The newly nominated head of Central Command, Marine Gen. James Mattis, if confirmed by the Senate, may soon get the opportunity to try out in his new area of responsibility some of the innovative initiatives he pushed while heading up Joint Forces Command. Mattis was a big proponent of decentralization and disaggregation of authority to […]
From the monthly archives:
July 2010
A lot of messaging going on in the Western Pacific, by both sides. We’ve pointed to the recent China’s PLA Navy live fire exercises in the East China Sea. Now, we learn from Time’s Mark Thompson that three former strategic missile submarines converted to carry Tomahawk cruise missiles (SSGNs) surfaced on the same day, June […]
Marine Gen. James Mattis, currently commander Joint Forces Command, will replace Gen. David Petraeus as the next commander of U.S. Central Command, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced today. This is a great move. Defense Tech readers will know we are big fans of the blunt speaking Mattis. As Gates said today, Mattis’ intellect and knowledge […]
When analyzing China’s naval modernization one of the most difficult aspects to discern is: What’s behind it all? China is clearly intent on becoming a real maritime power; but is that a strategic choice made out of necessity or out of a desire to challenge other nations on the high seas. Two China watchers, Gabriel […]
By Craig Hooper Defense Tech Naval Warfare Analyst As the venerable Tomahawk missile becomes too vulnerable for certain targets, naval observers have wondered why the Navy isn’t racing to fill the U.S. surface fleet’s 7,804 Vertical Launch System (VLS) cells with a new generation of anti-ship or fast land-attack munitions. Our wait is over. The […]
