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It’s time to get off the blogging hamster wheel, at least for awhile. I'll be elsewhere in The Post from time to time, as well as other media outside the company, but the daily deal here is done. Do please stay in touch, however, with your usual tips, suggestions and even bug-eyed thoughts in the middle of the night, per usual. You can now e-mail me here . Nearly 10 years after U.S. special operations troops rode horses into battle on the Afghan plains, one might think that the brass hats at the top of the Army would include a Green Beret. But one would be wrong, as a military friend pointed out to me today.
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Bruxelles2 - Europe de la défense et de la sécurité
(BRUXELLES2) Les quatre pays de Visegrad veulent, eux aussi, renforcer leur coopération. Les ministres de la défense et des affaires étrangères polonais, tchèque, hongrois et slovaque ont ainsi signé une déclaration commune, en marge de la réunion de l’OTAN, mercredi (18 avril). Objectif : renforcer l’Alliance, y compris ses capacités de défense. Le titre de la déclaration est d’ailleurs éloquent : « responsability for a strong Nato ». A la différence des autres coopérations (ravitaillement en vol, Benelux…), il ne s’agit pas vraiment ici de s’engager dans des projets concrets mais davantage d’apporter un soutien politique et une orientation précise aux projets de l’Alliance Atlantique. Le bouclier anti-missiles, la défense des territoires de l’OTAN et une présence américaine en Europe
Par Julie GIRAUDEAU , le 23 mars 2012 Plus d’un millier d’indigènes se sont retrouvés aujourd’hui dans les rues de Quito, la capitale d’Equateur. Répondant à l’appel de la principale organisation indigène équatorienne, ce rassemblement concluait une marche de deux semaines à travers le pays pour dénoncer la politique du Président Rafael Correa. Ils étaient environ mille cinq cent à défiler dans les [...]
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ELP Defens(c)e Blog
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has a new paper out that warns government to have a plan-B or even a plan-C for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) procurement. At first this sounds like great advice. However, the only useful part of this paper is where it mentions the blinders-on approach Defence has to the solution of what kind of fighter Australia needs. ”Their answer will remain ‘F-35′, pretty much independent of the question.” The report is riddled with errors and lazy research.
The InsideDefense NewsStand
Top Story DefenseAlert , Oct. 28, 2011 -- The Asia-Pacific region looms large in the Army's latest look at the national security challenges of 2020 and beyond, according to the three-star general overseeing the effort. DefenseAlert , Oct. 28, 2011 -- The Army and Marine Corps are inviting executives from companies expected to compete in the next round of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle competition to meet with top brass next month to "solicit feedback" on the JLTV draft solicitation, according to Army sources. DefenseAlert , Oct. 28, 2011 -- The Defense Department and other agencies that deal with nuclear weapons are likely to encounter a "bow wave" of significant costs to modernize all three legs of the nuclear triad after fiscal year 2017, a top Air Force nuclear official said today.Lexington Institute
Early Warning Blog The Department of Defense has proposed a change in the way it buys goods and services that could have far-reaching and destructive consequences, not only for the nation's warfighters but also for . . . Read more Modern weapons platforms are among the most complex systems man has ever designed. Building a warship, combat aircraft or armored fighting vehicle requires bringing together components, assemblies . . .
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+ The LCS ‘snowball’ may now be unstoppable + How To Fight Hybrid Threats: Tanks, Airstrikes, And Training + Chart: Projected: Interest on national debt exceeds defense spending in 2019 + Galrahn: Observations on North Korea, Iran and Saudi Arabia + First Contingent of U.S. Marines Lands in Australia + Good for ... Read More »
Curieux petit livre que cette mise en garde aux futurs dictateurs (publiée aux éditions Saint-Simon), qui choisit une approche légère pour traiter un des problèmes les plus graves de l'actualité et l'un des plus récurrents de l'histoire. Avec une analyse du printemps arabe et le rappel de l'influence du bassin méditerranéen, berceau de notre civilisation, Bénédicte Lapeyre, professeur au Collège d'Europe à Bruges, pose d'emblée le problème de l'autorité, au Sud, et celui de la légitimité, au Nord. Prenant pour postulat que « tout homme ayant entre ses mains l'ensemble des leviers de l'État finit par en abuser» , l'auteur dénonce les dérives à l'origine des dictatures. En dix chapitres, le parcours obligé du tyran est dressé, depuis son enfance jusqu'à son retrait que l'on souhaite sans retour. Le choix d'une épouse, des amis, des ennemis - bien souvent de l'ennemi providentiel inventé pour rassembler derrière le chef - sont des étapes obligées.
Géopolitique
A tip sets the plan in motion --a whispered warning of a North Korean nuclear launch, or of a shipment of biotoxins bound for a Hezbollah stronghold in Lebanon. Word races through the American intelligence network until it reaches U.S. Strategic Command headquarters, the Pentagon and, eventually, the White House. In the Pacific, a nuclear-powered Ohio class submarine surfaces, ready for the president's command to launch.
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Booby-trapping PDF files: A new how-to • The Register
Updated A security researcher has demonstrated a mechanism that exploits PDF files without taking advantage of any particular vulnerabilities. Didier Stevens' proof of concept exploit relies on running an executable embedded in a PDF file - something that ought to be blocked - by launching a command that ultimately runs an executable. In the case of Adobe Reader, such attempted launches generate a pop-up dialog box asking users if they want to proceed. However, this is not necessarily a major hurdle because Stevens was also able to manipulate the text displayed by the pop-up in a way that might easily fool most users.The Price of Assassination - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com
I wouldn’t have believed you if you’d told me 20 years ago that America would someday be routinely firing missiles into countries it’s not at war with. For that matter, I wouldn’t have believed you if you’d told me a few months ago that America would soon be plotting the assassination of an American citizen who lives abroad. Shows you how much I know.Prospective U.S. Cyber Commander Talks Terms of Digital Warfare
For years, the military has worried about the vulnerability of the United States to cyberattack — and how and when to return fire in digital warfare. Now, the issue is taking center stage, as the Senate considers the nomination of an Army general to head the military’s first four-star Cyber Command. In a hearing this morning, the Senate Armed Services Committee will review the nomination of Army Lt. Gen.F-35B test aircraft BF-3 flies with weapons bay doors open in March 2012. Photo: Lockheed The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the supposed backbone of the Pentagon’s future air arsenal, could need additional years of work and billions of dollars in unplanned fixes, the Air Force and the Government Accountability Office revealed on Tuesday. Congressional testimony by Air Force and Navy leaders, plus a new report by the GAO, heaped bad news on a program that was already almost a decade late, hundreds of billions of dollars over its original budget and vexed by mismanagement, safety woes and rigged test results .
Danger Room
C'est une imposante force, constituée de nombreux véhicules, dont 26 chars Leclerc, qui a embarqué cette semaine, à Toulon, à bord du roulier Ark Forwader, affrété par la Maritime Nantaise au profit du ministère de la Défense. L'imposant navire, long de 182 mètres, a appareillé du port varois mercredi en vue de rejoindre Abu Dhabi, où la France compte une base militaire permanente depuis 2009. Chars, dépanneurs, Véhicules blindés de combat d'infanterie (VBCI), Véhicules de [...]