Defense
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 . . .
Pentagon Threat Matrix: Wrong Again
The Pentagon is gearing up for another congressionally-mandated Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) next year. The exercise is supposed to provide a fundamental analysis of military requirements and . . .
The Ukrainian Question: The Kiev Accord
The outcome of the events in the Ukraine is of profound consequence. The Ukraine has been the front line for Imperial Russia, then Soviet Russia, and now (adjective currently in the process of being defined) . . .
Iraq: The Price of Ignorance
In early spring of 1915, the British government formed a committee to determine what its goals should be in the Middle East once the war was over. The term "Middle East" had only recently been coined by naval . . .
Supplying Ammunition: The Lifeblood of the Military
No part of the defense industrial base is more critical to the success of the U.S. military in conflict than that which produces munitions. At its most basic level, the function of the U.S. military in . . .
Fleeting Targets: Rethinking Orbital and Airborne Sensors
In the future, most military targets will be fleeting – mobile, time-sensitive & hard to track.