Tag archive for ‘Capability’
Return of Pirates: It’s time to enforce our blue water powers…
While they are not flying the “Jolly Roger,” Somali pirates have been raiding ships along the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden, stealing their cargo, ransoming crews, and attacking merchant shipping. Things have gotten so bad, merchant shipping in this region is almost grinding to a halt.Somali pirates struck again this week by seizing an Iranian cargo ship holding 30,000 tonnes of grain, as the world’s governments and navies pronounced themselves powerless against this new threat to global trade.
What Obama’s Policies mean for America: Defense Policy
This is the first article in a multi-article set that will examine each of the policy “categories” that Sen. Obama identifies as part of his platform, and offer some critical analysis of what an Obama Presidency might mean, given what he has said.
I decided to write these series of articles after Sen. Obama commented on [...]
What would Iran’s nuclear weapons mean for the United States?
I am sure that my readers have all been watching this week Iran’s missile tests. Iran launched a series of missiles to demonstrate its capability to deliver warheads at medium-range distances (2000 km). While there is some dispute as to how many missiles it has launched over the last three days - the message from [...]
Why is crude oil (and gasoline) so expensive?
I have been getting emails from readers essentially asking me to do a post on oil - why is it so expensive, and what, if anything should be the GOP’s party platform on energy. While energy economics is not my specialty - I do understand commodities markets, and I believe I probably understand better than [...]
GAO upholds Boeing’s objection to Air Force Tanker award to Northrup
About an hour ago, the Government Accounting Office upheld an objection by Boeing to the Air Force award of their air tanker refueling program to Northrup-Grumman. This ruling is yet the latest round in a battle that has raged in Washington for quite some time now over who will get to built America’s next air [...]
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