Skip to content
Second Line of Defense
  • What's New
  • In Briefs
  • Issues & Trends
    • The Integrated Distributed Combat Force
    • Con Ops & Operations
    • Policy Dynamics
    • Manufacturability
    • Logs & Sustainment
    • Strategy
    • Video
    • Slideshow
  • About us
    • Who we are
    • Global Partners
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Send us feedback
  • SLD Bookshop
  • Home
  • What’s New
  • In Briefs
  • ISSUES & TRENDS
    • Con Ops
    • Manufacturability
    • Logs & Sustainment
    • Strategy
    • Cybersecurity
    • Slideshow
  • About us
    • Who we are
    • Privacy Policy
    • Global Partners
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Send us feedback
  • SLD Bookshop
Newsletter Signup

In an effort to be in compliance with GDPR we are providing you with the latest documentation about how we collect, use, share and secure your information, we want to make you aware of our updated privacy policy here

Enter your name and email address below to receive our newsletter.
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

What’s New

1914 and 2014: Years of Trauma and Change

Posted on January 2, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
01/02/2015
2014 is hardly as dramatic a year as 1914, but it may well be looked back on as the unfolding of a new historical epoch. When histories are written from the hindsight of 2030, what would 2014 look like in the rear view mirror of history?
Posted in Strategy, What's New

Darwin and Pacific Defense: Looking Back and Looking Forward

Posted on January 2, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
01/02/2015
1942 marked Darwin being on the front lines whether it wanted to or not; 2014 saw its emergence as part of the evolving deterrence in depth strategy which supports the key democratic powers in the Pacific.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

Shaping a Way Ahead to Deal with the Second Nuclear Age

Posted on January 1, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
01/01/2015
Nuclear weapons have returned as a source of influence and power in the international system. As people look at Russia and China, and all of the others they know that the time has come to again do some serious thinking about this subject, no matter how distasteful it is.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

Russian Military Reform and the Ukraine War

Posted on December 23, 2014 | by Robbin Laird
12/23/2014
In this review of a Russian book on the Russian military, Richard Weitz looks at Russian military reform.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New

First Aussie F-35 Arrives at Luke AFB

Posted on December 19, 2014 | by Robbin Laird
12/19/2014
The first RAAF F-35A has arrived at Luke AFB, and opens up the international training side of Luke AFB. Luke AFB is to be the center of excellence for the US and the allies in training to use the F-35A and to shaping integration of the aircraft as well. The…
Posted in Con Ops, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

DoD Announces Initial F-35 Sustainment Centers in the Pacific

Posted on December 18, 2014 | by SysAdmin
12/18/2014
The US Department of Defense officially announced the decision to standup up the initial sustainment centers in the Pacific for the F-35.  
Posted in Logs & Sustainment, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

Germany Takes Delivery of First A400M: 9 Delivered to 4 Air Forces To Date

Posted on December 18, 2014 | by Robbin Laird
12/18/2014
A total of nine A400Ms have now been delivered and the aircraft is in service with four nations.
Posted in Con Ops, Manufacturability, Market Opportunities, What's New

Indian Navy Enhancing Its Air Warfare Capability

Posted on December 18, 2014 | by Robbin Laird
12/18/2014
The Indian Navy is modernizing its air-enabled fleet.
Posted in Con Ops, What's New
Page 454 of 661« First‹ Previous450451452453454455456457458Next ›Last »
  • Video of the month
  • SLD Bookshop
  • The Integrated Distributed Combat Force
SLD BOOKSHOP
View All »

The Second Line of Defense team provides high quality publications with regard to key global strategic developments. You can purchase these on a number of booksellers such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Kobo.

Video of the Month
View All »

Lessons in Military Transformation: From the RMA to the Drone Wars

05/02/2026 The book Lessons in Military Transformation: From the RMA to the Drone Wars analyzes military transformation as it is actually experienced by operational forces rather than as it is described… Read more »
Our Partners
  • Home
  • Contact
  • Feedback
  • Privacy Policy
  • SLD Forum
  • Defense.info
  • Operationnels.com
"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn’t thinking."
— General George Patton Jr.
© 2026 SLDinfo.com All rights reserved. Terms & Conditions.