Monthly Archives: September 2017
“The Scar On America’s Soul:” As A Major New Documentary Relives The Horror Of Vietnam, British Historian Max Hastings, Who Reported On The War, Says The U.S. Still Hasn’t Learned The Lessons Of Its Disasters Abroad
The Scar On America’s Soul: As A Major New Documentary Relives The Horror Of Vietnam, British Historian Max Hastings, Who Reported On The War, Says The U.S. Still Hasn’t Learned The Lessons Of Its Disasters Abroad www.fortunascorner.com World-renowned British war historian Max Hastings, has an article with the title above in […]
Navy Returns To Compasses And Pencils To Help Avoid Collisions At Sea
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/us/politics/navy-orders-safety-operational-standards.html Navy Returns to Compasses and Pencils to Help Avoid Collisions at Sea By ERIC SCHMITTSEPT. 27, 2017 Photo Damage to the Navy destroyer John S. McCain after it collided with a tanker last month while approaching Singapore. CreditWong Maye-E/Associated Press WASHINGTON — Urgent new orders went out earlier this month for United States Navy warships […]
Yes, The U.S. Navy Can Shoot Down North Korean ICBMs
Yes, the U.S. Navy Can Shoot Down North Korean ICBMs Its Aegis ballistic-missile defense system is already capable and can be more so with certain upgrades. By Henry F. Cooper — National Review Online, September 28, 2017 http://www.nationalreview.com/article/451891/united-states-navy-north-korea-intercontintal-ballistic-missiles-defense-aegis North Korea continues to test its nuclear weapons and its means to deliver them, including intercontinental ballistic missiles […]
ISIS In The Philippines: A Threat To U.S. Interests
Nine articles from the Hoover Institution on Islamism in Maritime Southeast Asia are at this link: http://www.hoover.org/publications/caravan/issue-1715 ISIS In The Philippines: A Threat To U.S. Interests by Colonel Joseph (Joe) Felter (ret.) Wednesday, September 27, 2017 http://www.hoover.org/research/isis-philippines-threat-us-interests On 23 May 2017, several hundred militants acting in the name of the Islamic State seized control of a portion […]
Another Worrying Sign For Russia’s Dire Demographics
RFE/RL September 27, 2017 Another Worrying Sign For Russia’s Dire Demographics By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW — Many advanced economies are wondering how breakthroughs in technology could leave whole swaths of the population unemployed, but in Russia the government is pondering how to fill jobs with a dramatically shrinking work force. Economy Minister Maksim Oreshkin this […]
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