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Missile Defense
Straus Military Reform Project
| Is Pakistan Obama's Cambodia? (Opinion) |
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November 18, 2008 |
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| Much more than a simple expansion of the mess awaits President Obama in Pakistan if he takes the advice of those who want to "clean out" the nest of terrorism across the border from the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. Veteran national security journalist George Wilson reminds us that this dangerous and simplistic view of the situation has been tried - quite disastrously - before. Moreover, Pakistan will almost certainly be much worse than Cambodia, explains Wilson in a commentary published in the Nov. 17, 2008 issue of the National Journal's CongressDaily.
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Straus Military Reform Project
| The Pentagon's Challenge to President-elect Obama (Press Release - Backgrounder) |
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November 18, 2008 |
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| The challenges posed by the Defense Department and the U.S. military are imposing to say the least, explains Straus Military Reform Project Director Winslow Wheeler. Also, CDI releases the advance, electronic version of the "America's Defense Meltdown" preface, a military reform anthology for the new Obama administration that outlines and proposes solutions to these challenges. |
Straus Military Reform Project
| The Pentagon's Challenge to President-elect Obama (Opinion) |
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November 18, 2008 |
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| The challenges posed by the Defense Department and the U.S. military are imposing to say the least, explains Straus Military Reform Project Director Winslow Wheeler. Also, CDI releases the advance, electronic version of the "America's Defense Meltdown" preface, a military reform anthology for the new Obama administration that outlines and proposes solutions to these challenges. |
Straus Military Reform Project
| Advance Preview of "America's Defense Meltdown" (Miscellaneous) |
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November 14, 2008 |
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| In response to media coverage about "America's Defense Meltdown," The Center for Defense Information presents this limited opportunity for a full preview of the new military anthology. |
Terrorism
Straus Military Reform Project
| Initial Reviews of Upcoming Book, "America's Defense Meltdown" (Miscellaneous) |
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November 12, 2008 |
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| "America's Defense Meltdown" is a new military reform anthology, edited by Straus Military Reform Project Director Winslow Wheeler. Certain to generate discussion on how the U.S. military should be reformed, "America's Defense Meltdown" is a compilation of insight from former military officers, Pentagon insiders and defense analysts. Initial reviews from bloggers and nationally renowned writers who received an advance copy of the book are presented in the following. |
Straus Military Reform Project
| Reception for Launch of "America's Defense Meltdown" (Press Release - Announcement) |
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November 12, 2008 |
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| The book launch for "America's Defense Meltdown," a new military reform anthology for the incoming Obama administration and new Congress, will be held at the Officers' Club at Fort Myer in Rosslyn, Va. on Dec. 3, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. |
Missile Defense
| Missile Defense Update #8: Nov. 10, 2008 (Briefing) |
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November 10, 2008 |
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| • Russia Threatens to Deploy Missiles in Kalingrad • Obama’s Support of European Missile Defense Site Uncertain • British MPs Call for Debate Over Missile Defense Cooperation • One Hit, One Miss for Navy Missile Defense Test • Raytheon Awarded $441.9 million MKV Contract • Japan Considering Missile Detection Satellites • FBX-T Operational in Israel • Sandia Supercomputer Used for Interception of USA-193 • MDA Having Target Troubles • Successful Test of NFIRE Target • Patriot Missile Defense Systems to be Deployed in South Korea • Successful PAC-3 Missile Launch by Germany at White Sands Missile Range • Japan Performs Successful Missile Defense Intercept at White Sands Missile Range • Japan to Test Sea-based Missile Defense Again • U.S. Aborts THAAD Test • Defense Department Insider Received Millions in Kickbacks • U.S. Patriot Missile Defense Units Rotated in South Korea • $10 Million Contract Awarded to Raytheon for NCADE |
Straus Military Reform Project
| The Other Meltdown: Little to Show for Huge Defense Budgets (Opinion) |
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November 4, 2008 |
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| The financial and economic collapse, our deeply flawed healthcare system, the gridlock in Washington, two long wars not going well, and long-term, fundamental problems with energy and Social Security do not complete the list of raging crises the new president must face. Add the ever expanding cost of America's shrinking, aging, less ready military forces, now approaching the meltdown stage. The nature of the problems our defenses face and the basic nature of some possible real solutions are outlined in a commentary Winslow Wheeler wrote for the Nov. 3, 2008 issue of Defense News. |
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