2012-08-26 By Richard Weitz The 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States provided the Japanese government with an opportunity to reaffirm fidelity to the Japanese-U.S. alliance and Japan’s emerging role as an important international security actor. Immediately following the September 11, 2011 al-Qaeda suicide strikes, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s administration initiated…
by Robbin Laird I have completed nearly 5 years of interviews of the Marines who have flown and maintained the Ospreys. My discussions with these Marines have shown how you start with a platform and expand its envelope over time. Your testing boils down to real warriors carrying the development…
2012-08-23 In a wide-ranging interview with Christopher Thayer, Director, Contractor Operated Ships, Military Sealift Command, the role of his Directorate in the re-structured MSC was discussed as well as a new asset coming into the MSC fleet, the Joint High Speed Vessel. Mr. Thayer was appointed as the Director, Contractor…
2012-08-22 By Robbin Laird Throughout the competition for the USAF aircraft to supply a light attack aircraft to the Afghans, HB has focused on getting its trainer to grow into an attack aircraft. And among its bag of tricks has been a clear sense of the U.S. Company against a “foreign”…
2012-08-21 By Richard Weitz I have dealt with the bilateral relationship between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. In this piece, I am going to deal with Iraq’s bilateral relationships with the other GCC states. Kuwait Historical factors make Iraq’s relations with GCC member Kuwait especially important. Kuwait’s territorial integrity and sovereignty were…
7/26/2012 - EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. by Dan Hawkins, 82nd Training Wing It's no surprise much of the military these days operates in a joint environment. With the introduction of the Department of Defense's newest fifth-generation fighter jet, the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter, the joint effort is at the forefront of…
2012-08-19 By Richard Weitz The back-to-back visits of U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, in charge of that country’s military-industrial complex, to India last month demonstrate the heightened competition for India’s defense import market, currently the largest in the world. India accounted for…
2012-08-19 by Ed Timperlake A group of special operations warriors and intelligence agents have had enough. In speaking out about the politicization of Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented Intelligence (TS/SCI) they are bring much need sunlight to a stop a dangerous and deadly practice. These shadow warriors in service to America…
