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mm183: Abolish the Air Force
MUDGE’S Musings From the “If it’s the weekend, it must be military” department, we bring you this fascinating analysis from The American Prospect. Was sent this earlier today by MUDGE‘s ex-Navy son,...
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mm224: Dec. 17, 1903: A seminal date in world history
MUDGE’S Musings MUDGE grew up at a time when everyone knew who the Wright Brothers were. Indeed, I believe that the one who survived beyond 1912 actually died the year I was born. And I just looked it...
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mm288: Videogames. Real warfare. An unsettling fusion
MUDGE’S Musings Mark Benjamin, writing in Salon.com, opened our eyes this weekend with an exclusive look inside the U.S. Air Force’s operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. And the illuminating article...
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mm303: Boeing loses the big one
MUDGE’s Musings Boeing Corporation is one of this country’s economic superstars. Through years of growth, organically and, as has been typical of the aerospace industry since the end of the Cold War,...
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mm326: Go figure! Even our robot forces are undermanned!
MUDGE’s Musings This nanocorner of the ‘Sphere© is always intrigued when one of its obsessions interests pops up as news. Danger Room is a military affairs blog (part of Wired.com) we don’t check into...
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mm344: Welcome to interesting times
MUDGE’s Musings This is not the Navy related story I expected to write. But, as always, real life changed my plans. More than many, the MUDGE household has been observing this past week’s American...
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mm369: Help! Rescue that droning man!
MUDGE’s Musings The changing face of military aviation tenth in an occasional series The series so far… No Title Link 1 U.S. pilot helped clear the fog of war mm142 2 Go to war — Play videogames mm155...
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mm371: Ever wonder why the U.S. is using more robots?
MUDGE’s Musings Well, most of our robotic forces are air forces these days, but we keep learning about “spiders” and the like that are meant to assist ground troops. It’s not just about protecting...
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mm392: Memorial Day – so much more than sales and barbecues
MUDGE’s Musings © Sandra Henderson | Dreamstime.com The last Monday of May in the U.S. is the Memorial Day holiday. Wikipedia says, Memorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last...
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mm398: Military intelligence — time to start using some
MUDGE’s Musings We have devoted a number of posts in this space to topics military. And why not? We are fighting wars in two far-away nations simultaneously, and have done so for nearly seven years....
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mm414: McCain vs. Obama takes to the skies
MUDGE’s Musings The Government Accountability Office has tossed the Northrop Grumman/EADS refueling tankers contract back to the Air Force. This is a big relief to Boeing, which was stunned in March...
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mm426: Blast from the Past! No. 32: Go to war – play videogames
There’s most read, and then there’s favorite. This is a post which yr (justifiably) humble svt is, regrettably, but not regretfully, not at all humble about. It also marks the beginning of an...
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mm489: Blast from the Past! No. 46 – Abolish the Air Force
© Carbouval | Dreamstime.com MUDGE’S Musings Events, continue to conspire, making it unacceptably late to start a fresh project, but hey, recycling is IN, right? We’re all about doing the right thing...
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