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Phillips Payson O’Brien

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 16, 2026
Outlet visibility, for The Atlantic
Top 10K sites
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Jul 18, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Phillips Payson O’Brien

    The American Age Is Over (opens the original)

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    Sign up for our newsletter about national security here. The American age that followed World War II was bound to end eventually. What’s shocking is how suddenly that moment has arrived. In the past six months, America’s power—long exemplified by the world’s best warfighting equipment and most highly trained military personnel, a global network of bases and logistics systems, and military and diplomatic partnerships with all corners of the world—has proved insufficient to defeat Iran, a repressi

  2. Article · Aug 3, 2026 · Phillips Payson O’Brien

    Why Is the U.S. Running So Low on Weapons? (opens the original)

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    Although the United States has been the world’s preeminent military power for decades, it apparently cannot fight a regional power such as Iran for more than a few months before experiencing an armaments crisis. Since hostilities with Tehran began on February 28, the U.S. has reportedly used up two-thirds of its Patriot missile interceptors, more than a third of its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors, and a third or more of its prewar stock of Tomahawk cruise missiles. The

  3. Article · Jul 18, 2026 · Phillips Payson O’Brien

    Fighter Jets Are Passé (opens the original)

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    In the interwar period, some military officers did not believe the combustion-engine vehicle would replace the horse for combat operations. Cavalry officers from around the world, including the United States and United Kingdom, argued strongly against trading their lovely mounts for new tanks. Many insisted that heavy armored vehicles could never conquer the hilly terrains in which horses thrived. In 1925, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the World War I commander in chief of the British Expediti

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