… Exploring the Operational Environment
“The amateurs discuss tactics: the professionals discuss logistics.” — Napoleon Bonaparte
[Editor’s Note: Sustaining a deployed force executing combat operations is a challenge. Geographical distance further compounds this challenge, especially when the theater of operations is half a world … Read the rest
The Evolution of AI, Implications for the DoD, and Unintended Consequences
[Editor’s Note: The U.S. Army continues to grapple with how best to incorporate autonomy, robotics, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) into our force modernization efforts. In the words of … Read the rest
“China sits in INDOPACOM, but the playground is Africa.”
[Editor’s Note: Regular readers of the Mad Scientist Laboratory will recall that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) reported, “Relatively poor countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and … Read the rest
[Editor’s Note: Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD, including chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear munitions), remain potent adversarial capabilities — as much for their potential psychological effects as their kinetic or physiological effects. Their use or threatened use, having long … Read the rest
“Subterranean is a huge force multiplier, and I think that any adversary that has the ability to do so, is going to use it.”
[Editor’s Note: It has almost been a decade since U.S. forces and coalition partners assisted … Read the rest