Новости за 16.04.2018

For Not-Quite-Wars, Italy Has a Useful Alternative to Traditional Troops

For Not-Quite-Wars, Italy Has a Useful Alternative to Traditional Troops by Elisabeth Braw - Defense One

One Tiny Corner of the US Government Pushes Back Against Russian Disinformation (VOA/RFE/RL's Polygraph)

One Tiny Corner of the US Government Pushes Back Against Russian Disinformation (VOA/RFE/RL's Polygraph) - Ken Dilanian and Rich Gardella - NBC News

---Quote--- Senior U.S. and British officials on Monday blamed the Russian government for coordinated cyberattacks against internet infrastructure worldwide in an effort to conduct espionage and intellectual property theft. Officials said that Russian hackers have been conducting a months-long...

can anyone explain why so many missiles struck just 3 targets? and why the reported damage is relatively low? were a number shot down enroute (as the Russians are claiming)? All in all, it looks like a very expensive way to send a signal, no?

The UAE has fallen out with Somalia: ---Quote--- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stopped supporting Somalia's army, including training its soldiers and paying their salaries, after a diplomatic fall-out between the two nations.The government in Mogadishu has been angered by Emirati plans to...

Syria War's Game Theory Is Too Complex to Predict

Syria War's Game Theory Is Too Complex to Predict by Tyler Cowan – Bloomberg View

Bill, I have not read this book, but know Giles Milton is an excellent writer and I vividly recall Nathaniel's Nutmeg. Link:https://www.amazon.com/Nathaniels-Nutmeg-Incredible-Adventures-Changed/dp/0140292608/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1523865881&sr=1-1&keywords=nathaniel%27s+nutmeg ...

Hurry Up and Work: DoD's Lack of Momentum on the Women, Peace and Security Act SWJED Mon, 04/16/2018 - 2:03am

Hurry Up and Work: DoD's Lack of Momentum on the Women, Peace and Security Act

Self-Development Requires Self-Direction: Recommendations to Improve the Army Leader Development Model SWJED Mon, 04/16/2018 - 12:20am

As the complexity of war increases and training time remains finite, the U.S. Army will be increasingly depended on self-directed learning to maintain dominance of the modern battlefield. The U.S. Army has the difficult task of preparing leaders to operate in complex environments. For decades the Army has struggled to consistently define terms and... Читать дальше...

Every so called urban training area I've seen looks more like a small village with neatly spread out buildings. When I think of Urban warfare, FIBUA or MOUT, I hink of central London or the Brazilian favelas. Maybe someone should contact the Japanese Gov and lease *Hashima island*...

The Vanuatu Daily Post's article's full title is: Want To Lead In The Pacific? Try Listening First ---Quote--- The Chinese Bases folderol is just the latest chorus in a litany of Australian indifference to Pacific voices. Every time some tendentious prat opens their mouth and starts telling...

http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/united-states-preparing-wrong-war *The United States is Preparing for the Wrong War * My response Max Boot is partially right, but a more accurate assessment would be our obsession with the war on terror for 15 plus years to no discernible end enabled our...

Immigration, Diversity, Inclusion: Strategic National Security Assets From Antiquity Through Today SWJED Sun, 04/15/2018 - 5:06pm

Last summer, the great dame of modern classical studies, Mary Beard, was subjected to vicious online abuse for simply defending the reality of Roman Britain as a diverse place, as depicted in a BBC cartoon that had provoked the initial outrage from conservative British nativists. Battles of diversity and inclusion, and how we acknowledge the reality of diversity and inclusion... Читать дальше...