by Paul Mcleary On Dec. 17, the Marine Corps made history by flying a cargo UAV in a war zone. Controllers on the ground flew a K-MAX unmanned helicopter from Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, to Camp Payne in Helmand province, ferrying 3,500 pounds of supplies to fellow Marines. Since that inaugural flight, the K-MAX vertical takeoff and …
A Region At War With Its History By Fareed Zakaria
Time April 16, 2012 One year after it captured the world's imagination, the Arab Spring is looking less appealing by the week. The promise of a new birth of freedom in the Middle East has been followed by a much messier reality, particularly in Egypt, where there have been attacks on Christians, Western aid workers …
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Disruptive Thinking, Innovation, Whatever You Want to Call It is Needed for a Military in Crisis
(rebuttal/comments to yesterday's post : Hit here to view comments on SWJ/please chime in with thoughts) By Peter J. Munson I try to mostly stay out of the comments section of articles now that I'm editor, but I couldn't help jumping into the epic fray over Ben Kohlmann's piece today. I jumped in because I am passionate about …
Lack of Strategic & Critical Thinking: Why Most Businesses Fail?
by Alistair McBride The problem is students are going in, learning the theory, but have no critical thinking skills, no outside-the-box skills, no world view, no big-picture thinking. They have all the theory and none of the practice A quote from Irish Times article with Louise Phelan, Head of Paypal EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa). …
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Wake Up And Adapt, Incoming War College Chief Tells Army
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. More missions, less money: That's the dilemma the U.S. Army faces as it looks beyond Afghanistan. The service is certainly grateful that the all-consuming commitments of the last decade are finally winding down, but it's still struggling to shift gears on a shrinking budget. After ten years of optimizing itself …
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D.C. Ready to Acknowledge Its BlackBerry Addiction
By John Hudson/The Atlantic Wire (blogger's note:had this very conversation at this morning's staff meeting) The first step to recovery is acceptance and finally, official Washington is ready to come to grips with reality: It's addicted to the BlackBerry. It's no secret that the District of Columbia is America's last holdout for the cumbersome smartphones. …
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USAF Tanker Chief Sees Wichita Move Complicating Program
Aerospace Daily & Defense Report April 3, 2012 Pg. 1 By Amy Butler Boeing’s decision to close down its Wichita facility, which was slated to handle military modifications for the KC-46A aerial refueler, has added some uncertainty and risk into the development effort, according to Maj. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, who oversees the U.S. Air Force …
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Pentagon, Industry Brace For Big Cuts
Wall Street Journal April 4, 2012 Pg. 6 By Damian Paletta and Nathan Hodge The Pentagon has told congressional leaders it will start planning this summer to make the sharp reductions in military spending set to begin in January if lawmakers don't reach a broad deal to reduce the federal budget deficit. Several major defense …
Why Living In The American Empire Isn’t All That It’s Cracked Up To Be
Paul Craig Roberts for The Daily Reckoning Great empires, such as the Roman and British, were extractive. The empires succeeded, because the value of the resources and wealth extracted from conquered lands exceeded the value of conquest and governance. The reason Rome did not extend its empire east into Germany was not the military prowess …
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US Scientists Create Blueprints For Nuclear-Powered Drones
The Guardian (UK) April 3, 2012 Pg. 2 Long flights sought with weapons or spy systems By Nick Fielding American scientists have drawn up plans for a new generation of nuclear-powered drones capable of flying over remote regions of the world for months on end without refuelling. Blueprints for the drones -- which have been …
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