Last year, Ukrainians were subject to a crippling power outage thanks to some malware that had infected the systems of power company Ukrenergo. If you’ve been reading Richardcyoung.com for very long, you’ve been warned about the vulnerabilities of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. Between the possibilities of an EMP attack, or cyber attacks, unsecured SCADA […]
Archives for June 2017
French Nationalism Loses Steam
Record low turnout in French parliamentary first round elections hurt the performance of Marine Le Pen’s Front National last Sunday. Le Pen and her party were hoping to secure at least 15 seats in parliament, but Front National appears on track to win only between 1 and 10 seats. The party is saying it will be […]
Space X Will Launch the Air Force’s Secret Space Plane into Orbit
The Air Force’s secretive X-37B will soon be launched into orbit by Elon Musk’s Space X rockets. According to Bloomberg, Musk’s venture was able to beat the established launch company, United Launch Alliance (a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin) by offering lower prices. Musk promises to launch for $61 million, a bargain compared […]
How’s This for an Obama Legacy?
From NRO’s Andrew McCarthy, read about the Obama White House’s unlawful surveillance and massive abuse of foreign intelligence gathering: Enabling of domestic spying, contemptuous disregard of court-ordered minimization procedures (procedures the Obama administration itself proposed, then violated), and unlawful disclosure of classified intelligence to feed a media campaign against political adversaries. While President Barack Obama […]
There’s No Fire Behind the Media’s Trump/Russia Smoke
Pat Buchanan calls it the “Impeach-Trump Conspiracy.” The media has lost it’s senses (so says Russian president Vladimir Putin), and most reasonable people would have to agree. Buchanan homes in on the words of former acting CIA Director Mike Morrell, there’s no fire behind the smoke. Pressed by Megyn Kelly on his ties to President […]
Squaring the Health Care Circle with Fairy Dust
What do Americans really want from health-care reform? Unlimited care, from the doctor of their choice, with no wait, and, well yes, free of charge, writes Michael D. Tanner, senior fellow at the Cato Institute. For Republicans, trying to square this circle has led to panic, paralysis, and half-baked policy proposals such as the Obamacare-replacement […]
Opposition to Trump’s ATC Plan is Wrongheaded
My friend Chris Edwards at Cato Institute examines the motives of the groups opposing President Trump’s proposed Air Traffic Control (ATC) reforms. He calls the opposition reasoning “short-sighted.” A privatized system in Canada has lowered costs and made the system more efficient. Read more from Edwards below. The airlines are for it, the key labor union […]
Why Does the West Continue to Coddle the Saudis?
I have been regularly critical of America’s relationship with Saudi Arabia(see: Cut Off Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia, A Tragic Display on Trump’s Saudi Trip, and The International Lunacy of Financing Saudi Arabia for a sample). Despite obvious conflicting interests, America and the West have maintained strong relationships with the Saudis. It’s a mystery as to why the […]
Connecticut—the Chickens Come Home to Roost
As an intro to NRO’s “Rust Belt Connecticut,” read first from Timothy O. Jones, associate editor at Young Research & Publishing, why he left the Hudson Valley region of New York, Connecticut’s neighbor, where he grew up. No surprise to me. That’s why I’m here (Aquidneck Island) and not in the heart of the Hudson […]
F-35 Engine Upgrade Tests Prove Substantial Fuel Savings & Increase Thrust
Pratt & Whitney has announced successful performance tests with its upgraded F135 turbo fan, which powers the f-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The test proves the upgrade could provide a 5% to 6% improvement in fuel burn while adding a 6%-10% thrust increase. The upgrades, part of the Navy-sponsored F135 Fuel Burn Reduction (FBR) and the […]
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