Surviving the Invisible Commons
This article originally featured at the USNI Blog In his piece, “Imminent Domain,” ADM Greenert suggests that the EM and Cyber spectrums need now be considered a stand-alone domain of conflict....
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Lasers: Not So Fast
She blinded me with science: the LaWS installed on the USS DEWEY. We may not have servant robots or flying cars, but it America is finally ready to deploy functional lasers. Next year, the USS PONCE...
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Thinking Weapons are Closer Than We Think
This piece also at USNI News. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has constructed a neuromorphic device—the functioning structure of a mammalian brain—out of artificial materials....
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AFRICOM: How To Lose Mastermind
It gets easier with practice. For many, the game Mastermind is their first adolescent introduction to cryptology. A code-breaker is given limited turns to discover...
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Syria: Finding the Lost Cause in China
Welcome to America’s Syria Policy, the China round. Having made the public announcement of support to the rebels, only two feasible policy options remain for the United States; these examples arise...
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Wi-Vi: People Radar for Boarding Teams?
In war, we often take for granted the vast array of systems designed to detect the enemy. From the phased-array on a U.S. Navy DDG to the infrared scope on a soldier, locating the enemy is the first...
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Video Game AI and the Future UCAV Top Gun
Alright, Roomba, now start sweeping for enemy units. A Roomba is useful because it can sweep up regular messes without constant intervention, not because it can exit and enter its docking station...
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Leading the Blind: Teaching UCAV to See
In “A Scandal in Bohemia”, Sherlock Holmes laments, “You [Watson] see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear.” Such is the current lament of America’s fleet of UCAVs, UGV’s, and other...
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Awkward Conversations in Naval History
Hey! We TOLD you not to leave behind any lizards! In 1946, the United States chose Bikini Atoll as the test site for Operation Crossroads, a series of nuclear weapons tests. One of our dear editors...
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International Shipping Week – 12 AUG
When you’re on a cruise it’s important to check for smuggled MiG parts in your salad before eating. While we often discuss danger to international shipping, we more rarely discuss the dangers arising...
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Hagel’s Sequestration Speech: A Warning, Not a Plan
There is no other hand… Before his appointment as U.S. Secretary of Defense, concerns existed that Chuck Hagel was a proponent of the massive cuts envisioned for the DoD as part of Sequestration. With...
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Welcome to International Maritime Shipping Week
You’re reading this on a screen made in Malaysia, connected to a hard-drive made in Taiwan, supported by a bevy of parts made in China. Sitting here in Bahrain, I’m eating Pistachios grown in...
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China’s Defense Budget Getting Fatter on the Big Mac Index
“Show me the money” is the mantra of those analyzing Chinese defense budgets, searching for every defense dollar hidden behind state-owned defense enterprises and construction projects. But perhaps...
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Syria: Lord of the Flies
“The rules!” shouted Ralph. “You’re breaking the rules!” “Who cares?” Ralph summoned his wits. “Because the rules are the only thing we’ve got!” But Jack was shouting against him....
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Assad’s Deadman Switch
Russia has saved the world from loose WMD before; in the aftermath of the Soviet Union’s dissolution, Russia arranged the Lisbon Protocols with Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus to systematically...
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7-13 October: Future African Navies Week
No, no, no. This part where you have 18 committees and ruin the design? That’s where you’re supposed to buy it. We are used to broad discussions on procurement and force development. The...
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SC Episode 5: Africa
We speak to James Bridger, author of a menagerie of CIMSEC Articles on Africa and an Africa/Middle East Asymmetric maritime security analyst for Delex. Episode 5, our revisit of African security issues...
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Sea Control 6: USCG Adventures
USCG Mobile Training Branch member, James Daffer, has traveled the world. We talk with him about what he’s seen in the world of capacity building for maritime security abroad, soft power and...
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Sea Control 7: Defense Knitting Circle
Grant Greenwell and Chris Barber join us for the 7th edition of Sea Control. We careen around the road, covering with particular attention intelligence collection, the DDG-1000, and force planning for...
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Sea Control 8: Sacred Cows and Amphibians
CDR Salamander joins Matt and Grant for a podcast on writing as a member of the military, anonymity, and some sacred cows military planners hold dear: benefits, high-end systems, equal budgeting, etc…...
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