Remembering Skyline Drive Part I
In mid-December, 1944, Colonel Hurley Fuller’s 110th Infantry Regiment held a ten-mile stretch of the U.S. 28th Division’s front in the Ardennes. The 28th Division was a National Guard outfit from...
View ArticleRemembering Skyline Drive Part II
On the morning of December 16, 1944, 57th Panzer Corps’ massed artillery, reinforced with a brigade of Nebelwerfer multiple barrel mortars, opened fire and plastered the positions of the 110th Infantry...
View ArticleWhat’s Wrong With Drone Strikes?
I’ve repeatedly written here about the virtues of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as weapon systems. I think they are the coming thing, and not simply as low-intensity reconnaissance and occasional...
View ArticleFIST Could Revolutionize Defense Procurement
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the largest single piece of new hardware procurement the armed forces are currently pursuing, now that the F-22 Raptor project has melted down into a molten puddle of...
View ArticleIndia China Rapprochement Effects
There’s been a lot of discussion (including in this column) about the growing rivalry between India and China, the reality of a budding arms race, and the possibility of future conflict. In some cases,...
View ArticleTen Myths About Afghanistan
The ever-informative Juan Cole recently ran a column on the top ten myths about Afghanistan. Many of these are things you’ve found me writing about. I heartily encourage you to take a look at this...
View ArticleSudan Secession Referendum Near
Next month the southern Sudan will vote for or against independence. The secession referendum is part of a cease-fire agreement brokered by the U.S. in 2005. The Sudan has experienced on-and-off civil...
View ArticleRosie The Riveter Dies at Eighty-Six
Well, not really. Rosie is immortal, but Geraldine Hoff Doyle, the model for the iconic World War II poster of the female riveter, just passed away. She died of complications from severe arthritis....
View ArticleBomb Attacks Rock Baghdad
Eight bombs exploded within a two-hour period in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 2 and wounding 14. These bomb attacks targeted Christians, and follow a growing pattern, as well as underscoring a...
View ArticleHow Active Armor Works
About twenty years ago I read an article by General Donn A. Starry, former head of TRADOC but by then (as I recall) retired. In it he speculated that the Soviets were probably working on electrostatic...
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