Is the proposed operation likely to succeed? What might the consequences of failure? Is it in the realm of practicability in terms of material and supplies? Trump is going to kill New START. This will
Over at the National Interest I gave some thought about how to start getting the United States to a 2% of GDP benchmark on defense spending. Long story short, it’s going to be incredibly complic
The South Koreans are onto something, building small amphibious warfare ships for a bunch of different navies: At the lower end sit the Makassar-class LPDs, modestly sized at 11,000 tons full displa
But to abstract war from the environment in which it is fought and study its techniques as one would those of a game is to ignore a dimension essential to the understanding, not simply of the wars the
In the wake of the President’s decision not only to pardon three war criminals, but also to go to the wall in reinstating one to his previous rank and then promising to campaign with him, I feel
Programming includes protection against attack. Enemy vessels must be neutralised. Obviously very interesting stuff regarding this Chinese spy who seems to have defected in Australia. Remains to be se
Silver and gold the Gods have denied them, whether in mercy or in wrath, I am unable to determine. Richard Spencer was dead man walking even before the chaos over the pardons. He bet badly wrong on th
The ultimate outcome of war is not always to be regarded as final. The defeated state often considers the outcome merely as a transitory evil. The Navy is not pleased with the Presidential pardons. No