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Secretary Panetta on the Pacific and The Threat of the Hollow Force

Posted on October 29, 2011 | by Robbin Laird
10/29/2011
10/29/2011 Secretary Panetta connects the need to have a viable Pacific presence and strategy with avoiding the hollow force which could emerge from budgetary freefall.
Posted in Video, What's New | Tagged Pacific, Panetta, Secretary of Defense

Pacific Strategy XV: Basing the Honeycomb

Posted on October 28, 2011 | by SysAdmin
10/28/2011
10/27/2011 - A key element of understanding a scalable presence strategy is basing.
Posted in RESOURCES, What's New | Tagged Aegis, Australia, F-35, F-35A, F-35B, South Korea

The Transformed Korea-US Alliance Needs F-35s

Posted on October 28, 2011 | by Robbin Laird
10/28/2011
10/28/2011 Richard Weitz discusses the importance of introducing the F-35 into South Korea both to enhance its defense capabilities and over time shaping a more effective deployable force as well.
Posted in Con Ops, What's New

Pacific Strategy XIV: Battle of the Bulge-in a Pacific Campaign

Posted on October 27, 2011 | by SysAdmin
10/27/2011
10/27/2011 - An additional example of how a new look Pacific strategy can allow the US to rethink how best to succeed in difficult circumstances
Posted in RESOURCES, What's New | Tagged PRC, Taiwan, Taiwan Straits, USMC, USN

Pacific Strategy XIII: Re-Working South Korean Defense

Posted on October 27, 2011 | by SysAdmin
10/27/2011
10/27/2011 -By inserting F-35As, one could start to meet the Sec Def pledge on South Korean defense and re-enforce the defense of Japan.
Posted in RESOURCES, What's New | Tagged F-35As, Japan, South Korea, US Army, USAF, USMC

Pacific Strategy XII: The Role of the USAF

Posted on October 27, 2011 | by SysAdmin
10/27/2011
10/27/2011 Airpower is crucial at every level of establishing presence and shaping the building blocks of scalability.
Posted in Con Ops, What's New | Tagged Pacific region, Pacific Strategy, USAF

Pacific Strategy XI: The Role of the Surface Fleet

Posted on October 27, 2011 | by Robbin Laird
10/27/2011
10/27/2011 The surface fleet is a key contributor in a Pacific strategy to presence, scalability and strategic dominance.
Posted in RESOURCES, What's New | Tagged counter mining, DDG-1000, General Heinz, iRobot, Pacific

An Open Letter to Secretary Panetta

Posted on October 27, 2011 | by Robbin Laird
10/27/2011
10/27/2011 It is time to build the F-35As and deploy them to South Korea.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New
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