SOCOM Clarifies SOF Experimentation Plans
United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) representatives have clarified near term plans to continue a collaborative industry experimentation program. Emerging …
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The Asteroid Threat: The Search for City and Planet-killers
On May 31 asteroid 1998 QE2 – not named after the cruise ship, but nine Queen Elizabeth 2 ship-lengths in …
Global Trends 2030: Fusion
In the previous post on Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds we looked at the dark Stalled Engines scenario, the most …
TechWatch: Making Electronics Waterproof
More than a decade of combat in Southwest Asia raised many new problems and led to new solutions for U.S. …
In a Time of Defense Budget Difficulties, an Opportunity for Reform
Kori N. Schake, Ph.D., is a research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. She began her government work at the …
Two U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey Pilots Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
Despite serving with distinction in Afghanistan since 2009, no Marine pilot of an MV-22 Osprey had ever been awarded the …
U.S. Navy Maintenance and Modernization Suffer Due to Budget Woes
The Navy must systematically conduct maintenance and modernization of its force – not to mention repair ships when they are …
International SOF Year in Review 2012-2013
In the aftermath of Western intervention in 2011’s Arab Spring and the elimination of Osama bin Laden, both with consequences …
Army Restructuring: 80,000 Soldiers, 12 Brigade Combat Teams Get the Chop
Gen. Ray Odierno, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, announced new force reductions and Army restructuring decisions during a press conference …
Book Review – Fallujah Awakens: Marines, Sheikhs, and the Battle Against al Qaeda
Fallujah, a city of about 300,000 people located in Anbar province and roughly 43 miles west of Baghdad, brutally thrust …