The National Security Cutter is a key asset for the both the security and defense missions of the USCG. It is a floating command post which can tap into national and coalition assets to protect the nation. The USCG needs a minimum of 8 NSCs and as the US re-shapes…
08/02/2011 - The introduction of non-US stealth aircraft into the global competition is a significant development. The Chinese and Russians have introduced developmental prototypes that signify both capabilities and intentions to enter the stealth aircraft game.
07/31/2011 - The emergence of an agile regional and global actor.
By Douglas Farah 07/26/2011 - FARC alliances and actions offer an important look at the use of non-state criminal/terrorist armed groups by a criminalized state.
By Vince Martinez 07/25/2011 - The struggle for senior defense officials is often in taking tangible lessons from war and applying them directly toward the acquisitions, planning programming and budgeting, and requirements generation systems.
By Douglas Farah 07/22/2011 - The drug trade increases by orders of magnitude the economic resources available to criminal operatives and their allies.
In late June 2011, Second Line of Defense visited McGuire Air Force Base and was briefed on the 621st Contingency Response Wing resident to the 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force. This unique asset operates globally to create airfields on demand to support the USAF’s ability to insert force worldwide in…
By Dr. Richard Weitz 07/22/2011 - The State Department’s Internet Freedom agenda faces major challenges in the former Soviet bloc.
