by Dave Patterson | Jun 5, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
A new bilateral mutual defense agreement between the US and the government of the Philippines signals the importance of the Philippine Islands to the security of the South China Sea and the safety of Taiwan. The new and better relationship between the US and the...
by Dave Patterson | Apr 13, 2023 | Articles, Intelligence, Opinion
Some of the Pentagon’s most closely held secrets are reported to have been posted on Discord, a gamers’ social media website. The Defense Department is in full hair-on-fire mode to determine the scope and depth of the leak. The search is on for the leaker,...
by Dave Patterson | Apr 13, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Has the Department of Defense found a new shiny object in artificial intelligence for its wish list? Weapon systems have come a long way since “fire and forget” was a new concept. Now you fire, and if you forget, the weapon system reminds you what...
by Dave Patterson | Feb 10, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
Details surrounding the Chinese intelligence-gathering balloon are becoming harder and harder to come by. After learning of a 14-story high, white Chinese balloon loaded with sensors and other surveillance gear moving lazily across the skies of the Aleutian Islands,...
by Dave Patterson | Jan 31, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
There has never been a shortage of faintheartedness in the Pentagon. But the Biden administration’s Defense Department has honed timidity into an art form. Case in point, a recently leaked memorandum from the Air Mobility Command’s (AMC) leader, four-star General Mike...