by Craig Hooper on July 8, 2010
As many of you know, I’m occasionally contributing to the military.com universe as their resident Naval Analyst. In today’s post, I wonder what will happen if, over the next two years, the 7,804 Vertical Launch System (VLS) cells in the surface fleet suddenly acquired a Prompt Global Strike capability? It’s just a DARPA project now, [...]
by Craig Hooper on May 21, 2010
I got to talk with Navy Times scribe Andrew Tilghman the other day about the prospects of extending the reach of the Aegis system by using sensor nodes that are less expensive than, well, other exposed and forward-deployed Aegis ships. After a delightful conversation, Andrew generated a story for the old-school May 25 press issue [...]