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Purge of the Pentagon Deserves To Be a Priority of the Next President

The Milley years saw us lose the race for hypersonic weapons, surrender Afghanistan, and focus on race and gender issues and a collapse in recruitment.

Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP file
A new Zircon hypersonic cruise missile is launched by a Russian navy frigate in the Barents Sea. Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP file
CONRAD BLACK
CONRAD BLACK

One of the great mysteries of the current correlation of strategic forces in the world is the apparently large advantage that both China and Russia have over the United States and other Western powers in the area of hypersonic weapons.

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CONRAD BLACK
CONRAD BLACK

Lord Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, was Chairman of Hollinger International Inc. and a founding director of the New York Sun.

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