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Flashpoint: Satellite subterfuge
(June 2009)
The famous Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud is believed to have once said: “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar,” meaning that at times you should take things at face value and...
By Peter Brookes
The famous Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud is believed to have once said: “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar,” meaning that at times you should take things at face value and...
By Peter Brookes
Essay: The rise of the tactical general
(June 2009)
An amazing revolution is taking place in the history of war, and even perhaps of humanity. The U.S. military went into Iraq with zero unmanned systems on the ground and just a handful of...
By P.W. Singer
An amazing revolution is taking place in the history of war, and even perhaps of humanity. The U.S. military went into Iraq with zero unmanned systems on the ground and just a handful of...
By P.W. Singer
Unmanned and nuclear
(June 2009)
In the wake of the August 2007 incident in which six air-launched cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads were mistakenly flown from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., to Barksdale Air Force...
By Adam B. Lowther
In the wake of the August 2007 incident in which six air-launched cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads were mistakenly flown from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., to Barksdale Air Force...
By Adam B. Lowther
Axing the FCS vehicles
(June 2009)
Why Gates is wrong
(June 2009)
A year ago, Defense Secretary Robert Gates addressed a Heritage Foundation audience on the future requirements of the U.S. military. “Despite my job description,” Gates...
By Tom Donnelly
A year ago, Defense Secretary Robert Gates addressed a Heritage Foundation audience on the future requirements of the U.S. military. “Despite my job description,” Gates...
By Tom Donnelly
An armor opportunity
(June 2009)
When Defense Secretary Robert Gates canceled the vehicle portion of the Army’s flagship Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, there was dismay among Army supporters on Capitol Hill and...
By Col. Robert Killebrew (Ret.)
When Defense Secretary Robert Gates canceled the vehicle portion of the Army’s flagship Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, there was dismay among Army supporters on Capitol Hill and...
By Col. Robert Killebrew (Ret.)
Carrier culture shock
(June 2009)
As the Obama administration formulates its approach to national security policy, it would do well to start with reading “A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower,” the...
By David W. Wise
As the Obama administration formulates its approach to national security policy, it would do well to start with reading “A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower,” the...
By David W. Wise
Let’s do this!
(June 2009)
The American military has become relatively self-congratulatory of late about our newfound aptitude for counterinsurgency. As the violence in Iraq remains low relative to the charnel house...
By Capt. Robert M. Chamberlain
The American military has become relatively self-congratulatory of late about our newfound aptitude for counterinsurgency. As the violence in Iraq remains low relative to the charnel house...
By Capt. Robert M. Chamberlain
Transition strategy: A manual for all seasons
(May 2009)
Joint Publication 3-0 tells us that stability operations are those missions where, alone or with other agencies, the armed forces “maintain or re-establish a safe and secure...
BY JOSEPH J. COLLINS
Joint Publication 3-0 tells us that stability operations are those missions where, alone or with other agencies, the armed forces “maintain or re-establish a safe and secure...
BY JOSEPH J. COLLINS
The Russian Navy revitalized
(May 2009)
he Russian Navy today is not nearly as powerful as its predecessor, the Soviet Navy, at the peak of its strength in the mid-1980s. However, its prospects are brighter today than they were...
BY MILAN VEGO
he Russian Navy today is not nearly as powerful as its predecessor, the Soviet Navy, at the peak of its strength in the mid-1980s. However, its prospects are brighter today than they were...
BY MILAN VEGO
Ask the corporals and captains
(May 2009)
When former President George W. Bush unveiled his revised strategy for Iraq in January 2007, he adopted several proposals made by the Iraq Study Group (ISG) while discounting many others....
BY LT. COL. GLEN BUTLER
When former President George W. Bush unveiled his revised strategy for Iraq in January 2007, he adopted several proposals made by the Iraq Study Group (ISG) while discounting many others....
BY LT. COL. GLEN BUTLER
Going soft
(May 2009)
How can any nation cost-effectively battle jihadist networks in dozens of the most remote, austere and hazardous regions on Earth? How can any nation effectively intercede, deter or disrupt...
BY DAVID KATZ
How can any nation cost-effectively battle jihadist networks in dozens of the most remote, austere and hazardous regions on Earth? How can any nation effectively intercede, deter or disrupt...
BY DAVID KATZ
Answers on Afghanistan
(May 2009)
President Barack Obama’s Afghanistan plan bears parallels with the Iraq surge plan — send more U.S. troops; push local government to take more responsibility and to crack...
President Barack Obama’s Afghanistan plan bears parallels with the Iraq surge plan — send more U.S. troops; push local government to take more responsibility and to crack...
Keeping faith with troops and taxpayers
(May 2009)
n his first address before a joint session of Congress, President Barack Obama reaffirmed the nation’s commitment to its military men and women: “To each and every one of them,...
BY CHRISTOPHER PREBLE
n his first address before a joint session of Congress, President Barack Obama reaffirmed the nation’s commitment to its military men and women: “To each and every one of them,...
BY CHRISTOPHER PREBLE
A deterrence we need
(May 2009)
Claiming freedom from the ideologically driven policies of the recent past, the Obama administration has promised a “new pragmatic approach” to everything from the economy to...
By Gene Myers
Claiming freedom from the ideologically driven policies of the recent past, the Obama administration has promised a “new pragmatic approach” to everything from the economy to...
By Gene Myers
Let’s make a deal
(May 2009)
The hubris of legislators apparently knows no bounds. Here we are again on the fast road to acquisition reform, trying to fix the damage done by the many previous acquisition reform...
BY HARVEY M. SAPOLSKY
The hubris of legislators apparently knows no bounds. Here we are again on the fast road to acquisition reform, trying to fix the damage done by the many previous acquisition reform...
BY HARVEY M. SAPOLSKY
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