Defense
The Army’s Organic Industrial Base: What is the Future for Depots and Arsenals?
It may come as a surprise to many Americans that the U.S. Army owns — and in some cases operates — a number of industrial facilities employing nearly 20,000 people. Largely a legacy of World War II, this . . .
No to a larger Army!
While disagreeing intensely over the Iraq war, there seems to be one thing on which conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats are in accord: Iraq demonstrates the need to increase the size of the . . .
National Defense: Did The Democrats Win?
The defense mess is really your fault, you know, because you voted for John Kerry. I warned you that if you voted for Kerry, idealism would replace national interest as the main driver of security policy. I . . .
Laser Weapons For Iraq?
In Iraq, rocket and mortar attacks on Coalition forces, other security forces and civilians are one of the most effective tactics of that country’s insurgents. They are relatively simple for the insurgents to operate. . .
Pentagon Planners Target New England
If you want to understand what's happening to the defense budget, don't look at the topline. Look at how money is shifting among activities within the budget. When you track those shifts, it becomes . . .
Future Security: A Big Problem, Barely Noticed
Every summer I take my wife and the twins to visit Mom in Massachusetts. She lives there because she retired to the place her immigrant parents first came a century ago, to work in what was then the biggest . . .
The Power of Sea Basing
The U.S. response to the human tragedy along the Indian Ocean littorals provides the world with two important lessons. The first is the unparalleled generosity of the American people. The second is the . . .
Rumsfeld Plan Closes Six of Seven Aircraft Lines
There's an urban myth inside the Washington Beltway that Republicans do a better job of running the government because so many of them come from the business world. Maybe that was true when Dwight Eisenhower . . .
Cruise Missile Defense: Connecting Theater Capabilities to Homeland Needs
Cruise missiles are flying bombs that can precisely strike distant targets after traversing circuitous, ground-hugging routes. They are capable of delivering a wide range of destructive mechanisms. . .
Rumsfeld’s Final Act Threatens Future Readiness
In Greek tragedies, the outcome is foreshadowed long before the final act, but the protagonists are powerless to avert their fate because they cannot change their natures. So it is with Donald . . .