Peter Huessy

Jan 23, 2025 | warriormaven.com | Peter Huessy

By Peter Huessy, Senior Warrior Nuclear ExpertThe US is indeed facing two nuclear armed peer adversaries in China and Russia which are projected to have combined as many as 11,000 strategic and theater nuclear warheads by 2035, some multiple thousands greater than their combined number of warheads today. A key question is to what extent do nuclear weapon numbers matter?

Jan 22, 2025 | globalsecurityreview.com | Peter Huessy |Joshua Stowell

The ICBM EAR report provides a detailed assessment of the U.S. nuclear deterrent’s status and future outlook, focusing on the threats posed by Russia and China. By 2035, these adversaries are projected to possess a combined 11,000 nuclear warheads, requiring the U.S. to prioritize modernization efforts to maintain a credible deterrent.

Jan 8, 2025 | globalsecurityreview.com | Peter Huessy |Joshua Stowell

Mr. Peter Huessy is President of his own defense consulting firm, Geostrategic Analysis, founded in 1981, and through 2021, Director of Strategic Deterrent Studies at the Mitchell Institute on Aerospace Studies. He was the senior defense consultant at the National Defense University Foundation for 22 years. He was the National Security Fellow at the AFPC, and Senior Defense Consultant at the Air Force Association from 2011-2016.

Dec 11, 2024 | globalsecurityreview.com | Peter Huessy |Joshua Stowell

Mr. Peter Huessy is President of his own defense consulting firm, Geostrategic Analysis, founded in 1981, and through 2021, Director of Strategic Deterrent Studies at the Mitchell Institute on Aerospace Studies. He was the senior defense consultant at the National Defense University Foundation for 22 years. He was the National Security Fellow at the AFPC, and Senior Defense Consultant at the Air Force Association from 2011-2016.

Dec 6, 2024 | warriormaven.com | Peter Huessy

A Path Forward on Ukraineby Dr. Stephen Blank, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute and Peter Huessy, Senior Fellow, The National Institute for Deterrence StudiesDuring his first administration,  President Trump demanded to know what plan the United States military had for defeating ISIS. There was at the time no plan beyond muddling through. The President said that was unacceptable. He gave notice that the military had one year to destroy and thus defeat ISIS.