SIGINT Agencies (and Hackers) of the World Unite…
…President Obama is keeping his BlackBerry. As the AP reports: The first family settled into their new lives in the White House on Thursday as President Barack Obama won an…
A Little Unfinished Inaugural Business
Among all the inaugural hoopla this week, there were a few incidents that we found disturbing–if not down-right offensive–because they took a direct shot at the nation’s military heroes, and…
The Real Global Command Center in the Sky
An E-4B in flight (USAF photo) We’re looking forward to “On Board Air Force One,” the documentary that airs Sunday night at 8 p.m. on the National Geographic Channel. The…
Two Minutes Until Midnight
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is best known for its “Doomsday Clock,” featured on the cover of each issue and the publication’s website. It represents how close humanity is…
Holding Pattern
The first leader of Global Strike Command? Major General Douglas Raaberg has returned to a “placeholder” job at Langley AFB, Virginia. But his experience in bomber and nuclear operations makes…
Buh-Bye Manas
A KC-135 Stratotanker, on the ramp at Manas AB, Kyrgyzstan. U.S. forces will soon leave the country, following a Kyrgyz decision to end the basing agreement (Wikipedia photo) Wanted: an…
The Next Test
North Korea is apparently moving ahead with preparations for another test of its Tapeodong-2 long-range missile, which is capable of striking Alaska, Hawaii and other U.S. possessions in the Pacific.…
De-Bunking the Iran NIE (Again)
If you need more proof that the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate on Iran’s nuclear program was nothing more than pure, politicized garbage, look no further than today’s edition of the…
More of the Same Revisionism
Among revisionist historians, few events have received more attention than the Allied bombing of Dresden in February 1945. Today, missions flown against the German city by the U.S. Eighth Air…
Hillary's Warning
As she begins her first trip as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has issued a rather mild “warning” to North Korea. Speaking with reporters en route to Tokyo–the first stop…