Author Archives: Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D
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The U.S. Has No Defense Against A Russian Nuclear Attack. Really. (From Forbes)
March 20, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D If the Obama Administration gets its wish, the U.S. will spend about a billion dollars per week in fiscal 2016 defending countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq against various threats. It will spend nothing on actively defending the American homeland [Read More...] -
Missile Defense: Why America Has Almost No Protection From The Greatest Threat It Faces, And What To Do About It
March 19, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D Click here to download the full study as PDF. Findings in Brief Nuclear war is the only foreseeable threat to America’s survival in this century, and Russia is the most plausible nation from which a large-scale nuclear attack might originate. [Read More...] -
As Army Modernization Collapses, Suppliers Begin Slipping Away (From Forbes)
March 17, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D Faced with a shrinking force structure, declining readiness and congressionally-mandated caps on spending, the U.S. Army has drastically curtailed spending on new technology. Its modernization plan for the rest of the decade now consists mainly of upgrading and adapting combat [Read More...] -
Why Aerojet Will Win The Race To Replace Russian Rocket Engines (From Forbes)
March 13, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D The Air Force needs a new rocket engine. Congress has directed it to stop using Russian engines that power the first stage of its workhorse Atlas V launch vehicle by 2019, and at the moment the only viable alternative to [Read More...] -
Ex-Im Bank Battle Illustrates How GOP Could Lose The White House In 2016
March 11, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D The core principles of modern conservatism, contrary to what critics allege, are not grounded in religion or ideology. They are grounded in simple common sense. Budgets should be balanced. High taxes distort behavior. Welfare erodes the human spirit. Nations should [Read More...] -
The Air Force’s B-3 Bomber Isn’t As Secret As It Seems (From Forbes)
March 9, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D The Air Force isn’t saying much about its future Long-Range Strike Bomber, which will probably be designated B-3 after the development contract is awarded this Summer. All it has really disclosed is that it wants 80-100 planes at an average [Read More...] -
Pentagon’s $11 Billion Healthcare Record System Will Be Obsolete Before It’s Even Built (From Forbes)
March 3, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D The Department of Defense has embarked on an $11 billion project to modernize its much-criticized healthcare record system. The existing system supports medical and dental services for 9.6 million active-duty military personnel and their dependents, but doesn’t tap into the [Read More...] -
Scout SV Recon Variant Completes Design Review, Setting A New Standard For Tracked Armor
February 27, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D Here’s a quick quiz to determine how much you know about technology trends in armored fighting vehicles. Which U.S. military service is developing a new tracked fighting vehicle that will set the global standard for mobility, survivability and situational awareness? [Read More...] -
Five Reasons The ISIS Fight Isn’t About Islam (From Forbes)
February 26, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D There’s a debate going on in Washington about how to characterize the ISIS terrorist group. President Obama wants to downplay the Islamic character of the organization, arguing as many mainline Muslim groups do that it is “un-Islamic.” Others say that [Read More...] -
Ex-Im Bank Death Would Devastate Thousands Of Small Businesses (From Forbes)
February 23, 2015- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D If Congress does not vote to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank by June 30, America’s sole export credit agency will cease operating — at a time when other countries such as China and South Korea are stepping up their own assistance [Read More...]