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Despite the loss of life and treasure, the US has been honing her fighting skills since Gulf War I. Prior to that there were a lot of shortcomings that were only uncovered by field operations and actual combat. Now our armor, weapons, tactics and electronic coordination, drone use, etc. is superior...

So I've now been unemployed for two years, and I'm coming to the point where I'm going to run out of money this year, probably in the July-October time frame, and that will be the end of both me and Generational Dynamics. I'm very grateful to those of you who have provided one-time donations. They ...

Here is what I wrote about the Electrical Grid on my own blog at www.comingstorms.com Our Achilles Heel In war, the best approach to take is to go after your enemy’s “Achilles Heel”. In World War Two, Germany’s Achilles Heel was oil. They had very limited fuel production, most of it being synthetic...

OK, that all makes sense to me. Let me add a couple of additional thoughts, and ask your opinion. First, a lot of people talk about civil war within the US, but I just don't see it. I expect the country to unify behind President Trump or whoever follows him (in generational theory this is the "Rege...

John, As you have written yourself, the war will last for years. At the start of US involvement in WW2, most of our aircraft were substandard (P-39, P-40), our tanks were substandard (M2, some M3's), and none of the torpedoes actually worked. We eventually developed and fielded great equipment, but ...

Here is what I wrote on the USN's Carrier Groups: Floating Targets The Aircraft Carrier (or just Carrier) has been the American Navy’s pre-eminent weapon since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in World War Two. The Carrier allowed the Navy to project ship sinking power out to the limits of the ra...

> All wars are decided primarily on land. Even in the Pacific in > WW2. The Naval War there might have been dominant, but the navies > either allowed (or failed to interdict) land force > projection. (Japanese in Dutch East Indies, SE Asia and > Philippines; US in island hopping, New Guinea, Philip...

All wars are decided primarily on land. Even in the Pacific in WW2. The Naval War there might have been dominant, but the navies either allowed (or failed to interdict) land force projection. (Japanese in Dutch East Indies, SE Asia and Philippines; US in island hopping, New Guinea, Philippines). Tha...

John, Love your site and work. Miss your daily posts on the website, as you have the most insightful world news! I will be looking here instead. I am a retired Army Colonel. I had blogged for a while at http://www.comingstorms.com, but have held off for a while due to my wife's health issues. I agre...