Новости за 07.06.2018

There are two UK extensive articles on this trial, where the sentences have not been given yet. The BBC:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44359958 and The Guardian:https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/04/how-london-teenager-plotted-attacks-with-all-female-terror-cell As one SME remarked:...

---Quote--- The Pentagon has completed initial draft plans for several emerging low-yield sea-launched nuclear weapons intended to deter potential attackers and add new precision strike options to those currently possible with the existing arsenal. While final requirements for both a low-yield...

Found via Twitter a Q&A podcast (30 mins) and a lively exchange with Dan Snow, a UK TV historian. Link:https://www.acast.com/dansnowshistoryhit/whywefightwithmikemartin?autoplay

This is exactly how you wind up with Iron Bottom Sound Part II, should events on the world stage go South. ---Quote--- WASHINGTON — A three-month internal review conducted by senior U.S. surface fleet leaders found some or significant concerns with the ship handling skills of nearly 85...

Thread re-opened for a couple of updates, only this one today. An article id'd via Twitter and an aspect of the war that does not appear here on a quick skim. It includes details on the deaths in what was to be Northern Ireland: ---Quote--- From July 1920 until October 1922, the risk of...

A short 10 mins video explains 'Day Zero': ---Quote--- Early this year, the South African government announced that Day Zero was looming – a moment, after three years of unprecedented drought, when dam levels would be so low that taps would be turned off and people would have to fetch water at...

This is the 51st anniversary of the 6 day war (the first news I remember reading in a newspaper; I was 5.5 and could only read the headline, but I do remember reading that), so I thought I would post my review of Michael Oren's book. The complete review is on Brownpundits....

The Dark Arts: Application of Special Operations in Joint Strategic and Operational Plans SWJED Thu, 06/07/2018 - 12:26am

With a better understanding of the Dark Arts that TSOCs and SOF planners bring to Joint Force Planners along with a clear understanding of desired effects, the more effective strategic and operational plans will be in competing and defending our nation’s national interests.

U.S. Weighs Deep Cuts to Special Operations Forces in Africa

U.S. Weighs Deep Cuts to Special Operations Forces in Africa

Letter from Garrison - Smart Interdiction Bases SWJED Thu, 06/07/2018 - 12:07am

This “letter home” is presented as part of the TRADOC G2's "Soldier 2050" Call for Ideas. This material will form a compendium of thoughts and ideas that will support the exploration of future bio-convergence implications on the Army of 2050.

The Army Released a New Vision Statement - Here are 3 Things Soldiers Need to Know

The Army Released a New Vision Statement - Here are 3 Things Soldiers Need to Know by Meghann Myers - Army Times

From Guerrilla to Maneuver Warfare: A Look at the Taliban’s Growing Combat Capability

From Guerrilla to Maneuver Warfare: A Look at the Taliban’s Growing Combat Capability by Alec Worsnop - Modern War Institute