One thing I’m curious about is what Gates said this week on the Army’s vehicle modernization program and, specifically, his line: “The current vehicle program, developed nine years ago, does not include a role for our recent $25 billion investment in the MRAP vehicles being used to good effect in todays conflicts.“ In canceling the […]
From the monthly archives:
April 2009
We’re following the story that AP released today on a recent cyber attack on U.S. power grids by Russian and Chinese cyber attackers. Several months ago, acts of cyber aggression against the United States morphed and took on strange new characteristics when looked at from a high level. More and more the investigation and analysis […]
This article first appeared in AviationWeek.com. Because of budget constraints, the U.S. should invest in just a single boost-phase missile defense system, the former director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) says. “I don’t believe we need to carry dual boost phase missile defense capability,” “I think we need to have either an operationally effective […]
Regardless of who won and lost in Gates’ plan, what will really matter now is how Congress reacts. So far, Hill reaction to the Gates’ moves is cautiously supportive. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) called it a good faith effort but pointedly noted that, “the buck stops with Congress which has […]
The People’s Liberation Army Navy and the United States Navy just fought a running non-lethal battle off the coast of China, and the PLAN scored a tactical victory. Much of American media coverage focused on a single case of maritime harrassment, when some Chinese boats came way too close to USNS Impeccable, an unarmed Military […]
