Smart Mines, A Smaller Army, and the Trump Buildup That Won't Happen: Winnefeld

Posted February 23, 2017

External Article: Breaking Defense

Admiral James A. “Sandy” Winnefeld, former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a distinguished professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was quoted in “Smart Mines, A Smaller Army, and the Trump Buildup That Won't Happen: Winnefeld” by Breaking Defense.

Excerpt:

Trump’s promised defense budget boost probably won’t materialize, the former Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs said today, so we can’t afford to grow a larger military. Instead of more ships and troops, retired Adm. James Winnefeld said in a rare public appearance, the military should prioritize investment in new ideas. His own service, for example, should overcome its post-1945 reluctance to lay mines off enemy shores and deploy networks of smart mines. The Army should cut soldiers to buy more modern equipment and stockpile a lot of it in Europe.

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