I have been retrofitting and improving the sound to my podcasts WarNotes episodes are done with the Podsworth app upgrade. Chasing Ghosts upgrades to episodes 1-3, 6, 8-26 and 58-67 are now complete (updated on RSS, Substack and the Libertarian Institute). I know it seems rather chaotic but when I went back to reprocess, some things were missing or needed attention. Finished uploading the remainder this morning for processing and then when the dust settles, I will see what I missed. If I missed something you identify or any feedback, let me know. As always, I am indebted to your...

This is a prestigious and widely admired quarterly in the military and defense intelligentsia milieu. https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters_bookshelf/80/  

Today is Juneteenth.   I celebrate the lethal electrocution of two communist spies on this day in 1953; Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, an American couple, were executed for their espionage service to Stalin and the USSR   They became good communists on that day.

***Have been out of pocket for conference attendance*** The US Navy and the Pentagon continue the grand sclerotic and arthritic three ring circus of staggering inabilities to deliver any exquisite platforms on time, on budget and within scope. The sterling track record of bumbling an incompetence at the galactic level continues to amaze observers around eh world. For decades, mountains of red tape have stifled innovation and slowed the defense industrial base’s ability to respond to emerging global threats and even basic requirements. The new Air Force One is now five years behind schedule,...

My shortest post ever. Ironic that Israel has more US senators than America.

The not so vaunted North Korean Navy launched a Choi-Hyun class frigate, in a christening ceremony on its maiden voyage in less than spectacular fashion on 21 May this year and his Nibs himself, Kim Jong Porkchop, was in the audience to witness the hapless ceremony as the ship heeled over in a rather undignified fashion. It is now in dry dock for repair. Some bandits and wreckers have been arrested to be processed for fish food at a yet to be announced date. North Korean authorities are making good on promises to investigate all those involved in the failed launch of a new frigate at...