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Could the purchase of new SSBN’s reduce the size of America’s fleet to dangerously small numbers?

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The Diplomat’s Editor selects the top five defense and foreign policy articles for your weekend reading pleasure.

The U.S. Navy announced at the Sea-Air-Space Exposition to deploy for the first time a solid-state laser aboard a ship in FY 2014.

“The mainland can concentrate all of its military might against a fraction of U.S. strength…in its own geographic environs”

“Orienting ourselves toward this new strategic problem is a worthy first step.”

“As Clausewitz counsels, there’s no escaping the guesswork quotient in military affairs.”

“There’s another emerging theme…about how a U.S.-China conflict could unfold – a naval blockade.”

With America and others developing “carrier killer” missiles, what does the future hold for surface navies in wartime?

The stinging cuts of sequestration will have a tremendous impact on America’s capacity to protect the world’s maritime commons — with devastating consequences.

“China resembles the Soviet Union of old in its approach to cross-strait relations.”

Massive shocks that shatter outdated ways of transacting business are few and far between.