A China Coast Guard ship uses water cannons on a Vietnamese marine surveillance ship in the South China Sea. China has been able to advance its agenda through aggressive moves that mostly have failed to produce a serious U.S. response. It might not embark on war because it has no need to.

Win Without Fighting

By Hunter Stires
June 2020
The United States is devoting significant energy to preparing for great power war, but China is waging a maritime insurgency—and could win without firing a shot.
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Exclusive Excerpt: The Stringbags

By Garth Ennis and P. J. Holden
June 2020
An exclusive excerpt from the new graphic novel from Dead Reckoning. The heroic story of the torpedo bomber crews who flew outdated Fairey Swordfish biplanes in World War II.
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Address the strategic, operational, and tactical demands for 21st-Century Navy mine warfare, mine countermeasures, explosive ordnance disposal, mining technologies, systems, and platforms.

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