Military / Defense

DoD Addresses Russian and Chinese Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) Threat, September 16, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j3v7YvY8h0 On September 16, 2020, Defense Secretary Mark Esper Spoke at the 2020 Virtual Air, Space and Cyber Conference. He…

September 16, 2020

Video: NRL Space Research and Technologies, July 2019

Background Researchers from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory discuss their ongoing space research and development efforts. Topics include the development…

September 4, 2020

Manhattan District History, Written Circa Late 1940s

Background General Leslie Groves, head of the Manhattan Engineer District, in late 1944 commissioned a multi-volume history of the Manhattan…

August 28, 2020

JP 3-13.1, Electronic Warfare, dated 08 February 2012

Background This publication provides joint doctrine for the planning, execution, and assessment of electronic warfare across the range of military…

July 16, 2020

JP 3-13.2, Military Information Support Operations, dated 21 November 2014

Background This publication provides guidance for the planning, execution, and assessment of military information support operations across the range of…

July 16, 2020

The Senior Citizen Program – “The Aurora”

Background According to Wikipedia: Aurora was a rumored mid-1980s American reconnaissance aircraft. There is no substantial evidence that it was…

July 6, 2020

Double-Edged Innovations: Preventing the Misuse of Emerging Biological/Chemical Technologies, 2010

Background Several areas of rapid technical innovation, such as biotechnology, nanotechnology, and neuroscience, offer great promise for human health and…

June 27, 2020

Superviolence: The Civil Threat of Mass Destruction Weapons, 1972

Background Superviolence is defined as the illegitimate use of nuclear, chemical, or biological mass destruction devices by domestic agents for…

June 26, 2020

Project Oxcart – The Lockheed A-12 Reconnaissance Aircraft

Background In 1959 the CIA selected Lockheed's A-12 over a Convair proposal called KINGFISH. On 26 January 1960, the CIA…

May 6, 2020

Preliminary Design Approach. Air-To-Surface Missile Strategic Weapon System, May 13, 1955 by R.E. Greenewald

Background According to the document: In a recent lecture period, Dr. Welmers discussed the methods employed in an operational analysis.…

April 10, 2020