Posturing pols pose no threat to the atomic ayatollahs

While watching the made-for-TV charade of last week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for Judge Samuel Alito's confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, I began to realize that the whole thing was just a huge waste of time, personnel and money — especially with what was transpiring on the other side of the globe.

Warren Buffett and the bottom line on domestic terrorism

On Saturday, April 30th, twenty thousand investors filed into a large arena in Omaha to hear Warren Buffett, a man widely regarded as one of America's most successful investors, speak on the economy, the financial markets and the performance of the company in which they were all shareholders: the famed Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.

Don't expect another Osirak

On 7 June 1981, Israeli pilots flying F-16s, escorted by F-15s, bombed Iraq’s nuclear reactor at Osirak, near Baghdad. Though almost universally condemned at the time, for the most part the world later realized that it owed these pilots a great debt of gratitude, for they prevented Saddam Hussein from obtaining nuclear arms. Had Israel not destroyed that reactor, the course of history could have been far different. Kuwait would probably now be a province of Iraq and Saddam Hussein might also be the most powerful man in the Middle East, instead of a prisoner.

Iran's long march to nuclear weapons

No one should be surprised that Iran is poised to become a nuclear power. Despite the seemingly rosy news of an agreement last fall between the European Union and Iran to allow inspections of its supposedly "peaceful" nuclear power program and the subsequent failure of the IAEA to hold Iran truly accountable for egregious violations of international treaties and agreements, there are years of historical evidence that Iran's nuclear program is in fact not an energy program, but a weapons program (IAEA denials notwithstanding).

Not a forgery: John Kerry's 1984 weapons system hit list

In recent days CBS News revealed 30-year old documents regarding President Bush's service in the Air National Guard. Those documents now appear to be forgeries. But what has been lost in the Bush National Guard memo affair was the release of another old document that appears to be much more relevant to the presidential election.

The .45 makes a comeback during the war on terrorism

In 1911 the U.S. military adopted a new sidearm: John Browning's venerable .45 caliber automatic pistol. That pistol served with distinction as our armed forces' standard sidearm into the 1980s, when it was officially replaced by the Beretta M9 9mm automatic pistol. In recent years, however, the 1911 Model .45, in a more modern guise, has been enjoying a renaissance of sorts.

Russia's shoulder-fired surface to air missiles: Now an Islamist terrorist threat

Originally designed to threaten U.S. and allied military aircraft in the event of conventional war, today these Russian weapons – and their Chinese knock-offs – pose one of the greatest terrorist threats in the hands of Al Qaida. Shoulder-fired surface to air missiles, sometimes referred to as MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defense Systems), are not new, but they have emerged recently as one of the major worries for counter-terrorists around the globe

High-tech spear in the war on terrorism

Xybernaut Corporation is the world's leader in wearable computers, but the war on terrorism has lent a sense of urgency to the company's operations. The Virginia-based firm has been creating IT solutions for twenty years, and for much of that time they have been providing the US Department of Defense (DOD) and intelligence services with everything from basic computer and networking services to cutting-edge technology used by special operators in the field during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

After Littleton: High tech firm helps 'first responders'

Today, school safety and the ability to respond to an emergency or crisis situation at a school has become of paramount importance. Crime, particularly violent crime, is a problem at many schools around the country. Consider these startling statistics:
• From 1996 through 2000, teachers were victims of 1,603,000 nonfatal crimes at school, including 1,004,000 thefts and 599,000 violent crimes. On average, this translates into 74 crimes per 1,000 teachers per year.

New high tech, high-speed ship
could rapidly deploy U.S. forces

Bollinger/Incat is offering the Pentagon a versatile, high-tech ship that "transform" U.S. maritime capabilities—in more ways than one. The 21st century has proven that the United States must be prepared to fight asymmetric wars around the globe--often two or more simultaneously. To effectively fight such conflicts, rapid deployment is absolutely essential. Unfortunately, the Pentagon's ability to rapidly deploy forces to trouble spots around the globe is lacking.

New high tech, high-speed ship saw action in Iraq War

Part 1 of WorldTechTribune's series on Bollinger/Incat's revolutionary wave piercing catamaran, introduced the vessel's performance characteristics. What matters, however, are real world scenarios. The wave-piercing catamaran has seen action in the service of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army in support of the war on terrorism, including Operation Iraqi Freedom. Despite the fact that the Bollinger/Incat vessels were supposed to be in the test and evaluation phase, that did not stop the Pentagon from rushing them to the Persian Gulf to participate in the fight to dislodge Saddam Hussein's regime from Iraq.

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