Elements Of Power

Commentary and discussion on world events from the perspective that all goings-on can be related to one of the six elements of National Power: Military, Economic, Cultural, Demographic, Organizational, & Geographical. All Elements are interrelated and rarely can one be discussed without also discussing its impact on the others

Sunday, March 18, 2018

Again With the Space Force? aka: Dorky-Pants Solution Revisited

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A shout out to all the politicos who've given enough thought about a particular unfortunate set of circumstances but not a fraction more...
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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Why the Gypsy Woman Laughs at DOT&E

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(Photo by Darrin Russel/Lockheed Martin) DOT&E FY15 Doomsaying… - Full Block 3F mission systems development and testing cannot ...
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Thursday, June 29, 2017

A Survey: What does State of the Art Fighter Maneuverability Look Like?

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How Would You "Score" Maneuverability Requirements Today? Part 1 Since maneuverability is a hot topic these days (especially he...
Saturday, June 24, 2017

F-35 Was NOT Inferior to F-16 in a 2015 "Dogfight"

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Why Any Inference that the F-35 2015 'Post-Stall Agility' Control Law (CLAW) Test As a 'Dogfight' is Bogus This is a rewo...
Monday, June 19, 2017

“Fighter Aircraft” Design: Driven by Operational Requirements (Part 3)

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With the world about to bear witness at the Paris Air Show ( #PAS17 ) this week that the F-35 is NOT the 'pig' aircraft that the pro...
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Sunday, June 18, 2017

Happy Father's Day 2017

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Dads, you are terribly missed. But you live on in our hearts. (Pics in Chronological Order) Granddad (Left) Enroute to San Diego on th...
Saturday, May 06, 2017

We Can't let an F-35 Myth Die!

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The "Phone it in Edition" The only thing worse than 'phoning it in'.... is doing so with incredibly poor timing. 28 Ap...
Friday, April 21, 2017

Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: F-35 Edition.

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Punctuation: It's important. Reference in Title Explained       There was a poor article published at Business Insider (as i...
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Monday, February 06, 2017

President Trump & The F-35: He's Done the Impossible!

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F-35 Costs coming down as expected. Deal with it.   President Trump set wheels in motion that have turned the long-standing 'F-35 ...
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Sunday, January 22, 2017

This Fighter Program's Problems are Outrageous!

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Time for another round of Name That Program! (Any of this seem familiar?) XXXXXXXX noted that:   (1) XXXXXXXX has revised the XXXXXXXX...
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Saturday, January 21, 2017

'Opti-Onics': Arrived in the Late 20th Century

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Via x-ray delta one  we find the visionaries at Bell & Howell understood Intelligence Strike & Reconnaissance (ISR) way back in the...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

B-2's Bomb ISIS!

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H/T Edpop at F-16.net  This is pretty much a repeat of what I posted at F-16.net It is interesting that CNN focuses on the body count . ...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Not the 'Second Engine for the F-35' Cr*p Again!

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Oh dear, if only the world was this simple. Breaking Defense has an advocacy piece up at Breaking Defense titled: " Trump Wants Low...
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I am a '3rd Generation Aerospace' Professional and a retired Air Force Senior NCO. I maintained and tested airborne precision guided weapons the first half of my Air Force career [including AIMVAL/ACEVAL, TASVAL79, AIM-9L FOT&E--IYAAYAS!] and flight tested RPVs, Drones and Cruise Missiles [XBQM-106A, Pave Tiger/Panther, CALCM, ACM and 'others'] the second half. Since my AF retirement I have worked on many aircraft, UAV and weapons programs. I have worked systems, flight, and laboratory test programs about half the time, and have worked R&M Engineering, Depot Operations, and Operations Analysis (Combat and Logistics) the other half, I am now the Lead Engineer xx x xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxx xxxx (doing 'stuff') on yet another major weapon systems program and still involved in a wide range of Aerospace Engineering and Military Operations Research activities for multiple programs.
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