Skip to content
Second Line of Defense
  • What's New
  • In Briefs
  • Issues & Trends
    • The Integrated Distributed Combat Force
    • Con Ops & Operations
    • Policy Dynamics
    • Manufacturability
    • Logs & Sustainment
    • Strategy
    • Video
    • Slideshow
  • About us
    • Who we are
    • Global Partners
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Send us feedback
  • SLD Bookshop
  • Home
  • What’s New
  • In Briefs
  • ISSUES & TRENDS
    • Con Ops
    • Manufacturability
    • Logs & Sustainment
    • Strategy
    • Cybersecurity
    • Slideshow
  • About us
    • Who we are
    • Privacy Policy
    • Global Partners
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Send us feedback
  • SLD Bookshop
Newsletter Signup

In an effort to be in compliance with GDPR we are providing you with the latest documentation about how we collect, use, share and secure your information, we want to make you aware of our updated privacy policy here

Enter your name and email address below to receive our newsletter.
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Policy Dynamics

Tail Hook is More Than a Party

Posted on January 26, 2012 | by Robbin Laird
01/26/2012
Ed Timperlake focuses on the role of the tail hook as a weapon system.
Posted in Manufacturability, Policy Dynamics, What's New | Tagged F-35C, Tailhook

The Air Force Association Asks: Where is the Beef?

Posted on January 26, 2012 | by Robbin Laird
01/26/2012
The credible projection of effective power requires more than rhetoric. Capabilities and capacity matter.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New | Tagged Air Force Association

USAF Background Paper on the Light Air Support Decision

Posted on January 25, 2012 | by Robbin Laird
01/25/2012
We are publishing a USAF background paper currently circulating on the Hill. It validates everything we have written on Second Line of Defense for more than a year about the LAS competition.
Posted in HOME, In Briefs, Policy Dynamics | Tagged AT-6, Hawker Beechcraft, LAS competition, super tucano, USAF

The Afghan-Pak Logistics Challenge in 2012

Posted on January 25, 2012 | by SysAdmin
01/25/2012
Richard Weitz looks at the logistics challenges supporting the Afghan mission.
Posted in Logs & Sustainment, Policy Dynamics, What's New | Tagged Afghanistan, Karachi, logistics support, Pakistan

An Iran-Centric Crisis?

Posted on January 24, 2012 | by SysAdmin
01/24/2012
Harald Malmgren comments on the emergence of an Iran centric crisis and its potential significance.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New | Tagged Gulf crisis, Iran

Reintegrating Taliban Fighters

Posted on January 20, 2012 | by SysAdmin
01/20/2012
Richard Weitz looks at the challenges of "winning back" Taliban foot soldiers from the insurgency.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New | Tagged Afghanistan, Taliban

Peace in Afghanistan: The Foreigners’ Dilemma

Posted on January 16, 2012 | by SysAdmin
01/16/2012
In the second of a four part series, Richard Weitz looks at the prospects for the Afghan peace process in 2012.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New | Tagged Afghanistan, peace process, Taliban

Why China Opposes US Sanctions on Iran

Posted on January 15, 2012 | by Robbin Laird
01/15/2012
Richard Weitz explains the PRC approach to Iran and sanctions against Iran.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New | Tagged Iran, PRC, sanctions
Page 154 of 184« First‹ Previous150151152153154155156157158Next ›Last »
  • Video of the month
  • SLD Bookshop
  • The Integrated Distributed Combat Force
SLD BOOKSHOP
View All »

The Second Line of Defense team provides high quality publications with regard to key global strategic developments. You can purchase these on a number of booksellers such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Kobo.

Video of the Month
View All »

Always Ready, Persistently Under-Resourced: The U.S. Coast Guard in the 21st Century

04/12/2026 “Always Ready, Persistently Under‑Resourced” examines how the modern U.S. Coast Guard has been transformed since 9/11 into a globally engaged, multi‑mission security force, while remaining chronically misaligned between assigned missions… Read more »
Our Partners
  • Home
  • Contact
  • Feedback
  • Privacy Policy
  • SLD Forum
  • Defense.info
  • Operationnels.com
"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn’t thinking."
— General George Patton Jr.
© 2026 SLDinfo.com All rights reserved. Terms & Conditions.