Wednesday NatSec Roundup
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No orc is ever a hero. The orc exists only to die upon the sword of the hero.
- A fascinating little story about the weirdness of Germany’s fighter replacement program, which is resulting in Hornets, Growlers, and Typhoons. Essentially (much as in Canada) the German government locked itself into saying stupid things about the F-35, and now has no easy way out.
- A peek into life for the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
- We shouldn’t be building a new nuclear tipped cruise missiles, but if you have stock in Raytheon…
- A couple of interesting reports on how Russia thinks about escalation management…
- Interesting stuff on submarine games in the Bahamas.
- Really interesting piece on the Losharik disaster, which killed eleven Russians last year.