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 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.
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.
07/17/2011 The F-35A enters the operational inventory. Col. Tomassetti discusses the significance of this transition.
07/13/2011 Richard Weitz examines the nature of South Sudanese independence and its impacts.
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…
By Dr. Richard Weitz 07/11/2011 - Russia moves ahead on updating and upgrading its nuclear weapons arsenal.
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.
