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Lexington Launches A Different Kind Of Defense Blog Greetings from New England. Yes, I too am at the beach. But I'm still working, and the purpose of this brief is to tell you about a new project that the Lexington Institute has launched while you were . . .
STOPPING C-17 NOW WOULD HOBBLE FUTURE WARFIGHTERS The U.S. Air Force is the only military organization in the world that operates a diverse fleet of airlifters capable of transporting large forces over long distances on short notice. The airlift fleet . . .
Air Force Delay On Radar Plane Fix Hurts Soldiers Every day, one of the Air Force's 17 Joint Stars radar planes takes off from a base in Southwest Asia to conduct secret intelligence-gathering missions. A multimode radar installed on the plane's belly . . .
There’s No Reason To Cut Funds For C-130 Modernization The most successful aircraft in the history of military aviation isn't a fighter or a bomber, it's the C-130 Hercules airlifter. Conceived in the early 1950s as a short-hop cargo plane and people mover . . .
Are Jets A Better Fit For The Afghan Environment? As U.S. forces begin the planned surge into Afghanistan we are again reminded that in many ways this is a tougher fight than the military experienced in Iraq. The geography of Afghanistan is daunting, . .
Some Nuclear Cuts Are Feasible, But Big Ones Are Dangerous On July 6, President Obama and his Russian counterpart agreed in principle to a new strategic arms treaty that would reduce the number of operational nuclear weapons in each nation's arsenal. News of . . .
Global Warming And The Politics Of Mania America's political culture is a marketplace of ideas, and like other markets it sometimes is seized by big ideas that disrupt normal operations. These ideas typically assume the character of manias, . . .
July 4, 2009: A Celebration Tinged With Sadness July 4th is the one day, more than any other, when we Americans celebrate what we have achieved as a nation. We have another holiday in November for giving thanks, but that day is mostly about family . . .
Delay Of Army Warfighter Network Would Be Dangerous Nothing matters more in modern land warfare than quick and reliable communications. Battle conditions are so fluid and forces are so scattered that continuous connectivity is crucial in coordinating . . .
Congress Should Move Forward On A New Bomber Picture this: a nuclear weapon in terrorist hands loose in the remote regions of Pakistan. How about a mobile missile deep in Iran with a nuclear warhead standing by? Or a space launch complex in some . . .
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