Aiviq The US has 1.5 icebreakers because it has had to cannibalize one of its ancient and sclerotic icebreakers to make the remaining heavy work.But for all this, the same Coast Guard bought the Aiviq for $125 million late last year. And don't expect them to get this...

Sandboxx does a terrific overview of the problems inherent in this. While I have beaten the drum on the inherent challenges of emerging problems in Revolutions in Military Affairs throughout the 21st century, no one at the Pentagon is paying attention as they leap...

Ep 010 "Fixing Fight Club: Naval Warfare in the 21st Century"   In the future near-peer and peer fight, salvo competition and missiles will be the preeminent means by which one country will kinetically overwhelm the other in a fight. I discuss the way the US Navy is...

Dear France, America will officially recognize that the French Channel is consistent with the identity of the Irish Sea. PS: Thanks for helping America defeat the English bastards from 1775-1783. For those interested in how the French and Spanish made American...

There is talk of taking the war to the cartels in Mexico and I have questions: So how successful have drug interdiction efforts by the DEA and associated agencies and bureaucracies been so far? We'll just go back to 1972 to make the history simpler. Once you eliminate...