Defense
Hidden Danger: The Threat To America’s Networks
Digital networks are the nervous system of our civilization, essential to commerce and culture. The entire economy, from banking to utilities to manufacturing to healthcare, relies on. . .
Air Power: The Navy Needs More Super Hornets
During the recent presidential campaign, Democratic candidate Barack Obama stressed in his principle defense position paper the need to preserve our military's "unparalleled air power" and capacity. . .
Economic Security: We Must Save American Manufacturing
Many Americans find economics boring. For such people, Republican economics in the era of Bush and Reagan has been a godsend. The Republican economic model basically says, "deregulate everything. . .
Cargo Loaders In Future Air Mobility
Cargo loaders are essential to air mobility at major US aerial ports and rugged overseas bases. C-130s, C-17s, giant C-5s and a wide range of contract airlifters from 747s to Russian Antonovs all share one. . .
President Obama’s First National Security Test
Vice President-elect Joe Biden was wrong when he said, “It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy.” Well, it was more like six hours. Yesterday, as other...
Chemical & Biological Threats: Surveillance as the First Line of Defense
Chemical and biological agents, whether in the form of weapons employed by terrorists or rogue states, toxic spills or naturally occurring pandemics, pose a significant risk to the ...
Memo to Demo’s: Missile Defense Is Our Top Military Need
With America's economy facing the worst outlook in three generations, it isn't hard to figure out where the next administration -- the Obama Administration -- will focus most . . .
Satellite Cancellation Raises Questions About Army Plans
Pentagon policymakers tentatively decided this weekend to terminate a competition for the military's next generation of communications satellites. The program was supposed to give each. . .
Five Reasons Weapons Spending Won’t Fall
The Reagan Revolution has collapsed. Over the next eight years a resurgent Democratic Party will raise taxes, re-regulate the economy and rethink free trade. Judging from the size of the. . .
The U.S. Navy’s Most Successful Shipbuilding Program
To a casual observer, the drumbeat of negative news about naval shipbuilding must make it sound as though the entire fleet modernization program is in disarray. The Navy Secretary canceled. . .