Emerging Alliances, Part V
07/22/2011
By Douglas Farah 07/22/2011 - The drug trade increases by orders of magnitude the economic resources available to criminal operatives and their allies.
More Sensible Than McCain on the F-35
07/21/2011
07/21/2011 - Instead of tweeting, Senator McCain should be thinking about his constituent's interests and the future of American capability to defend itself.
The USMC and the F-35C
07/21/2011
By Ed Timperlake 07/21/2011 - The F-35C for the Marines makes little sense; and the F-35B might well be the most important F-35 for several allies under threat of missile attacks with a high degree survivability requirements.
An Update from Eglin on the Arrival of the F-35
07/17/2011
07/17/2011 The F-35A enters the operational inventory. Col. Tomassetti discusses the significance of this transition.
South Sudan’s Independence
07/14/2011
07/13/2011 Richard Weitz examines the nature of South Sudanese independence and its impacts.
The Littoral Combat Ship and the Newly Enabled ARG
07/12/2011
By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake 07/12/2011 - The USN is buying the LCS but its Con-Ops remain to be developed. No platform fights alone, and this asset is best understood in terms of the synergy which can be brought to it by how it is connected to other combat…
Russian Bulava SLBM Will Enter Service Next Year
07/11/2011
By Dr. Richard Weitz 07/11/2011 - Russia moves ahead on updating and upgrading its nuclear weapons arsenal.
Lessons from Broken Japanese Supply Chains
07/11/2011
07/11/2011 The era of ever-expanding supply chains in combination with just-in-time inventory management may have quietly ended, and a new era of calculated redundancy and greater localization may have begun.