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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 10/13/2011 - 5:32am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 10/13/2011 - 2:58am | 2 comments
The U.S. Central Command investigation into the Aug. 6, 2011, CH-47 crash in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, is complete. An unclassified executive summary of the investigation is available on the CENTCOM website.
by Robert Bunker | Wed, 10/12/2011 - 5:16pm | 0 comments
Texas Border Security: A Strategic Military Assessment
by SWJ Editors | Wed, 10/12/2011 - 4:55pm | 0 comments
U.S. Ground Force Capabilities Through 2020 - A Report of the CSIS New Defense Approaches Project by Nathan Freier (primary author) and Daniel Bilko, Matthew Driscoll, Akhil Lyer, Walter Rugen, Terrence Smith, and Matthew Trollinger (contributing authors) and Maren Leed (project director).
by Robert Haddick | Wed, 10/12/2011 - 10:18am | 14 comments
Many theorists are hoping to use Cold War deterrence theory against a future nuclear-armed Iran. The Washington bomb plot may have blown up those hopes.
by SWJ Editors | Wed, 10/12/2011 - 5:00am | 0 comments
Continue on for today's SWJ news and opinion roundup to include extensive coverage of the Iranian terror plot and a link to the USNI Daily.
by Crispin Burke | Tue, 10/11/2011 - 3:04pm | 9 comments
I'll be the first to admit it: drones are quite the rage.
In 2009, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates hinted that the F-35 Lightning II might be the last manned fighter ever fielded.
And he's not alone, either. For years, headlines have heralded the end of manned flight, and the coming drone wars. Not to mention, Twitter is littered with several accounts ostensibly belonging to self-aware drones: Drunken Predators, Party Reapers, Sexy Ravens, and the like.
While the bulk of military technology has remained relatively stagnant over the last decade of war, unmanned aerial vehicles have taken off. Rifle companies roll into battle with hand-held Raven UAVs, while brigades and divisions are armed with Shadows and Grey Eagles. According to a recent New York Times article, the Pentagon's unmanned arsenal has grown from 50 to 7,000 unmanned vehicles in just ten years.
But will our military become a pseudo-Cylon force by the end of the century? Perhaps not.
by SWJ Editors | Tue, 10/11/2011 - 2:32pm | 0 comments
Does U.S. Drone Use Set a New Precedent for War? - PBS News Hour.
by Robert Haddick | Tue, 10/11/2011 - 1:51pm | 0 comments
CNAS 'Hard Choices' is a good start for discussing the Pentagon's budget options. But a deeper discussion of risks and consequences is needed.
by Gian Gentile | Tue, 10/11/2011 - 6:17am | 2 comments
A Few Questions for Colonel Paul Yingling on Failures in Generalship by Colonel Gian P Gentile.
by SWJ Editors | Tue, 10/11/2011 - 5:46am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Mon, 10/10/2011 - 8:21pm | 1 comment
Mini SWJ news roundup covering Army budget cuts as discussed during a news conference today at the annual session of the Association of the United States Army and an overview by Defense News.
by SWJ Editors | Mon, 10/10/2011 - 5:20pm | 0 comments
Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: Is It Working? By Kristina Wong, ABC News.
by SWJ Editors | Mon, 10/10/2011 - 4:49pm | 3 comments
Rooting Out Toxic Leaders by Michelle Tan, Army Times.
by SWJ Editors | Mon, 10/10/2011 - 12:27pm | 2 comments
It's Time for a Scholarly Truce With Military Academies by Melissa Matthes, The Chronicle Review.
by SWJ Editors | Mon, 10/10/2011 - 5:36am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Sun, 10/09/2011 - 5:05am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Sun, 10/09/2011 - 4:08am | 0 comments
Hard Choices: Responsible Defense in an Age of Austerity, video of Friday’s CNAS report release event.
by Robert Haddick | Sat, 10/08/2011 - 4:41pm | 6 comments
My column at Foreign Policy discusses the Pentagon's labor cost problems. I also discuss the Mexican government's attempts to squash rumors of paramilitaries in Veracruz.
by SWJ Editors | Sat, 10/08/2011 - 1:10pm | 6 comments
U.S. Army SAMS Monograph Series: Population-Centric Counterinsurgency: A False Idol? Three Monographs from the School of Advanced Military Studies.
by SWJ Editors | Sat, 10/08/2011 - 8:01am | 2 comments
The War Over the Vietnam War - Wall Street Journal book review by Max Boot of Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam by Lewis Sorley.
by SWJ Editors | Sat, 10/08/2011 - 3:01am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 10/07/2011 - 7:07am | 0 comments
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