What Operation Epic Fury Revealed About Air and Missile Defense
Somewhere over Kuwait during the dense barrage phase of Operation Epic Fury, Kuwaiti air defense operators…
Read More »Three Webs at Malacca: From Architecture to Operational Reality
The emerging U.S. posture at the Strait of Malacca represents more than incremental security cooperation or…
Read More »Beyond the Nacelle: The V-22’s Broader Modernization Path
The V-22 Osprey has been central to Marine Corps assault-support thinking for more than two decades.…
Read More »The Pope, AI, and the Surveillance State
Thirteen years ago, having been present at the dawn of the “surveillance state,” I asked a…
Read More »Training as the Key Proving Ground for AI Enablement
Article Summary: The article’s most original contribution is its focus on operational preparation rather than operations…
Read More »Malacca as a Case Study: Alliance Documents, Strategic Games, and the Architecture of Deterrence
The Malacca Strait is a narrow waterway with outsized strategic significance, where alliance commitments, strategic gaming,…
Read More »Space-based Interception and the Promise of Starshield
The debate over interception increasingly turns on the balance between ground-based and space-based options. Yet despite…
Read More »IBCS at the Crossroads: From Flight Tests to the Fight That Matters
The Integrated Battle Command System did not spring from a blank sheet. It emerged from a…
Read More »Mastering Chaos: Shaping a Way Ahead for Chaos Management
“Mastering Chaos: Shaping a Way Ahead for Chaos Management” argues that modern leaders must stop treating…
Read More »Two Models, One Logic: What the CH-53K Training Revolution Tells Us About the Navy’s Next Trainer
In the fall of 2010, I was at Marine Corps Air Station New River talking to…
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