Thursday, May 20, 2010

CSBA. Who are these guys?


CSBA has come up with the Air Sea Battle doctrine but can you answer me this.  WHO ARE THESE GUYS!?  I ask simply because we have an example of what happens when a think tank grabs control of the White House and thinking inside the Dept of Defense....remember the Project for a new American Century?

CSBA is funded by "select" portions of the Dept. of Defense.  They receive private contributions.  They're sounding more and more like RAND Project USAF!

Long story short.  I don't trust these guys.  I need to know more about them and the fact that many of the "connected" military bloggers are sucking down the swill that they're pumping out makes me even more suspicious.

Hyper realistic training.

Major Hat Tip to Marcase.

Told ya so!


This from Defense Tech.  Go to their site for the whole story.
Yet, Pentagon sources tell DOD Buzz that planners aren’t just looking at cutting tail, serious cuts in tooth are also being considered. Specifically, cutting Army and Marine force levels back to where they were before Gates boosted the land forces in early 2007 by 92,000; 65,000 additional soldiers and 27,000 more Marines.
This was an easy prediction.  After every major conflict the USMC has contracted sharply.  These wars will not be an exception.  Expect even deeper cuts than those talked about in the article.  I'm thinking that the US Marines will fall to an end strength of about 150-165,000.

Photo of the day. May 20, 2010.



Hellfire Missiles...check.

Extra range fuel tank...check.

Dipping Sonar...check.

Flying the best maritime helicopter in the world today?  Priceless.

I present to you the Littoral Zone Death Dealer --  The multi-role helicopter.  We don't need no stinkin' LCS!

The Myth of Air Power.

Ares has another post singing the praises of Air-Sea Battle.  Air-Sea Battle, just like the "Revolution in Military Affairs" before it is the hope for a painless war.  Think tanks have been trying to solve the issue of fighting a painless, neat and technological war.

It won't happen.  People are involved.

We're barbaric.

We're easily broken.  Easily killed.

Wars are tragedies...Tragedies are never neat.  Never clean.  Never painless.

But forget what I have to say on the issue.  I recommend that you read the attached .pdf.  Gulf War 1 was the closest that air power advocates have come to realizing the dream.  Even there they failed.

Myth of Air Power                                                            

Singapore Army's Light Strike Vehicle. Part 2.

Part 1 is here.