Rapid Fire: 2010-04-30

Rapid Fire: 2010-04-30

* USMC Gen. James Mattis: “Power Point makes us stupid” – including on the front lines. If you must use it, but don’t want Microsoft to be worth a division or 2 to the enemy, “Preparing More Powerful Presentations” has some tips. *...
Rapid Fire: 2010-04-30

Rapid Fire 2010-04-29: US Nuclear Posture

* NATO chief proposes common funding pool for NATO missions and country-specific specialization in major weapon system procurement. * US CSBA rips “flawed logic” [PDF] of USA’s recent nuclear posture review. April 2010 backgrounders also include the...
Rapid Fire: 2010-04-30

Australia’s Intelsat-Hosted IS-22 Satellite

(click to visit) Intelsat is a commercial satellite provider, who launches and maintains global coverage for its customers with over 50 satellites. One interesting wrinkle is a program that lets customers pay to host partial or full payloads on Intelsat’s birds,...