2013-05-01 by Cpl. S. T. Stewart ABOARD USS BATAAN, NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va The international amphibious exercise, Bold Alligator 2013, concluded May 2. Bold Alligator 13 was a Navy and Marine Corps-led synthetic exercise involving more than 3,500 personnel from 16 countries and Strike force NATO. The exercise simulated a…
2013-05-03 As Singapore gets closer to announcing its F-35B downselect decision, it is important to underscore the key role, which Italy has played in the program and in building a carrier on which the airplane will operate. As the F-35 “club” expands, significant effects will come from the ability to work…
2013-05-03 by Richard Weitz The Navy’s Aegis-SM3 ballistic missile defense (BMD) system has become the main U.S. shield against missile attacks. It encompasses the Aegis Weapon System, the Standard Missile, and the Navy and Joint Forces Command, Control and Communication systems. In terms of regional defense, Aegis BMD can defeat…
2013-05-03 Last year, Second Line of Defense covered Bold Alligator 2012 from many angles: the French, coalition partners, the USMC, the Expeditionary Strike Group, etc. The final report we produced has been downloaded by many of our readers. https://sldinfo.com/special-report-bold-alligator-2012-and-the-future-of-the-expeditionary-strike-group/ This year’s exercise is a synthetic exercise, meaning that real world…
2013-05-01 by Richard Weitz The significance of the ethnicity of the two Boston Marathon bombers is still unclear, as is the reasons for their transformation into Islamist terrorists, but the North Caucasus has been a hotbed of radicalism and militarism for at least a century. Although the Tsarnaev brothers may…
by Matt McNab The Island Packet April 26, 2013 Marine Corps Cpl. Travis Williams put his experience in the flight simulator for the F-35 Lightning II plainly: "It was like nothing I've ever experienced before." Williams, part of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort's public affairs office, was on hand for…
According to The Jerusalem Post story published on April 23, 2013: Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) will build wings for the F-35 Lightning II stealth combat jet, which Lockheed Martin Corporation will begin producing in 2015. The 10-15 year contract has a potential value of $2.5 billion. IAI and Lockheed…
2013-04-28 We asked George Talbot of the Mobile Register to expand upon his interview published at the time of the groundbreaking for the A320 facility in Mobile, Alabama. The early piece was Mobile-specific; this piece speaks to a broader set of issues and we thank George for providing us with…
