In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Silver Blaze, Sherlock Holmes solved a mystery by noticing that the “watch dog did not bark” while the family slept and the crime was being committed. Just so, we may not avert a calamity if we do not in time take note of “the dog not barking” in the current search for counters to existential threats to all we hold dear. Read Full Story
This paraphrase of quotes attributed to Samuel Johnson should capture our attention as we think about two existential electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threats—one that may be avoided if we are prepared and one that definitely will happen; both of which could lead to the death of several hundred million Americans. How long will the “powers that be” think before acting? Read Full Story
Perhaps these the well-known lines from Shakespeare’s famous tragedy, when Hamlet contemplates life and death—and suicide, also apply when considering today’s existential threat to America and all of Western Civilization posed by an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) event. Shall America, like Hamlet, experience an untimely death? Or shall we avert a possible end to all we hold dear? Read Full Story
“It’s déjà vu all over again,” New York Yankee Yogi Berra supposedly explained after watching Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris repeatedly hit back-to-back home runs. As the dots are being connected following the Boston Marathon Terrorist event, there are similar feelings—without any pleasure, except to those who wish to kill us in a Global Jihad. Read Full Story
America’s rude Tax Day wakeup call in Boston shows we need informed and engaged leadership to deal effectively with the Global Jihad that poses an existential threat to America—and all of Western Civilization. We again need leaders who not only understand, but who will speak the uncomfortable truths we don’t wish to hear and mobilize free peoples to stand firm during this perilous time. In short, we need a modern Winston Churchill. Read Full Story
The aftermath of the Boston Marathon terrorist attack suggests that we should heed Sun Tsu’s sage advice and re-evaluate our strategy for dealing with Global Jihadists, our enemy in the new world disorder. We seem not to know either our enemy or ourselves. Read Full Story
The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system is the most versatile missile defense system in the U.S. arsenal, thanks to the Navy Team’s “can do” attitude since its beginning. The Navy team should be given the resources to address our possible need to shoot down satellites carrying nuclear weapons that come at us from over the south pole . . . and soon! Read Full Story
Current efforts to defend against ballistic missiles and satellites that approach North America from over the north pole need to be complemented by defenses that can shoot down satellites carrying nuclear weapons that come at us from over the south pole . . . and soon! Read Full Story
Last week, Americans glued to their TVs watched events unfold after the terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon finish line. We still don’t know all of the parts of this Jihadi terrorist event, but we need to generalize its lessons to deal with a Global Jihad that poses a truly existential threat to America as we know it. Read Full Story
Seasoned crews of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system can help defend against North Korean ballistic missile launches over the South Pole, if provided needed cuing and tracking information. Read Full Story
We will be adding key policy briefs as we progress.