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Guest post by Thomas Klocek
One of my high school teachers was fond of telling us that common sense was not very common. If it ever was common, it seems to be mostly gone now. Today’s self-anointed pharisees, rather than employ common sense to foster the needs of the people, do everything they can to counter it, mostly for their own needs and agenda, regardless of the negative impacts it may have on society as a whole.
Attack on carrier USS Franklin 19 March 1945
Reprinted with permission Mises Institute Martin George Holmes
It is a great tragedy that many modern military leaders and strategists do not understand economics. If they did, I suspect that there would be a lot less war, a lot less military spending, and a lot less wastefulness. Certainly, there would be greater awareness of the appalling human and economic costs of war in a capitalist age.
Ludwig von Mises, the great Austrian economist, understood this point well.
Being a small country that hostile enemies surround, Israel relies heavily on its technology and Innovations in order to give it an unfair advantage on the Battlefield. Here are Israel’s top seven most powerful weapons.
7. Spike Firefly
The spike Firefly was created to be one of the most Precision guided missiles ever. Being the smallest member of the spike family, calling the projectile a missile can be a misnomer. It is closer to a Kamikaze drone by the way it is and its Design.
The loitering munition is armed with high-tech cameras and 350 grams of explosives.
The change in tattoo policy comes as the Air Force wants to remain competitive for potential recruits.
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Francis Sempa, Real Clear Defense
On February 20, President Biden made a “surprise” visit to Kyiv, where he
Andy Yakulis, RealClearDefense
Jacquelyn Schneider, Foreign Affairs
The U.S. Military Needs Low-Cost Innovation—Not Big-Ticket Boondoggles
It is ironic that, despite two decades of U.S.
Loren Thompson, Forbes
A fierce competition is underway between four powerhouse defense firms to win the development contract for a future Army sensor aircraft.
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Iran has asked Russia for a new air defense system, the S-400, which could prove disastrous for Israel. Russia has yet to confirm whether it will supply the S-400s publicly. In the case of supply, Iran will only need two years for the system to be operational.
Russia developed the S-400 to be a portable surface-to-air missile system. Fighter jets, unmanned aerial vehicles, and cruise missiles. It can also protect against terminal ballistic missiles, as the Center for Strategic and International Studies reported.
