Operation Creek: SOE Enlists an “Over the Hill Gang” for a Mission
For decades the Calcutta Light Horse, a 186-year-old British auxiliary regiment, was more a social club than territorial regiment. Now …
International Militaries
The Air-Sea Battle Concept: Naming Names
As we noted in the previous Air-Sea Battle Concept (ASBC) post, while not a criticism of documents issued by the …
Enterprise Challenge ’13: Highlighting Intel Technologies
The proliferation of new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems and technologies on modern battlefields has brought with it the …
Light Attack Aircraft: The Super Tucano, the AT-6 and the Blue Kool-Aid
The competition for a light attack aircraft between the Sierra Nevada/Embraer A-29B Super Tucano and the Beechcraft AT-6 – formerly …
Hobart and His Funnies: A Most “Difficult” General
Among the many items on Gen. Sir Alan Brooke’s agenda upon assuming his duties as Chief of the Imperial General …
Denmark’s Iver Huitfeldt-class Frigates
Denmark’s Iver Huitfeldt-class frigates may be state-of-the-art combatants. But they share much in common with previous Danish naval ships – …
Excalibur Precision Guided Extended Range Artillery Projectile Testing
This video, released by Raytheon, graphically demonstrates the capabilities of the M982 Excalibur precision 155mm artillery round. Co-developed by Raytheon …
Indian Naval Aviation: Waiting for Gorshkov … and the IAC
After a four year delay, Sevmash was on track to deliver the Vikramaditya by Dec. 4, 2012, until boiler problems …
The Air-Sea Battle Concept: Defense Strategic Guidance and JOAC
President Barack H. Obama, Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin …
The Death of Jean Moulin: The French Resistance Gets Its Greatest Martyr
When Jean Moulin offered his services to Gen. Charles de Gaulle in October 1941, the leader of the Free French …