2017-05-19 By Robbin Laird There is a famous story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, where Sherlock Holmes solved the mystery in part by the dog not barking. With President Erdogan busy domestically and in foreign policy, and taking on both domestic and foreign opponents, much of the press anticipation of…
2017-05-17 By Robbin Laird A key dynamic with the shift from the land wars to shaping a 21st century combat fore is the crucial opportunity the US and its closest allies have to learn from each other thanks to the number of core weapons systems being bought at the same…
2017-05-18 By Danny Lam President Trump will be at the May 25 NATO meeting. Nuclear Ballistic Missile Threats from North Korea are an existential threat to NATO members. DPRK is presently not on NATO’s agenda. It must be. The Second Nuclear Age is simply not something which NATO wants to…
2017-05-22 By Ed Timperlake A threshold now may have been tragically crossed in Electronic Surveillance. Meta data collection is merging with machine-based analysis to filter actionable intelligence. And this information can now be merged with facial recognition software and ubiquitous camera presence. In a police state like the PRC, this…
2017-05-22 By Danny Lam North Korea responded to President Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia and $110 billion arms sales on behalf of Iran with a ballistic missile test. Coming a week after the last missile test, the medium range ballistic missile is believed to be a solid fueled Pukguksong-2 with…
05/21/2017: According to several sources, Australia’s largest warships have experienced a propulsion system problem at sea and the Navy and its contractors are working to fix the problem. Australian naval engineers are investigating the problems in the propulsion systems of two Spanish-built warships. The Royal Australian Navy’s US$1.5 billion worth HMAS…
05/20/2017: According to a video and text released by the Australian Department of Defence: The Naval Shipbuilding Plan released on 16 May 2017 outlines the Government’s vision for the Australian naval shipbuilding enterprise and the significant investment required in coming decades. The Australian Government is laying the foundations for an…
2017-05-17 By Robbin Laird President Trump has come to power at a time when a very flexible force able to insert from the sea and rapidly return to the sea has emerged. This USN-USMC capability has migrated beyond the classic Amphibious Ready Group-Marine Expeditionary Unit (ARG-MEU) into a very flexible…
