Military / Defense

Information Operations: A Valid Core Mission for Special Forces, June 2000

This study investigates the new Special Forces doctrine that incorporates information operations as a core Special Forces mission. It argues…

April 22, 2022

The Nuclear Threat in the Post Cold-War Era, May 1995

This monograph discusses the nuclear threat that the United States faces following the downfall of the Soviet Union. The Russian…

April 22, 2022

Hawaii false missile alert – January 13, 2018

Background On January 13, 2018, a false ballistic missile alert was issued via the Emergency Alert System and Commercial Mobile…

April 4, 2022

JP 3-72, Nuclear Operations, 11 June 2019

This publication provides fundamental principles and guidance to plan, execute, and assess nuclear operations. Document Archive JP 3-72, Nuclear Operations,…

March 29, 2022

TM4-1, Glossary of Nuclear Weapons Material and Related Terms

The purpose of this publication is to provide a reference of unclassified terms and definitions, abbreviations and acronyms without undue…

March 9, 2022

United 93 Wreckage Photographs and Videos “Exempt from Disclosure” Nearly 21 Years After 9/11

After many denials over the years through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and after a Mandatory Declassification Review case…

March 5, 2022

The Sinking of the K-141 “Kursk” Russian Submarine

Background Here is, according to Wikipedia, what is believed to have happened to the Kursk: The Kursk submarine disaster occurred…

February 15, 2022

Benghazi Attack, 9/11/2012

Introduction On September 11, 2012 in Libya, a heavily armed group executed an attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in…

January 26, 2022

Alleged Misconduct By Senior DoD Officials Concerning The Able Danger Program and Lieutenant Colonel Anthony A. Shaffer, U.S. Army Reserve, September 18, 2006

This report provides the results of an investigation into allegations that DoD officials mismanaged an antiterrorist program known as "Able…

January 26, 2022

Project Coast – 1980s Chemical and Biological Weapons (CBW) Program by South African Government

Project Coast Background Project Coast was a top-secret chemical and biological weapons (CBW) program instituted by the South African government…

January 26, 2022