RAND’s long-awaited “analysis of alternatives” for tanker replacement hit the Pentagon on Monday, but don’t expect an official response anytime soon. DOD officials said today that it would take at least two more months for the Pentagon’s office of program analysis and evaluation to review it. After that, who knows
The use of a military counter-drone laser on the southwest border this week—which prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to abruptly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas—will be a “case study” on the complex web of authorities needed to employ such weapons near civilian areas and the consequences of agencies…

