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, June 28, 2015

An Open Letter to Ed Driscoll: Power of CAS Myths

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Guest 'Pundit' at Instapundit , Ed Driscoll ,  links to a craptastic "Save the A-10" editorial (unattributed) at Investors...
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Saturday, June 27, 2015

CAF Kickstarter Project: Save The Plane that Led D-Day.

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The Commemorative Air Force is close to meeting their Kickstarter stretch goal of $250K to restore the C-47 that led the swarm of transport...
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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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Sunday, June 14, 2015

Better Things Happen When America Has the Brains to Elect Strong Leaders

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28 Years Ago Today:  "Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall"  When we don't elect wisely, we seem to experience an inordinate a...
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...
Friday, June 12, 2015

Weird Days for the 'Death Spiral' Eh?

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While there's really no question as to how the "Who's Death Spiral is It?" game is going to be inevitably played out from...
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...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

I Believe the First Hit Piece Against the LRS-B Has Been Written

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It looks like the 'Faux Reform' crowd has begun the long campaign with a 'retrospective'-themed hit piece on he B-2 as part...
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Saturday, May 09, 2015

The One DOT&E, er DoD SAR Quote You Probably Won't See Anywhere Else

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Now with Don   Bacon!   (As in Corrected, Updated and Bumped with Hat Tip to Same) Don't expect the Punk Journalists , Loyal Babblers...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

F-35 Transonic Acceleration vs. an F-16 Block 60 'Hot Rod'

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UAE's Block 60 in early livery over the Arizona Desert ( original source ) Updated (at bottom of post) and 'bumped' 'T...
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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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