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Anand Toprani

Reporter · US

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Jul 24, 2026
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Jul 8, 2026
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  1. Article · Jul 24, 2026 · by Anand Toprani, Michael Dennis

    History Holds a Crucial Key in the Navy's Fight Against Drones (opens the original)

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    As electronic warfare, directed-energy weapons, and interceptor drones have dominated the discussion of how to defend against mass attacks from drones, one method has garnered relatively little attention. It’s also been around since the earliest days of air defense. During World War II, the United States learned important lessons about defeating new technological threats such as guided missiles through layered air defense with new weapons developed on the fly. Among the most-important defensive

  2. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · by Anand Toprani, John Lehman

    The Acquisition Lessons of the 1980s and Their Continuing Relevance (opens the original)

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    While the United States today does need a maritime strategy, it does not need the Maritime Strategy of the 1980s.1The latter was appropriate to the geopolitical, technological, and military circumstances of the late Cold War. Today’s more complex operating environment, industrial and budgetary constraints, and the very different challenges posed by the People’s Republic of China demand different solutions. However, in the vital realm of defense management, the lessons of the 1980s—and, in partic

  3. Article · Jul 8, 2026 · by Anand Toprani, Sarah C. M. Paine

    Can War Beat Sanctions in Limiting Iranian Nuclear Arms? (opens the original)

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    Since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the United States has tried both sanctions and strikes to impose its will on Iran. Recent months of fighting, tens of billions of dollars, countless strained alliances, and a global energy crisis make it clear that the return on investment from sanctions far exceeds that of armed coercion. Donald Trump’s maximum-pressure campaign yielded an apparent operational-level military success but a bitter strategic failure. Some believe the war has ended with the memora

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