2014-02-07 Armin Tadayon Despite Iran’s long history and culture, it is Iran’s nuclear program and attention-seeking officials that have been at the forefront of global politics in recent times. This is certainly understandable given the Islamic Republic’s occasional belligerence. We are, however, at an impasse on the negotiations with Iran…
2014-02-07 Major General Richard Rowe USA (ret) has made a significant intellectual contribution to the current debate on the way ahead for US DOD budgeting and force structure development. He captures perfectly the con-ops and technology necessary to plus up U.S. global ADA capability to both deter war and if necessary fight…
2014-02-07 The training US Army Africa (USARAF) is providing to different African nations is helping them secure their own borders as well as own regions, in line with the US policy of helping Africans solve their own problems. This is according to Major Albert Conley III, USARAF's Counter Terrorism Desk…
2014-02-06 by Ed Timperlake The dilemma of the 2nd Nuke Age is proliferation of devices to additional countries, some of which are run like Hitler’s Germany and have a single point cult of personality as the leader. This presents a core strategic challenge: how to deter a cult of personality…
2014-02-06 By Guisan Luthra New Delhi. India’s first nuclear powered nuclear attack submarine, INS Arihant, should be ready for deterrence patrols from 2015, roughly in about a year’s time from now. India’s top missile scientist, Dr Avinash Chander, told India Strategic in an interview on the eve of Defexpo that…
2014-02-05 Second Line of Defense’s Murielle Delaporte had the opportunity to visit the Special Purpose Crisis Response MAGTF at their temporary operating facility in Spain in mid December. Shortly after she observed their training efforts, the force went on its second mission, this one to South Sudan. The SP-MAGTF CR…
In preparation for the Second Line of Defense Team's visit to 2nd MAW, we are publishing this story on a recent USMC force insertion exercise in North Carolina. 2014-02-05 by Lance Cpl. Joshua Heins MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. Marines and Sailors from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry…
2014-02-04 We have launched a forum on the second nuclear age, with Paul Bracken as the guest editor. In a piece by Australian analyst Christine Leah, the pressure on Australia to re-consider its nuclear option is discussed. (Excerpts) Things are changing again in Asia – in a dramatic way. And…
