By Robbin Laird At the end of February 2022, the German chancellor announced a new way ahead with regard to German defense and the immediacy required for upgrading German defense capabilities. Relatively shortly after that the German government announced a decision to acquire F-35s to replace their gaining Tornados, which…
By Pierre Tran Paris - There appears to be no problem in setting up flight tests of a French technology demonstrator for a hypersonic cruise missile in the U.S., the executive chairman of European missile company MBDA said April 6. “I am not aware of any particular problem,” Eric Béranger…
The number of U.S. Marines forward-based and forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific has increased from approximately 20,000 to 26,000 with the beginning of several multilateral exercises. CAMP H.M. SMITH, HI 04.08.2022 Video by Staff Sgt. Brett Norman U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific https://www.amazon.com/U-S-Marine-Corps-Transformation-Path/dp/1667819577/ref=sr_1_4?crid=PI1XJXEXR4U1&keywords=robbin+laird&qid=1649716597&sprefix=robbin+laird%2Caps%2C46&sr=8-4
U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501 performing night-time aerial operations at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, March 22, 2022. VMFAT-501 deployed to Mountain Home Air Force Base to train entry-level pilots to be proficient at close air-support and high-explosive ordnance drops to better support their…
by Pierre Tran Paris - It looks like Kremlin’s bloody advance through Ukraine has boosted Europe’s resolve to forge its own operational defense and security identity. The European Union added Feb. 24 a redrafted forward to its Strategic Compass policy paper on defense and security to refer to the Russian…
By Flight Lieutenant Marina Power 24 March 2022 Flying at more than 170km/h, wind flowing through their open cockpits, wings held together by wood and wire, these men and women were daredevils, one might say, or simply courageous. But however you describe them, they all had a love of adventure.…
By James Durso The U.S. and its main Persian Gulf partners, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have had a falling out in recent days. The causes are both immediate and long-term and each party feels the blame lies with those ingrates on the other…
By Edward Timperlake, US Naval Academy, Class of 1969 “Trustworthy AI” was the research topic which was the focus of the presentation by Dr. Jeannette Wing, at the 2022 Michelson Lecture. She is Executive Vice President for Research at Columbia University. Formerly, she was Corporate Vice President of Research at…
