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2015/10/312016/12/08

Robert Steele: Reinventing the US Army Part I – An American Grand Strategy

Steele, Robert. Reinventing the US Army Part I – An American Grand Strategy, Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, Press, Projected Publication 2017. Part I in the Reinventing the US Army monograph series. Updated November 15, 2016 Robert Steele This is the author’s preliminary draft of the first of three monographs focused …

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2015/10/282015/10/26

Chuck Spinney: Analysis of Kunduz Hospital Bombing — Is the USAF Incapable of Doing Close Air Support (CAS)?

The author, a long time friend, is a retired Marine Lt. Colonel and, as a junior officer, served as forward artillery observer in heavy combat in Viet Nam. Key questions unasked in the news about the US attack on Kunduz Hospital By David Evans, Fabius Maximus Website, 22 Oct 2015 10 Hard Questions Below the …

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2015/10/272015/10/26

Owl: America A Bomb Waiting to Explode?

English author published by Russian outlet. ‘America is a bomb waiting to explode’ America is a bomb waiting to explode (part II)

2015/10/262015/10/26

Antechinus: Is DoD Taking Over Australia’s Tiwi Islands for a Deep Water Port and Massive International Military Airfield?

Troubled Waters: Locals Fear Mysterious Tiwi Islands Port Is Being Eyed Off By The United States Military A senior union official has told New Matilda the company behind the port had anticipated a base for up to 80,000 US Marines as early as 2012, and the politician who represents the islands in the Northern Territory …

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2015/10/252015/10/24

Chuck Spinney: Drones of War — Send Money

In the last week, much has been made of the leaked DoD briefing entitled ISR Support to Small Footprint (CT) Operations – Somalia and Yemen, dated February 2013. To date, all the reports I have read, save one, focus on the “critical shortfalls” of drone warfare revealed in these slides — see, for example The Intercept, which broke …

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2015/10/252015/10/24

Mongoose: 1983 Nuclear Scare – Understanding How US Inspires Fear in Others — and How We Don’t “Get” That…

In 1983 ‘war scare,’ Soviet leadership feared nuclear surprise attack by U.S. A nuclear weapons command exercise by NATO in November 1983 prompted fear in the leadership of the Soviet Union that the maneuvers were a cover for a nuclear surprise attack by the United States, triggering a series of unparalleled Soviet military responses, according …

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2015/10/242015/10/24

Yoda: Delusions of Grand Strategy

Delusions of  Grand Strategy The Problem With Washington’s Planning Obsession EXTRACT The ritual of crafting strategy encourages participants to spin a narrative that magnifies the scope of the national interest and exaggerates global threats. The panel concluded, “Instead of unconstrained, long term analysis by planners who were encouraged to challenge preexisting thinking, the QDRs became …

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