U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command: Meeting the Demand from U.S. and Allied Sea Services

02/04/2016
By Robbin Laird, Ed Timperlake and Murielle Delaporte U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) stands as the base of the Navy sea pyramid, providing the foundation and services that enable the warfighting ship to operate at and from the sea. Yet when it comes to the struggle for resources, the…

Red Flag 16-1: The RAAF, the RAF and the USAF Train to Operate in Contested Airspace

01/31/2016
01/31/2015: The Red Flag exercise is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States, its allies, and coalition partners. Red Flag is conducted on the vast bombing and gunnery ranges of the 2.9M acre Nevada Test and Training Range. It is one of a series of…

The Fight Against ISIS: The Russians and the French Go After Fixed Targets With Cruise Missiles

01/22/2016
2016-01-22 The Russians and the French started to use cruise missiles against ISIS fixed targets starting in December. For the Russians, President Putin announced in December 2015, that Kalibr cruise missiles had been fired by the submered Rostov-on-Don submarine from the Mediterranean for the first time. He said TU-22 bombers also…