* Press reports seem to confirm ongoing rumors that China is building its 2nd aircraft carrier in Dalian. * China may give itself more leeway than Western countries in getting cozy with authoritarian regimes, but that is not working out so well. * USPACOM commander...
* General Robert Cone, commanding general of US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), wants the fact that US troops were not exactly greeted with rose petals in Iraq to sink in. The integration of “engagement” and consideration for “human...
Dutch Leopard 2A6(click to view full) What’s left of the Dutch tank fleet has been sold to Finland. The Finnish Minister of Defence just approved the proposal to buy 100 Leopard 2A6NL main battle tanks, plus spare parts for 10 years, combat simulators,...
Crazy Like a Fox * So what has Christine Fox, a former director of the Pentagon’s cost assessment office, been up to since she was recently appointed as acting deputy defense secretary? Writing a memo to cancel a significant part of the LCS buy, it turns out....
* China has been repeatedly calling for the establishment of a “new type of major country relationship” with the US. The CSIS think tank explains [PDF] what that’s supposed to mean, and the risks such phraseology entails. * The US House Armed...