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Another Aspect of the F-35 Transition: Rolling Out New Infrastructure

Posted on November 1, 2011 | by Robbin Laird
11/01/2011
11/01/2011 Deploying a new weapon system is a strategic opportunity to upgrade aging military infrastructure and provide shovel ready jobs.
Posted in Logs & Sustainment, What's New

Turkey, Rising Powers, and UN Reform

Posted on October 31, 2011 | by SysAdmin
10/31/2011
10/31/2011 - The latest Weitz report on Turkey looks at the Turks view of the impact of rising powers on the global order.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, Security, What's New

The F-35 Introduces Change Across the Maritime Fleet

Posted on October 31, 2011 | by Robbin Laird
10/31/2011
10/32/2011 The F-35 is inducing change in the maritime fleet at a time when change is needed.
Posted in Con Ops, What's New

The Italian Carrier, the F-35B and The Future

Posted on October 31, 2011 | by Robbin Laird
10/31/2011
10/31/2011 Secretary Panetta has promised not to hollow out the force. We think that the F-35B is a key element of that global force.
Posted in Con Ops, Policy Dynamics, What's New

The Impact of the F-35B On the Agile Response Group: An Interview with Admiral Scott

Posted on October 30, 2011 | by Robbin Laird
10/30/2011
10/30/2011 "You are significantly enhancing operational capability and providing options to the NCA he currently does not have."
Posted in Con Ops, What's New | Tagged Admiral Scott, ARG, F-35-B, MV-22, USN-USMC

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
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