In total, eight French airports were dealing with security alerts on Wednesday, in addition to another alert at Versailles Palace. Dominique Vidalon and Marine Strauss report for Reuters: Eight French airports faced security alerts on Wednesday and several were evacuated for checks, the DGAC aviation authority said, and the Palace of Versailles closed again due to its […]
Macron: France “Hit Once Again by the Barbarity of Islamist Terrorism”
In response to the attack at a high school in France by a Chechen Muslim, French President Emmanuel Macron said that the country was “hit once again by the barbarity of Islamist terrorism.” The Associated Press reports: A man of Chechen origin who was under surveillance by French security services over suspected Islamic radicalization stabbed […]
Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company: RAIDER X
From Sikorsky: Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, introduces RAIDER X®, its concept for a fast, agile, survivable compound coaxial helicopter that will equip future aviators to address evolving peer and near-peer threats in the most difficult environments. RAIDER X is specifically designed as a prototype for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) prototype […]
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Your Survival Guy feels life is pretty good, especially after reading The Wager by David Grann. Just thinking about life back in the mid-1700s makes me appreciate the simple creature comforts of today. Being shipwrecked is no one’s idea of fun. And that’s a story that Grann tells with such detail you wonder if he […]
CAT 5: Prepare for Hurricane Lee
Hurricane Lee has strengthened to a Category 5 storm and is barreling through the Atlantic on course to hit America’s East Coast. Right behind Lee is Tropical Storm Margot, which is also expected to reach hurricane levels. First Coast News reports: It’s very active across the Atlantic basin, but thankfully there are no local threats […]
Will the USA Lose Control of the Fighter Jet Export Market?
America has long been a major exporter of fighter jets, including the venerable F-16 and now the F-35. But as allied and friendly countries begin to ramp up their own efforts to build fighter jets, will the USA lose control of the fighter jet export market it has dominated? Richard Aboulafia reports in Foreign Policy: […]
Investing in Water
Bottom Line: There is no downside when you begin thinking of yourself and your family first. Desalination may not be an option for you but once you start thinking about your water supply, you quickly realize there’s a lot you can do to keep from running out of it. Originally posted June 22, 2016. You […]
The Pentagon’s Next Big Plane
The military’s massive cargo planes are getting old and need replacement. Doug Cameron discusses what’s next for the military’s cargo plane acquisitions program. He writes in The Wall Street Journal: Sometimes, you need a really big plane. An Air Force C-17 Globemaster evacuated 640 passengers in a single flight from Kabul during the U.S. withdrawal two years […]
Blackwater Founder Eric Prince Blowtorched by Politics
Originally posted January 28, 2014. Blackwater, under government contact, handled 100,000 security missions in Iraq and Afghanistan never losing a single official under its protection. Eric Prince also (as David Feith writes) “using his own personal wealth and expertise recruited and deployed a world-wide network of spies tracking al Qaeda operatives in ‘hard target’ locations […]
Shakedown Cruise: He’s Sending Out an S.O.S
“He was going to call for an S.O.S.,” a client told Your Survival Guy as I sat in the comforts of my office this week. “My friend refitted his fast trawler during the offseason and asked me if I wanted to go out on it,” he said. Now, being a boater, my client immediately realized […]
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