2013-02-06 by Bill Anderson Recently, my wife and I had the pleasure of attending the dedication of the US Freedom Pavilion at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. This new addition to the Museum…made possible by the generosity of The Boeing Company and other donors…displays some of…
2013-02-04 In a moving story posted on The Huntington Post, a reporter provides a moving story of a F-22 pilot helping a young man honor his father a fallen American solider. Zoe Mintz writes (excerpts follow): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/01/pilot-brian-baldwin-delivers-letter_n_2600241.html [caption id="attachment_50508" align="alignnone" width="199"] Son of Fallen Soldier With His Letter for Dad.…
2013-02-03 We have just posted a new Special Report on Pacific strategy. We published several pieces on AOL Defense which appeared over the past six months. We have brought those articles together into a single report for our readers. The report can be downloaded here: https://sldinfo.com/re-shaping-pacific-strategy/
2013-02-03 By Lt. General (Retired) Gaviard In a recent interview with the French weekly, L’Express, Lt. General (Retired) Gaviard discussed the progress of the French intervention to date. At this stage in the Serval operation, what are the reasons for the French armed forces success in Mali? The first phase of…
2013-02-03 By Dr. Harald Malmgren We speculated months ago that the UK government would not be able to yield authority over the London financial market to the proposed new bank and financial market supervisory entity to be established in the ECB or in a Continental European city. The continuing search…
2013-02-01 by Robbin Laird At Second Line of Defense, we have conducted a number of interviews with Commander’s with special roles in the Pacific. In this article, we want to bring together some of those insights into a more comprehensive look at the challenges as seen by the Commander’s who are…
2013-02-01 By Richard Weitz Russia’s new (fourth) generation Project Mk 955 Borey-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), equipped with the new RSM-56 Bulava (NATO code name SS-NX-30) Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM), officially entered service with the Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet this month. Christened the Yuri Dolgoruky, the ship was under…
2013-02-01 In a recent interview with the weekly newsmagazine, L’Express, Lt. General (Retired) Gaviard discussed France, Europe and the Mali crisis. Why are the European states reticent to engage with the French forces in the Serval operation? Historically, France always had a hard time convincing European countries to commit at…
