From the monthly archives:

March 2010

So, it seems the (estimated) 131st consecutive successful Trident test flight went off in an epic fashion! In Saudi! That’s…unprecedented. (UPDATE: Looks like the story is getting walked back a bit…the AP’s source, “A Western military official in Saudi Arabia” is being contradicted by Pentagon spokespersons–who say there was no launch of any kind.) How, […]

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Arctic meet turns frosty:

by Craig Hooper on March 30, 2010

As the Arctic heats up, diplomatic meetings are getting rather frosty. You might have missed this, but Canada got a public rebuke from the U.S. yesterday over Arctic policy.  From the Voice of America: On Viagra price Monday, Canada hosted a meeting of foreign ministers from five countries with Arctic coastlines for talks on maritime […]

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Overlooked in Arms Control: Prompt Global Strike!

by Craig Hooper on March 30, 2010

Yes, this is old news…but it’s something worth covering.  The Prague Treaty opens the way for research on Prompt Global Strike: No Constraints on Missile Defense and Conventional Strike: The Treaty d order viagra online oes not contain any constraints on testing, development or deployment of current or planned U.S. missile defense programs or current […]

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And in April’s USNI Proceedings…

by Craig Hooper on March 29, 2010

ConflictHealth.com‘s Chris Albon and I cooked up a little article on China’s Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile threat. Read it here. zp8497586rq

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EMP threat analysis returns!

by Craig Hooper on March 27, 2010

Phil Ewing over at Navy Times makes an interesting catch: Navy engineers in March began looking into how the fleet should prepare for an attack by one of the most feared and controversial weapons of the modern age: an electromagnetic pulse. So, even though the U.S. is working to cut nuclear weapons, we’re also preparing […]

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A “Remember the Maine” moment?

by Craig Hooper on March 26, 2010

In February, 1898, the USS Maine blew up in Cuba.  Within two months, the U.S. was at war with Spain. A similar Maine-like provocation (today’s loss of the South Korean warship Cheonan after an explosion) could tip the tense Korean Peninsula over the edge, changing the game in Asia. Let’s be blunt: When a warship […]

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Boeing jumping into “Global Strike” market:

by Craig Hooper on March 26, 2010

Even with the big arms control news today, conventional missiles look like the wave of the future.  Get used to cheap, non-nuclear and ballistic weaponry. I’ll be writing more about this, but these programs have been sorta on the fringes of the defense community for some time.  Lockheed, a few years ago, got funds to […]

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Taking away Loren Thomposon’s mealticket…

by Craig Hooper on March 19, 2010

…one link at a time!  Good to see the indefatigable Mike Burleson linking in from his weekly big-carrier bash-fest, and glad to see Greg from defenstech.org responding to my Asia shipbuilding post.  Drop me a line, ya’ll. The more new voices out there on defense issues, the better. zp8497586rq

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Watch the march of the Hummingbirds!

by Craig Hooper on March 17, 2010

For all the whining about how America isn’t funding cutting-edge rotary wing research, a few new rotary-wing UAV offerings look, ah, well cutting edge. Take Boeing’s A160 Hummingbird (YMQ-18A).  This company-funded program has moved with lightening speed, and the fact this platform initially used a cheap off-the-shelf Subaru auto engine should be enough to win […]

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China's Navy: Hey, let's not panic…

by Craig Hooper on March 16, 2010

In Asia, America has gotta move away from a long-standing habit of engaging in simple, bilateral force measurements.  Asia is a multi-polar place, and America’s penchant for strategic over-simplification is going to land the U.S. into serious trouble. Put bluntly, U.S. Navy-folk need to remember there are a few other countries over on the other […]

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