Mexico’s Drug War Next Door
According to published reports, Mexican drug cartels clear some $30 billion a year on marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine moved …
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U.S. Navy’s Railgun Program on Track
The U.S. Navy took another step closer toward arming a warship with an electromagnetic railgun.
Tom Boucher, railgun test director …
Does “Monkey Business” Matter Anymore?
For as long as I can remember, election time has been called the “silly season.” It’s that time of year …
Modernized Expanded Capacity Vehicle (HMMWV MECV) Program is Another Budget Victim
In another concrete example of the new emerging procurement environment, industry teams earned “applause,” and little else, for their multi-million …
USCG District 5: Safeguarding the Mid-Atlantic Region
The Coast Guard first assumed responsibility for protecting the nation’s living marine resources (LMR) in 1894 when members of the …
What Future for American Manned Spaceflight?
When the Space Shuttle Atlantis rolled to a stop at the Kennedy Space Center on July 11, 2011, the United …
U.S. Navy Orders Two More All-aluminum JHSV (Joint High-Speed Vessels)
The U.S. Navy has exercised contract options funding the construction of the eighth and ninth Joint High-Speed Vessels (JHSV), at …
What 9/11 Has Wrought
Many people – national security and law enforcement officials, think-tank analysts, and frontline agents and operatives – have said, in …
Army Force Structure in Transition
Senior U.S. Army leaders attending last week’s Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2012 Winter Symposium and Exhibition in …
Things to Think About Before Israel Attacks Iran
For several years, Israel has publicly and explicitly stated that if Iran attempts to develop a nuclear weapon, Israel will …