Following Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's call in September for a "game-changing offset strategy" to restore the U.S. military's technological edge, a Washington-based think tank has called for a new defense strategy centered around a "global surveillance and strike network." The plan would supplement existing air and naval forces with new "long-range, low-observable" unmanned aircraft and maritime assets instead of purchasing more robust, regular combined-arms forces. In an Oct. 27 report, the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments contends that the...
