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Russian Bulava SLBM Will Enter Service Next Year

Posted on July 11, 2011 | by SysAdmin
07/11/2011
By Dr. Richard Weitz 07/11/2011 - Russia moves ahead on updating and upgrading its nuclear weapons arsenal.
Posted in Con Ops, Policy Dynamics, What's New | Tagged Bulavia, missile defense, nuclear weapons, RSM-56, Russia, Russian navy, SLBMs, SS-NX-30, strategic deterrence

Lessons from Broken Japanese Supply Chains

Posted on July 11, 2011 | by Robbin Laird
07/11/2011
07/11/2011 The era of ever-expanding supply chains in combination with just-in-time inventory management may have quietly ended, and a new era of calculated redundancy and greater localization may have begun.
Posted in Manufacturability, Policy Dynamics, What's New

Emerging Alliance, Part III

Posted on July 8, 2011 | by SysAdmin
07/08/2011
By Douglas Farah 07/08/2011 - Charles Taylor in Liberia as a case study of states and terrorist criminal pipelines.
Posted in Security, What's New | Tagged Charles Taylor, criminalized states, Liberia, terrorism

How to Make USCG Modernization Unaffordable

Posted on July 8, 2011 | by Robbin Laird
07/08/2011
07/08/2011 The Congress threatens USCG cutter modernization. Cutting USCG capability one platform whack at a time.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, Security, What's New | Tagged Congress, Cutters, NSCs, OPCs, USCG

Eurofighters, F-15s and Japan

Posted on July 7, 2011 | by Robbin Laird
07/07/2011
07/07/2011 The Eurofighter consortium would clearly like to be the F-15 replacement in Japan, where a recent accident led to the grounding of the 40 year old aircraft.
Posted in Manufacturability, Policy Dynamics, What's New | Tagged eurofighter, F-15, F-35, fighters, Japan

Panetta At The Helm

Posted on July 7, 2011 | by Robbin Laird
07/07/2011
By Dr. Richard Weitz 07/07/2011 - The new Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta will face many challenges ahead.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New | Tagged Afghan War, Afghanistan, Gates, Pakistan, Panetta, Sec Def, US Senate Armed Services Committee

Extended Deterrence and Assurance in Korea

Posted on July 6, 2011 | by SysAdmin
07/06/2011
By Dr. Richard Weitz 07/06/2011 - A continuing test for the Obama Administration: How to deter North Korea as the U.S. shifts its nuclear policies?
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New | Tagged Deterrence, korea, missile defense, nuclear weapons, tactical nuclear weapons

From the bridge of the Bertholf

Posted on July 5, 2011 | by SysAdmin
07/05/2011
07/05/2011 - One of the Coast Guard’s newest assets, the national security cutters brings operational capabilities the fleet needs for mission success. The USCG Cutter Bertholf's commanding officer, Capt. John Prince, discuss the ship's performance.
Posted in Con Ops, Logs & Sustainment, What's New
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