Wednesday NatSec Roundup

Colonel, are we splitting atoms today?

• Stacking up Turkish and Greek airpower…
• The Japanese experience with ballistic missile defense has been tricky because of the need to avoid having the interceptors fall over civilian areas. One solution is a dedicated small ship that would operate along safer approach paths…
• So you wanna know about the F-8 Crusader?
• Matching your theory of innovation to your theory of victory!
• On the endurance of interpersonal networks in officer service cultures…
• Spying on the Nazi and Soviet bombs. Recently re-read (well, listened) to Richard Rhodes magisterial Making of the Atomic Bomb, which reminded me of how much fear of foreign projects motivated scientists in Germany, Japan, Britain, the USSR, and the United States to pursue atomic research…