February 17th YaleChicago presents Author's Panel
with new books by
Madeleine Henry, Lana Harper and Margot McMahon
Alexandra Newman will be the moderator.
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Topic: Yale Chicago Authors' Panel
Time: Feb 17, 2021 05:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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Though Dad flew a B17 in WWII, in 2021 the military is reusing the Boeing 52 with new inner technology this year. Those planes were made to last!
For Wars of the Future, Pentagon Looks to Distant Past:
The B-52
A strategy shift focused on China and Russia—and stumbles in developing newer bombers—persuade Air Force to put new electronics in an old plane and make it last until 2050
OVER THE EAST CHINA SEA—“Go back,” the Chinese air controller warned. “You are now approaching Chinese airspace. Turn around immediately or you will be intercepted.”
The crew of the B-52 lumbering 100 miles off China’s coast rebuffed the warning that crackled through the radio, and the 60-year-old aircraft stayed its course.
This was a bomber presence mission, a taxing flight designed to demonstrate the U.S. military’s long reach and uphold the right of international passage in disputed airspace.
It was also a window into the Pentagon’s plan to rely on aircraft from the earliest days of the Cold War to prepare for the wars of the future.
The February mission began at dawn at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam when the aircrew donned oxygen masks and “poopy suits,” puffy outer garments to keep out the cold in case the plane was forced to ditch in the ocean.
Then the bomber, far older than the crew flying it, rumbled down the runway, relying on analog dials and aging radar to zigzag over the Pacific and maneuver inside the “air defense identification zone” that China has declared but the U.S. refuses to acknowledge.
After nearly two decades of waging counterinsurgency warfare in the Middle East and Afghanistan, the Defense Department has turned its focus to “great power competition,” its buzz phrase for a major shift in spending and programs to counter China and Russia.
The retooling is a costly reckoning for a military that was stretched by fighting militant groups and focusing on lesser dangers posed by rogue states in northeast Asia and the Middle East. The strategy has been broadly embraced by Lloyd Austin, President Biden’s defense secretary, who must now find a way to resource it.
The Marines are getting rid of their tanks and instead are developing the ability to operate from western Pacific islands to bottle up China’s fleet. The Army recently conducted tests of its ability to harness artificial intelligence and a network of sensors to take the fight to its foes. The Navy is pursuing the development of unmanned ships.
