Did the Chinese military interfere with two NASA satellites in 2007 and 2008? And was this a rehearsal for a broader anti-satellite strategy?
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LTC John Paganini, Director of the US Army COIN Center, will discuss the way-ahead for the revision process of FM 3-24 and how the "new" manual will fit within the Army Doctrine 2015 construct.
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Why Are 13 US Navy Commandos In Libyan Mass Graves? Bring Them Home, Now!
Well since Spence at DR had to bring up “Air Force’s ‘Not Science Fiction’ Commercial Totally Is” here is an oldie but goodie rebuttal from Sweden.
The Center for Complex Operations is pleased to invite you to the 7th International Lessons Learned Conference: For Practitioners and Policy Makers: Sharing Lessons on the Conduct and Design of Stability Operations.
Hopefully the realities of the fiscal environment will force leaders to rethink existing programs and missions in order to optimize capabilities across the services
Mexican Cartel Strategic Note No. 6: 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment: 40% Increase in Active Gang Members from 2009 to 1.4 Million.
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Golden Seconds: Open Letter to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and President Barack Obama.
Beyond The Battlefield: Lack Of Long-Term Care Can Lead To Tragic Ends For Wounded Veterans - a 10 part series by David Wood at Huffington Post.
An Assessment of Mexican Security Based on Existing RAND Research on Urban Unrest, Insurgency, and Defense-Sector Reform by Christopher Paul, Agnes Gereben Schaefer, and Colin P. Clarke.
Indications & Warning (I&W): VBIED Anti-Vehicular/Anti-Personnel Ambush Capability for Los Zetas [Assumed].
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Key General Calls Iraq Pullout Plan a ‘Disaster’ by Rowan Scarborough, Washington Times.
Short-Lived 1987 Sitcom "Second Chance" Foreshadowed Gaddafi's 2011 Death, Continue on for the Video.
The most profound legacy of the American intervention in Iraq may be the way it changed the U.S. military’s understanding of war.
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Is the ethnically-based nation-state the modern Tower of Babel?
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In my Foreign Policy column, I discuss why the Pentagon is having so much trouble coming up with a doctrine for cyber warfare. I also discuss why everyone, especially other dictators, is studying Qaddafi's downfall.
Don't Rush to Gut Ground Forces by Nathan Freier, AOL Defense.
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