Posted by Java Joe on August 8, 2019 · Leave a Comment
A day after the US pulled out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, DefSec Mark Esper said he wants to deploy a ground-based missile able to travel into the previously prohibited range, “sooner rather than later.”
Posted by Java Joe on July 3, 2019 · Leave a Comment
President Donald Trump touts “brand new” World War II-era tank display at the Washington, DC, Fourth of July celebration, the Blue Angels, and his chance to “say a few words.”
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Bowe Bergdahl, Desert Storm, Gerald Ford, Iran, John Bolton, keto diet, ketogenic, Mark Esper, Montgomery, North Korea, tanks
Posted by Java Joe on June 26, 2019 · Leave a Comment
President Trump says he does not need congressional approval to initiate military action in Iran. “I do like keeping them abreast, but I don’t have to do it legally.”
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Admiral Gorshkov, F-35, Hossein Khanzadi, Iran, Khanzadi, Ospreys, Poeo, Russian Navy, Strait of Hormuz, trump, war crimes
Posted by Java Joe on June 25, 2019 · Leave a Comment
President Donald Trump says he intends to nominate Mark Esper as the new defense secretary, David Norquist as the deputy defense secretary, and Ryan McCarthy as the Army secretary.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 9/11 GI Bill education benefits, AAR, Cherokee Nation, Daniel Inouye, David Bellon, David Norquist, drone attack, General Atomics, Iran, John Bolton, Lockheed Martin, Mark Esper, Matthew Donovan, MQ-9B SkyGuardian, Nasatka Barrier Inc., Robert Friend, Ryan McCarthy, Space Development Agency, space force, Tuskegee Airman, UH-1 Iroquois, US Marine Corps Forces North
Posted by Java Joe on June 17, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The House Armed Services Committee passed a $733 billion defense policy bill.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing 737Max, chemical weapons, Clay Mitchell, counterterrorism, defense budget, Erdogan, GalacticSky, Guy Roberts, Horn of Africa, Iran, Libya, Lockheed Martin, Michael Turello, MQ9 Reaper, Naval Research Laboratory, nuclear warheads, Resource Management Concepts, Russian S-400, SmartSat, space force, Technical Data Analysis, Turkey F-35, Vector Launch
Posted by Java Joe on May 20, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Tensions between the United States and Iran continue to escalate. Over the weekend, the FAA warned that current tensions in the Persian Gulf area could pose a threat to air travel in that region.
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Posted by Java Joe on April 10, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Manned aviation accident deaths across the services continue to break records, but the steady six-year climb finally halted this year. Only the Navy did not improve in the total accident categories from 2017 to 2018 and is still 83 percent higher than in 2013.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Afghanistan, Anersen AFB, Bagram Air Base, dolphin deaths, Dutch F-16, Guam, Hassan Rouhani, Iran, John Bolton, Marshall Communications Corp., Mike Pompeo, military aviation, Rouhani, South Korea, trump, Walter M. Schirra Jr
Posted by Java Joe on October 18, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Drones are already changing the battlefield and impacting US strategy. Increased robotic controls of drones will likely also reduce the human footprint of counterinsurgency as the technology advances.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Blue Origin, Booz Allen Hamilton, Capt. Jack Killman, drones, Gen Alireza Tangsiri, General Atomics Reaper, Iran, Iranian drones, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, Northrop Grumman, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Raytheon, SEFIAM 1602, South Korea, SpaceX, Turgis et Gaillard Industri, Ukraine
Posted by Java Joe on February 8, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls on “responsible” nations to follow the lead of US President Donald Trump and impose sanctions on Iran.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Betsy DeVos, David Shulkin, education secretary, GAO, Iran, iran sanctions, Netanyahu, South China Sea, Super Bowl drones, trump, VA Secretary
Posted by Java Joe on September 14, 2016 · Leave a Comment
This is the largest and longest such agreement between the two nations. No details yet on the agreement’s impact on Qatar’s and Kuwait’s ability to clear long-awaited fighter sales from the US.