The State of the U.S. Military

Posted by Matt in January 27th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Military, U.S., arsenal, Collective Decisions, Congress, Jeopardy, Military Equipment, Military Personnel, Planes, Platforms, Republican Presidents, ships, tanks, Tools

Regrettably, the tools required to sustain all of these efforts are in jeopardy. The collective decisions by Congress and both Democratic and Republican Presidents over the past 15 years have left the U.S. military using equipment that is extremely old and, in many cases, outdated.
While compensation for military personnel continues to rise necessarily and deservedly, [...]

Radical Steps toward ‘Minimal Nuclear Deterrence’ Continue to Undermine American Security

Posted by Matt in October 15th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Allies, American Security, arsenal, Assertions, Bombers, Capability, Current Ratio, Deployment, Eventuality, Family Matters, Family Security, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Warheads, Platforms, Radical Steps, Security First, Security Matters, Strategic Risk, submarines, United States

First is the idea that reducing our deterrent force to no more than 500 warheads, (from the current level of roughly 2,200) is somehow a good idea. There is no discussion, only assertions that such a force is adequate to provide deterrence not only for the U.S. but for our numerous allies that rely upon [...]

AFP: Israel gets two more German submarines

Posted by Matt in September 29th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, Afp, arsenal, Cruise-Missiles, German Government, German Submarines, Israel, Nuclear Warheads, Nuclear Weapons, Platforms, Subs

The submarines, called U212s, can launch cruise missiles carrying nuclear warheads, although when it confirmed the sale in 2006 the German government said the two vessels were not equipped to carry nuclear weapons.
The subs were ordered in 2005 and delivery was initially expected in 2010.
Including the two new ones, Israel has five German submarines — [...]

How the Great Credit Crisis Began

Posted by Matt in July 26th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Financial, Asian Crisis, Capitalists, Collapse, Commodity Producers, Consequence, Credit Crisis, Currencies, Early 1990s, Eastern Europe, Emerging Market Economies, Fall Of The Berlin Wall, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Global Ocean, India, Last Resort, Oriented Model, Phrase, Platforms, Swirl, Target

When people asked what fundamentally caused the financial crisis, my answer is not what they expect. I respond with one phrase–the fall of the Berlin Wall. By the early 1990s, after the collapse of the socialist model, emerging market economies such as China, India, Eastern Europe, and the commodity producers wanted to be like the [...]