Defense

Ex-Im Campaign Is Killing Thousands Of Jobs In States GOP Needs To Win White House (From Forbes) Judging from the steady stream of jobs being lost, the right-wing jihad to kill Washington's Export-Import Bank is shaping up to be a significant blow to America's economy.  However, it may also be a blow to the Republican Party, which will have to tak ...
The U.S. Military Must Continue To Invest In Training And Simulation Click here to watch a video about the Southwest Defense Complex. It is an axiom of defense planning that militaries fight like they train. The better trained force has an inherent advantage over its adversary. The U.S. military has proven the value of ...
Defense Transportation Chief McDew Faces Rising Challenges With Receding Resources (From Forbes) When Air Force General Darren W. McDew was questioned by Senators about his nomination to lead U.S. Transportation Command in July, he made a point of lauding the "unheralded professionals" at the command engaged in carrying out its "often thankless wo ...
Pentagon Might Learn More About Innovation From General Motors Than Silicon Valley (From Forbes) Pentagon leaders have begun reaching out to Silicon Valley tech companies for ideas on how the pace of innovation in the military can be accelerated.  Perhaps they are looking in the wrong zip code.  Detroit's General Motors has managed to survive far ...
NATO Facility At Souda Bay Is Critical To Alliance Maritime Power Even as the Greek economy struggles to establish equilibrium and politicians in Athens work to implement new austerity measures, its military continues to provide security and support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance in the Ea ...
Remaining in Afghanistan Helps the U.S. Fight in Syria U.S.  leaders debate whether to put troops on the ground in Iraq and Syria because some officials believe political reformation will stop the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), and other policymakers believe force is the key to defeating ISIS. A ...
Boeing To Build Its First Offshore Plane Factory In China As Ex-Im Bank Withers (From Forbes) Facing severe pressure from state-subsidized foreign competitors and the end of federal export financing, Boeing has decided to build its first offshore aircraft factory in the company's 100-year history.  The plant will be located in China, will be a ...
More And Better Radars Are The Next Step In Countering Missile Threats The United States, its friends and allies face a serious and growing threat from adversaries armed with a spectrum of rockets, missiles and drones. Most recently we have seen the dangers posed by shorter range rockets and missiles such as short range, ...
Incentivizing a New Defense Industrial Base Click here to download the full report as PDF. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY It is the contention of this study that private corporations are increasingly disincentivized to do business with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Contracting with DoD has always bee ...
GOP Candidates Obsess Over Iran Threat, Ignore Russian Nuclear Menace (from Forbes) If you watched the Republican presidential debate this week, you heard a lot about the danger posed by Iran's nuclear-weapons program.  North Korea's efforts came in for some criticism too.  But Russia's nuclear arsenal got no mention, which is a littl ...
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