Archive for 'military' Category
Shining the light.
Wiki’s founder, Julian Assange, is both hated and celebrated for publicizing all those secret documents about the war in Afghanisitan. I’m one of those celebrating. Attend. What’s most telling here, is not the sh*t hole that Afghanistan has turned out to be, but that our elected leaders have hidden this from us. Sure – [...]
The Littoral Combat Ship Debacle
FoxNews broke this story on Saturday – The Littoral Combat Ship’s (LCS) construction is way behind, and its construction costs have doubled. Yes, instead of the 225 Million Dollar ship we envisioned, we now have a 550 Million Dollar ship. And instead of 15 ships under construction, we only have 2 or 3. Oh gee, [...]
U.S. Navy Capabilities in the face of Somalia.
I’ve been spending a great deal of time on my blogging-buddy, Rob’s Site of late. Rob is performing a miracle over there. His use of WEB 2.0 has been fascinating to watch, and the material has been equally riveting. You see, Rob hosted something he calls the Boyd Conference, a gathering or some rather out-of [...]