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

Thursday, February 26, 2009

President Obama Burns Rome, Press Fiddles

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I'm getting ready for work while back out here on a temp job in SoCal. Just now KTLA morning news ran a piece (live?) where President Ob...
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Saturday, January 31, 2009

Ahem. Pssst: An Award Fee is NOT a Bonus!

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What a Maroon! Found this article, Hidden Bonuses Enrich U.S. Government Contractors via Instapundit , and it totally P***** me off. The ar...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

2018 Bomber Joke

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I was speaking with a young engineer yesterday and he told me he spent a good part of the weekend researching publicly-available sources try...

Chasing Long Range Strike 1990-2009

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Edit 27 Mar 11 : Changed font size of post for readability in the new blog format. Here's a little summary of the United States...
Monday, January 19, 2009

Political Scientist?

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Update: This is now my low point as a blogger, and one I had hoped to avoid. I'm keeping this post only because I hate it when others j...
Saturday, January 17, 2009

Academes Gnaw on the Hands....

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That feeds them, clothes them, etc. Via Tigerhawk , I've just read a short, superb, exposition on an attitudinal problem that has appar...
Saturday, January 10, 2009

Stupid PETA Tricks

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On the heels of rolling out the overt "Sea Kittens" propaganda campaign , the Emoters of PETA provide us with another example of ...
Sunday, December 21, 2008

CV-22 Deploys "On Wing"

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And maybe a few prayers? Well the CV-22 has performed its first self-deployment . In honor of the milestone, here's a patch I got from t...
Friday, December 19, 2008

Thinking About America's Defense

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There is an OUTSTANDING new RAND publication out. An "analytical memoir" by retired Lt General Glenn Kent titled: Thinking About A...
Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Feh. This Ain't My First Long National Nightmare

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While I really don't have time for posting at the current time, I know a very few people who might be wondering what I think of the Pres...
Friday, September 19, 2008

KC-X Fiasco Update

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I've been wrestling with a pig (again) in the comments at DefenseTech.org over the merits and fallout of the farcical Boeing protest an...
Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Palin: Popular vs. Populist

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Dang! Beldar beat me to the punch I've been thinking of posting on this topic for a couple of days, but Beldar nails it. It's like t...

One of the "Greats" is Gone

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Had I known about this earlier, I would have found a way to make the service. Don Cornell was a one of a kind: A Golden-Armed Great Stick, ...
Saturday, August 09, 2008

A Guilty Pleasure:

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Yes...I Have Always Enjoyed Moral Dilemmas. Instapundit has what I think is a rather clever poll up at his site that could be a good conve...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Boeing on 'Offshoring': Good For Me But Not For Thee

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Steven Trimble's DEW Line wonders if Boeing's minions (he's a nice guy: he calls them 'supporters') will reign in their...
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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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