Defense
Obama’s AUMF: It’s His War Now
To date the debates and discussions over President Obama’s proposed authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) have focused on relatively insignificant issues. How much leeway should there be for the employment of ground forces? What should be ...
Arming Ukraine: Dubious Logic, Dangerous Consequences (From Forbes)
Every U.S. intervention in a foreign conflict begins with a series of rationales aimed at persuading voters that the move makes sense. Thus it is with Ukraine, where legislators and policymakers are debating whether to provide lethal military assistan ...
Superior Suppliers List Belies Myth Of Slow, Unresponsive Overpriced Defense Industry
Two days ago, the U.S. Air Force and Army released their second annual list of aerospace and defense companies that earned the title of superior supplier. The list is the product of the Pentagon’s Superior Supplier Incentive Program that was one of the ...
First An AUMF For ISIS And Then One For Russia
The focus in Washington today is on the imminent request by the Obama Administration for a Congressional authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) against ISIS. This will be the first time since the weeks following September 11 that Congress a ...
U.S. Navy Pursuing Its Own Offset Strategy Led By The Rail Gun
The Department of Defense is struggling to define a strategy for recapturing the high ground in military technology and countering the proliferation of so-called anti-access/area denial (A2AD) threats. Senior Pentagon officials acknowledge that the mil ...
Search And Rescue: Arab Ally In Fight Against ISIS Demands U.S. Deploy V-22 Osprey (From Forbes)
Something unusual happened in December, shortly after a Jordanian fighter pilot whose plane had crashed was captured by ISIS militants in Syria. The United Arab Emirates, an early participant in the anti-ISIS bombing campaign, said it would cease air ...
Putin Autistic? A Dumb Diagnosis Highlights How Nuclear War Could Happen (From Forbes)
Medical experts who review the Pentagon psychological profile of Vladimir Putin unearthed by USA Today this week aren’t going to be impressed. It’s probably wrong in diagnosing the Russian leader as a victim of autism. However, it still highlights a ...
Missile Defense: Time For A New Kill Vehicle
Missile defenses deter countries from launching missile attacks and seek to defeat those who do. But the only existing technology designed to protect the American homeland from incoming intermediate- and long-range ballistic missiles today is the Groun ...
Key Member Of Anti-ISIS Coalition Demands U.S. Use V-22 Tiltrotor For Rescues
The same day that the world had to confront a new level of barbarism from ISIS in its latest snuff video, it was also revealed that the coalition against this abomination which the Obama Administration had so painstakingly built had developed a gaping ...
Captain Carter Should Steer His Titanic Department Right At The Iceberg
One of the most interesting theories I have ever heard about the sinking of the Titanic is that the liner could have survived if, rather than trying to avoid the collision, Captain Edward John Smith, had steered directly for the iceberg. You might reme ...