Captain Kent “Torch” Whalen on the Evolution of the Air Arm Here Captain Whalen is seen in his role as Commander of the amphibious transport dock USS Juneau presenting a coin to Captain Yasuhiro of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (Credit: USN, http://bit.ly/iXASHx) 05/17/2011 - During the late March…
By Richard McCormack Originally published in Manufacturing News, April 29, 2011 05/16/2011 - The strategy embraced over the past decade by U.S. manufacturing companies to shift production to countries with cheap labor may no longer be appropriate, according to a consulting firm that has been a big promoter of offshore…
by Dr. Robbin Laird 05/16/2011 India is clearly a key player in shaping the future of Chinese power, globally and in the Pacific. At the same time, the significant 2nd and 3rd world fighter market will be dominated by exports from China, Russia, India or Brazil. Neither the U.S. nor…
05/14/2011 by Dr. Harald Malmgren The Euro crisis has boiled up once again. Debate is raging about a variety of options to relieve stress in the Greek debt market, including altering the interest imposed by the EU bailout, debt extension, some kind of “workout” or restructuring, etc. The Irish and…
A Roundtable with Subject Experts at the Tanker Airlift Control Center (TACC) 05/04/2011 - During a mid-April 2011 visit to Scott AFB, Second Line of Defense sat down with a group of subject matter experts involved in planning and executing Tanker Airlift Control Center (TACC) missions. This is a unique…
By Robbin Laird 05/07/2011 - Late last month, my friend Ron Asmus lost his long battle with cancer. I first met Ron when he was a young analyst of European affairs working on his rise in the world. I had by then more than 10 years of work under my…
By Dr. Richard Weitz 05/052011 - South Korea is an attractive defense market due to its large economy and justifiable need for military equipment to defend against a North Korean threat. The United States is the main supplier of imported weapons to the Republic of Korea Armed Forces (ROKAF). The…
05/05/2011 With the request by General Mattis for a Counter-Insurgency Aircraft (Imminent Fury) and with the forthcoming USAF fly-off to choose an aircraft to play such a role for the Afghan National Air Force, the question of the potential role of a turboprop counter-insurgency aircraft has re-surfaced. Late last year,…
