Are Aircraft Carriers Obsolete?

Is it time to eliminate America’s large naval fleet?

Did Donald Rumsfeld get it right with an emphasis on small, fast, and flexible?

Naval Postgraduate School professor John Arquilla joins Victor Davis Hanson to discuss these questions and more in the latest episode of Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson.

They explore the importance of networks in war-making and how they make enemies elusive, the prolonged failures in Iraq and Afghanistan and the Pentagon’s refusal to continue Rumsfeld’s military strategy and finally the current military landscape and what it means for policy regarding Iran.

Here is the full episode:

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Or if you’re in a hurry, check out this segment on Iran.