The military impact of equipment shortfalls and delayed modernization efforts is sometimes difficult to measure. When a crisis like Haiti happens, the U.S. military responds and is able to work with allies across the region, obscuring the shortfalls’ true effect.
This blitzkrieg of supporting fires no doubt caused the deaths of many of the estimated 2,000 insurgents who had chosen to stay and fight. The city was not reduced to rubble. True insurgent strongholds went down, but minor damage was inflicted compared to other cities that have endured an intense…
The longer the sun remains quiet, the higher the chances of a prolonged series of cold winters and shorter summers. This is the quietest sun we have seen in almost a century.The current solar cycle, which began in 1996, was expected to reach a minimum and transition to a new…
An example of growing interest in shared collaboration for maritime security in Europe is the Adriatic-Ionian initiative (AII).
Is the bitter winter afflicting much of the Northern Hemisphere the start of a global trend towards much cooler weather that is likely to last in the longer term? (...) As the deep freeze continues across Europe, Asia and North America, conventional wisdom insists that this is merely a ‘blip’…
Slideshow depicting the challenge of operating in the Afghan environment.
In 2009, while business and regional jet OEMs were clobbered, the large jetliner market grew by 10.1%.
The U.S. military risks not being able to field an army if Congress does not start addressing the loss of the American industrial base by reforming tax laws to encourage domestic production.
