Clik here to view.
DoD Buzz | SAS12: The Navy’s happy warrior strikes back
“It is a WAR-ship,” he said. “A WAR-ship. It is going to make every [small attack craft] out there worry about coming out to sea, because it will kick their ASS — and you can quote me on that. via DoD...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chart of the day: Why GM and SAIC naturally decided to pair up
Pretty obvious, actually. Far short of merger, but the same logic holds: you are weak where I am strong and vice versa. Why not ally and crush all opposition on global basis. This would-be globally...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What is the Littoral Combat Ship in your words, and what should LCS be...
The Littoral Combat Ship is, in a word, a challenge. A challenge to understand, a challenge to develop, a challenge to build. The program is a challenge to manage, to defend, to get to sea. To train...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Winning
I think the verdict is out that winning is more important than any calculation that can be made. Unfortunately, winning requires a calculation of any kind. So I guess this is one bridge too far. Just...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Romney-Cheney Doctrine
Out of Romney’s 24 special advisors on foreign policy, 17 served in the Bush-Cheney administration. If Romney were to win, it’s likely that many of these people would serve in his administration in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Flag
A General on a mission is called a flag-general. In today’s world, of video games and simulations, it is important for a flag-general, especially with a Red team under his/her flag, to understand not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Red Flags Over Tokyo
“The Japanese spirit is still very poor,” she said. Maybe MacArthur was right all along. This post takes you through so much that this last sentence is very telling about any pivot by the US towards...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chinese state media says China makes American Christmas possible « China...
The article argues that the West could not celebrate Christmas without China’s exports and that we should spend the holiday expressing gratitude for Chinese manufacturing. Well at least not if you use...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chinese navy buildup no threat to US, but a possible threat to Japan
That caused China to begin its arms race with the United States. It has since replaced its late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping’s practice of taoguang yanghui, literally the practice of “keeping a low...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Soft Power, A Strategic Theory Perspective
If we label the ideal commercial person as a “business manager” and the ideal military person as a “soldier”, we would label the ideal soft power institution employee as a “hippie” without the negative...
View Article
