Trend-lines on military aviation accidents are edging upwards to rival in the commercial aviation industry in mishaps. Not only is this a barometer for readiness and training but an indicator for the emerging competency crisis plaguing the West. Peacetime military...
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Pentagon Follies: Accounting for DEI Expenditures
by Bill Buppert | Apr 30, 2024 | Blog
Inclusion, Equity and Diversity (IED) is communism in blackface. This viral contagion has raced to the top of government bureaucracies and, of course, facilitates a race to the bottom in quality and competence. The wizards at the Pentagon who have yet to account for...
The Aircraft Carrier is the Crossbow and Chariot of the Modern Age
by Bill Buppert | Apr 29, 2024 | Blog
The US Navy, of course, is desperately trying to get authorization to build more Ford-class carriers. Ironic that they name the carrier after a violence broker famous for being rather clumsy and unable to navigate around. The first of class doesn't work properly: it...
4/25/24 Richard Booth on HBO’s New OKC Bombing Documentary
by Scott Horton | Apr 28, 2024 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott interviews journalist and researcher Richard Booth about HBO’s new documentary An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th. Booth served as a research consultant on the film. He talks with Scott about his experience working with the...
Ukraine Sidelines Abrams Tanks After Russian Drone Attacks – AP
by Will Porter | Apr 25, 2024 | News
The Ukrainian military has opted to withdraw its US-supplied M1 Abrams main battle tanks from the front lines due to the threat posed by Russian drones, American officials told the Associated Press.
ByteDance Will Shut Down TikTok in US Rather Than Comply with Divestment Demand
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 25, 2024 | News
ByteDance says it will not sell off its popular video-sharing app TikTok after President Joe Biden signed a law that will ban the platform from American users in nine months if it is not sold away from Chinese ownership. Several sources inside ByteDance say TikTok is...
UK to Send Record $620 Million Military Aid Package to Ukraine
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 23, 2024 | News
The UK announced its largest-ever military aid package for Ukraine, totaling $620 million (£500 million). Though Washington remains Kiev’s most prominent backer, some NATO countries have scrapped together aid packages to attempt to keep the Ukrainian military fighting...
4/18/24 Bill Buppert on the Threat of Terrorist Attacks after October 7 and the Changing Nature of Warfare
by Scott Horton | Apr 22, 2024 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott interviews Bill Buppert, the new Smedley D. Butler Fellow for Military Affairs at the Libertarian Institute, about some of the topics he’s covered on his podcast, Chasing Ghosts. They discuss stoicism, Scott’s concern about a bin Ladenite...
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The Kyle Anzalone Show [GUEST] Craig Pasta Jardula : Is Trump Imploding?
A kitchen joke about tomato sauce quickly gives way to the hard edge of politics as we unpack a growing fracture on the right. Trump’s volleys at Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie aren’t just personality drama; they point to a deeper shift toward a larger...
Pinker on Peace and Enlightenment
"If, despite impressions, the long-term trend, though halting and incomplete, is that violence of all kinds is decreasing, I think that calls for a rehabilitation of the ideals of modernity and progress, and it's a cause for gratitude for the institutions of...
The US Paper War Tiger is Way Behind
The Ukraine and Russian forces have been building drones for less than three thousand dollars and the "Affordable Mass" efforts in the US had an original floor price of three hundred thousand dollars because that is the way the American "defense" acquisition system...
Caution: Hard Times Ahead
Comfort is a thief. Life is hard. Do more and suck less. Class dismissed.
Yet Another US Navy Surface Ship Fiasco
As I have mentioned, the US Navy can't catch a break from the cavalcade of calamities that is Navy shipbuilding for two generations. First they removed the 155mm gun when it was disclosed it was 800 thousand dollars a round Advanced Gun System (AGS) then it took five...
We: Records 1-5
Reading We, a Russian dystopian novel.
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