Author Archives: Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D.
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Poland Needs A Lot More Abrams Tanks, Fast
April 30, 2024- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. The US-Poland defense partnership is the key to NATO deterrence of Russian aggression. Why? Because Russia is rearming far faster than expected. The new strategic reality in Europe is that it will take tanks in Poland to stop Russia. “We [Read More...] -
Lexington: April 19, 1775
April 19, 2024- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. On April 19, the Lexington Institute honors our namesake historical event. On April 19, 1775, a company of 70 defiant Massachusetts militiamen met the British redcoats at Lexington and in the battle fired the “shot heard round the world.” The [Read More...] -
Washington Asked Beijing To Control Tehran (From CBS Radio)
April 18, 2024- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. Just last week, the State Department was calling their counterparts in China asking Beijing to use its influence with Iran to call off its attack on Israel. While the US had terrific intelligence and knew about the attack, which took [Read More...] -
Israel’s Near-Perfect Missile Success Had A Special Line Of Defense (From Fox News)
April 16, 2024- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. Diplomacy and deterrence failed, but on Saturday the U.S. military stepped in to help protect Israel against the unprecedented attack from Iran. A near-perfect missile defense, beginning with U.S. planes and warships, brought down 170 drones, 30 cruise missiles and [Read More...] -
5 Reasons Why A Top Chinese Hacker Gang And Their Friends Could Wreak Havoc On US (From Fox News)
April 11, 2024- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. You may never have heard of Threat Actor Storm-0558, but this top Chinese hacker gang broke into the State Department computer systems via Microsoft Exchange Online last spring and read emails for several weeks before Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s [Read More...] -
Low Earth Orbit Is A High-Value Domain (From RealClearDefense)
April 11, 2024- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. Low Earth Orbit – known as LEO – is the future for communications satellites. It’s also a high-value domain for national security. And it’s getting crowded. Elon Musk’s Starlink has over 5500 satellites on orbit and just launched 23 more [Read More...] -
USN: Carrier-Based Military Diplomacy Works (From CBS Eye On The World With John Batchelor)
April 3, 2024- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. Lexington Vice President Rebecca Grant discusses the Ford-class carriers with John Batchelor. Carrier deterrence is more important than ever as shown by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s deployment of two carriers to the Mideast in the Gaza crisis. China is [Read More...] -
Army Budget Invests In Lessons From Ukraine With Focus On Deterring China (From Defense Opinion)
April 1, 2024- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. As Ukraine’s valiant fight against Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion enters its third year, the U.S. Army’s newly released fiscal 2025 budget incorporates the top lessons from combat in Ukraine and sends a powerful message as a deterrent against possible conflict [Read More...] -
Navy Makes Shocking Aircraft Carrier Decision While China Threat Rises (From Fox News)
April 1, 2024- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. What a shock. According to the newly released budget, the Pentagon wants to slow down America’s aircraft carriers. Delaying aircraft carriers courts disaster at a time when their deterrence value is higher than ever. The Navy has a budget plan [Read More...] -
Epic V-22 Osprey Flies Again: Why It’s So Important To Keep Them In The Fight (From Fox News)
March 13, 2024- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. Last Friday, the Marines, Navy and Air Force gave the V-22 Osprey the green light to return to flying status three months after the fatal crash of an Air Force CV-22 in the seas off Japan. It was a bold [Read More...]