carriers—effectively mobile airfields—and forward air bases have been the foreign policy muscle of then-President Theodore Roosevelt’s adage “speak softly and carry a big stick.”

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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