Surface-to-air missile

Whenever there is a major jump in technology, a strategic revolution often matches it. The industrial revolution and steam power completely swung the strategic advantage from the offensive to the defensive, evidenced through the Civil War. In the context of the Navy, one of the latest technological innovations is aviation; it was being integrated into the Navy before World War I, but wasn’t advanced enough to be of any major strategic use until World War II. For this reason, the strategic and…

The death of John F Kennedy is one of the most infamous moments in the story of our nation. Although there is a version that is considered as what actually happened (and which I believe is the real story of how JFk died) 70% of people believe that Lee Harvey Oswalt was part of a bigger scheme or not even was responsible for the death of John F. Kennedy. On this research paper I will break down some theories and state whether the theories have some truth to them or if some just simply don’t add…

direction of their floating paradise like surface missiles seeking targets. When I finished with one handful I’d search the rocky shore for more…

watched for multiple years as their peers were either voluntary or involuntary separated or retired by leadership they had not even met. When I entered the Air Force I watched the last two years unfold and experienced first hand the effects that remained with the cuts. Currently, I work for the Air Force as part of an operations group that provides missile warning to end-users around the world. Working with a wide range of people I have seen more and more airmen experiencing job dissatisfaction.…

The current force requires a rebalance as the globe becomes more volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA). To secure the Nations interest during a period of increasing complexity, uncertainty and fiscal constraint, Joint Force 2025 capabilities defend the homeland from rapidly changing security challenges and rebalance the force with agility, integration, flexibility and innovation. Strategic guidance provided by the 2014 QDR, 2015 NMS and CCJO highlight current and future security…

Introduction The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has come a long way since she was first established in 1965. The SAF became a conscript armed force in 1967 and started off with two infantry battalions and three Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) ships (Mindef, 2017). The Republic of Singapore Airforce (RSAF) was formed in 1968 with eight aircrafts to train the pilots (Mindef, 2017). During the 1960s, the priority was to build the foundation for Singapore’s defence (Mindef, 2017). Today, as…

had the potential to produce life, but only we did. Humans need to search Mars and find out why water no longer runs on its surface; something devastating happened there, and it would be vital to identify any signs of something similar happening on Earth. Then, we should probe Venus’ thick atmosphere to understand why the greenhouse effect has gone awry there, raising surface temperatures to 500 degrees Celsius. These planets are in our backyard, it would be foolish not to study them for the…

“We Win, They Lose”: How Reagan’s Foreign Policy Brought Down the Soviet Union The 1980s was a pivotal era in world history. After decades of America’s failed containment policies which strengthened and helped spread Communism across the globe, a change in direction was desperately needed. Ronald Reagan fundamentally shifted American foreign policy as president, which in turn, greatly influenced the collapse of the “evil empire” by the early nineties. Although the Reagan Administration did…

during an initial insertion and offer precision fire support to deploying forces. Furthermore, they can provide imagery to the Commander Amphibious Task Force (CATF) for exploitation both before and during an operation. Additionally there are now surface robots capable of completing beach recces and data collection removing the need for friendly, human forces to create an intelligence picture of the battle space. Cooperation between the CATF and the Commander Landing Forces (CLF) using this…

and its devotion is to protect Japan from any attacks. Japan has many differences from the United States as well as other countries, therefore it is important to know the culture and capabilities of potential adversaries. Japan has a land surface area of…