Israel is on the right track with its military reforms. America would be well served to take a lesson from the Israelis. The Wall Street Journal’s Joshua Mitnick explains: Israel’s military plans to downsize its conventional firepower such as tanks and artillery to focus on countering threats from guerrilla warfare and to boost its technological prowess, […]
The Generals Are in Charge in Egypt
Muslim Brotherhood TV stations are being taken off the air in Egypt. Writing in the International Herald Tribune (reprinted in The New York Times), Tim Sebastian explains the stark lack of viable options for voters in Egypt. The generals’ plan is to bring Egypt’s politicians together, write yet another constitution and hold elections. Don’t hold […]
Foreign Aid to Egypt Should be Cut. There Has Been a Coup.
The Obama Administration sits on the sidelines dumbfounded, showing not a shred of leadership. Writing in The American Conservative, W. James Antle III outlines with clarity the action that needs to be taken. Existing federal law may force the U.S. government to do something previously proposed by Rand Paul: cut off foreign aid to Egypt. […]
Americans Exercise their Right to Carry
Americans are increasingly exercising their right to carry a firearm, and soon residents of Illinois will have the same rights as other Americans to do so after the Supreme Court mandated the state come up with a plan to allow concealed carry. The Wall Street Journal’s Jack Nicas and Ashby Jones detail the explosion in […]
No Hope that Egypt’s Islamists Will Fade Away Quietly
The Washington Post explains that even though the military has come out on the side of the secularists, Egypt’s Islamist government, and its vast number of supporters, have no intention standing down. Defiant Egyptian Islamists held large demonstrations after midday prayers Friday to mobilize support for deposed president Mohamed Morsi, the country’s first democratically elected […]
Survive with Liquid Armor Nanotechnology
Kevlar body armor can stop a bullet but it will not stop a knife strike, especially from a 230 pound thug. Kevlar treated with BAE Systems’ liquid armor will stop both and weigh half as much. Check it out: From BAE Systems: We can engineer amazing things… Technologists have harnessed the power of an ‘intelligent’ […]
Ten Items You Must Stockpile In Case Disaster (say an EMP attack) Strikes #1
You surely already have in your mind a list of things you’ll need in a disaster situation. Food, water, and warmth top the list. But here’s an item you may not be considering.
Electromagnetic Railgun
BAE Systems was awarded a $34.5 million contract from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for the development of the Electromagnetic (EM) Railgun under Phase 2 of the Navy’s Innovative Naval Prototype (INP) program. The focus of Phase 2 is to advance the Railgun technology by maturing the launcher and pulsed power from a single […]
Giving Up the Identity of Navy Seals for Politics
The taking down of Bin Laden wrongfully exposed these national heroes. Vice President Joe Biden and ex-U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta were sued by the parents of Navy SEALs, who accused the officials of exposing their sons to retaliation by publicizing their unit’s role in the raid that resulted in the death of Osama Bin […]
Turkey: Fears of a Return to Military Rule Appear Overdone
My friend Cato Institute’s Chris Preble just returned from Turkey and offers compelling insights for us. On the other hand, fears of a return to military rule—a Kemalist revival, as it were—seem overdone. A few look back fondly at that earlier period, albeit through rose-colored glasses, but most of the protesters and their supporters are looking […]
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