“If they get nuclear weapons, we will get nuclear weapons.”
Military
On Cyber Warfare, the American Public Is Constantly Being Played by the Pentagon
From a Washington Post piece describing “Plan X,” the Pentagon’s new push to develop cutting-edge offensive cyber weapons:
It makes sense “to take this on right now,” said Richard M. George, a former National Security Agency
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“Delicate Dance” for Panetta in China’s Backyard
TOKYO – When U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrives in Singapore this week to talk about containing China – and that’s really what this trip is all about — he’ll find plenty of support from friends in the region. …
When Military Intervention Makes Sense
Gideon Rachman at the Financial Times says that “diplomacy is still better than bombs” and that “moral outrage is just the starting point for a decision to intervene.” He then goes through all the major powers in his piece …
Picking on Girls
Insurgents allegedly attacked a girls’ school Tuesday for the third time in a week in Afghanistan, sending about 160 students and four teachers to a local hospital in the north of the country. It’s hard to fathom how a …
Marines Return to Historic Pacific Airfield
Size Matters
Now that the Air Force has decided to keep its manned U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft flying well into the future – after earlier talk that the half-century old spy plane might be grounded for keeps – Air Force officials were busy …
1960s-Era Choppers Guarding 1970s-Era Missiles
Hypothetically Speaking…
Asked by ABC over the weekend if he’d stay on as defense secretary if Mitt Romney wins the presidential election in November, Leon Panetta had a simple answer: “I don’t engage in hypotheticals.”
The wisdom of such an …
Naval Battle Brewing
It’s the biggest sea battle since Midway – or at least the Falklands. There’s gonna be a lot of garbage flung around about military matters in the presidential campaign. That’s what happens when you end up with a pair of …
Death to “Resource Wars”!
Nice Washington Post piece on Saturday about how the “center of gravity” in global oil exploration and production is shifting to the Western hemisphere. No, the bulk of global conventional oil reserves still sits in the Persian …
There’s a Ford in Your Future
Clock Ticks On China-Japan Islands Dispute
TOKYO – Japan has one year, maybe two, to resolve the ownership dispute over a tiny group of islands or risk an honest-to-goodness shooting war with China. Unfortunately, neither Japan’s diplomats nor public seem to realize …