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

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Monday, April 11, 2016

Law of Unintended Consequences and F-35 H8ers.

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Hillarity ensues. My apologies for not posting more, but I’m swamped with higher priorities and will continue to be for a while yet. ...

Monday, July 27, 2015

F-35B IOC is Imminent

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Prepare for all the Handwringing Word on the street is that F-35 IOC is all done except for the signatures (which always leaves the polit...

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

P.W. Singer and August Cole? 'Game Show' Quality Defense Analysis

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(Apologies to Game Shows Everywhere) AKA: The "Axe is Boring Disinformation Cascade" Continues... Ersatz sound-bite provide...

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Wednesday, July 01, 2015

David Axe is More Boring Than Ever (Bless His Heart)

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And still practicing Punk Journalism Bumped! Axe Doubles Down *******Update 2 at End of Original Post******* Gawd. Saw this at ...

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

William Hartung: You got Yer'self a Reckoning a'Coming Boy!

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I'm going to take this craptastic, yet all so formulaic and predictable op-ed piece by William Hartung apart ...... piece by piece. ...

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Saturday, June 13, 2015

F-35 'Reporting' : A Study in Contrast

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Take a look at the serious article at AIN on the effects of the latest F-35 cost reduction efforts here, and contrast it with the crap drop...

Tuesday, June 09, 2015

Stupid Journalist Tricks: Gun Control Edition

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A 'Pulitzer-Prize Winning' journalist named Cynthia Tucker has commited an 'EPIC fail' in trying to 'Shame' Te...

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

John Q. Public Making Up F-35 Stuff

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Make you a bet.... Hat Tip Op-For Op-For has a post up linking to a post at a blog called John Q. Public. The JQP post regurgitates ele...

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Saturday, November 01, 2014

Lt General Bogdan: F-35 Noise “Good to Go”

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F-35 No More Noisier Than Other Fighters the VANG Has Flown Hat Tip Spazinbad @ F-16.net In fact, the F-35 will very often be quieter...

Wednesday, October 01, 2014

An Economics Riddle:

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What do ALL of the following companies have in common? 1. Apple 2. CVS Caremark 3. Verizon 4. Costco 5. ...

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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

F-35 Critics: Same Sh*t, Different Century

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Stop Me if You’ve Heard This One Before (Update with the missing bits filled in and additional content after the original post below) Fi...

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SMSgt Mac: 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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