02/06/2014: RED FLAG provides realistic combat training in a contested, degraded and operationally limited environment. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies, and is conducted on the vast bombing and gunnery ranges of the 2.9M-acre Nevada Test and…
2014-02-06 by Ed Timperlake The dilemma of the 2nd Nuke Age is proliferation of devices to additional countries, some of which are run like Hitler’s Germany and have a single point cult of personality as the leader. This presents a core strategic challenge: how to deter a cult of personality…
2014-02-06 By Guisan Luthra New Delhi. India’s first nuclear powered nuclear attack submarine, INS Arihant, should be ready for deterrence patrols from 2015, roughly in about a year’s time from now. India’s top missile scientist, Dr Avinash Chander, told India Strategic in an interview on the eve of Defexpo that…
2014-02-05 Second Line of Defense’s Murielle Delaporte had the opportunity to visit the Special Purpose Crisis Response MAGTF at their temporary operating facility in Spain in mid December. Shortly after she observed their training efforts, the force went on its second mission, this one to South Sudan. The SP-MAGTF CR…
In preparation for the Second Line of Defense Team's visit to 2nd MAW, we are publishing this story on a recent USMC force insertion exercise in North Carolina. 2014-02-05 by Lance Cpl. Joshua Heins MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. Marines and Sailors from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry…
2014-02-04 We have launched a forum on the second nuclear age, with Paul Bracken as the guest editor. In a piece by Australian analyst Christine Leah, the pressure on Australia to re-consider its nuclear option is discussed. (Excerpts) Things are changing again in Asia – in a dramatic way. And…
2014-02-04 The CNO attended the christening of the second Mobile Landing Platform in San Diego held on February 1, 2014. During his visit, Jeanette Steele from U-T San Diego had a chance to talk with the CNO and published a very helpful interview with him. The interview highlighted a number…
02/03/2014: The Spanish navy is a major allied navy, which deploys the Aegis system. Now US Navy ships are coming to Spain as well to join in the effort. According to a story by Steven Beardsley in a January 31, 2014 Stars and Stripes story: The first of four U.S.…
