Joint Strike Fighter Program

Working with 849 Naval Air Squadron, operators of the specialist ASaC7 variant of the Sea King in the AEW (Airborne Early Warning) and ISR roles, the Scorpion tactical jet furnished treasured fighter , manipulate experience to the Navy aircrews. As owing to the fact that The Scorpion is being pitched to some nations as a maritime patrol aircraft. Whole world's eyes are on the board. According to Textron AirLand president Bill Anderson , Numerous…

some don’t make it back home to their loved ones. Drone use could be the answer to this problem as well. They are armed, remotely piloted aircrafts used by the military for reasons such as surveillance over countries or certain areas as well as air strikes on enemy targets. By being remotely piloted, we don’t have to risk our troops’ lives in these missions. If one drone was to be shot down, there is no risk of a pilot landing in enemy territory. “US drones in Afghanistan have been piloted…

plan was referred to as the Constellation plan. Constellation was set to reach completion in 2015. The Purpose of Constellation was to develop and create new methods of space travel (Dowd, 2009). President Obama’s plan shut down the Constellation program in 2010. As of 2012, NASA is trying to find a way to improve the space shuttles and/or create an entirely different method of space travel (NASA,…

Terrorists easily accept the phrase “one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.” They don’t usually see themselves as the evil side; they will always have ways to justify their actions. One of the example is Osama bin Laden's announcement of war on American engages in the 1990s originated from his conviction that the U.S. troops…

shipbuilding milestones reached during Col Mundy’s tenure. First, Congress appropriated one billion dollars for a twelfth ship of the LPD 28 class; second, the DoN, DoD, and Congress approved using the LPD 17 hull form for the LX(R), a replacement program for the landing ship dock (LSD); and third, congressional support for components so the first LX(R) could be funded sooner, reducing the current amphibious ship…

THE U.S. ARMY IN WORLD WAR I On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson tended to Congress, requesting a revelation of war against Germany. A little more than two months prior, on January 31, the German government had reported its resumption of "unhindered submarine fighting." With the declaration, German U-pontoons would without cautioning endeavor to sink all boats going to or from British or French ports. Under the new procedure, U-vessels had sunk three American trader ships with a…

In the year 1962, a combined total of 178 nuclear tests were conducted by both Russia and the U.S. (CTBTO) The preceding year of the Cuban Missile Crises, Russia conducted the test of the largest nuclear weapon. To ensure a quick capable counter strike, the U.S. deployed the Defense and Early Warning, this placed Minute Men Missiles or ICBMs across a plethora of locations across the nation. The ICBMs insured that in a case of nuclear attack the U.S. could respond to the attack from any nuclear…

In his article “The Tragedy of the American Military”, James Fallows discusses how the majority of the American public holds the military in high esteem, but has little to no knowledge about military affairs. In turn, the United States is more likely to go to war and turn a blind eye towards sound military spending. Although I agree with the author on most of his arguments, I do not completely agree with all of them. The author states that the press does not voice public skepticism about the…

Since 2001, the United States with its coalition partners have not enjoyed operational or strategic success in wars in Afghanistan or Iraq. There have been tactical successes, but often those successes have been a contributing factor to operational failure as military leaders ignore their counterinsurgency doctrine, striving to conduct major combat actions. A key contributor in Western failure has been the lack of integration of operations and intelligence in conventional forces. Intelligence…

The joint U.S.-British operation ended Iran's drive to assert sovereign control over its own resources and helped put an end to a vibrant chapter in the history of the country's nationalist and democratic movements. These consequences resonated with dramatic…