Current Events

I will try to post in this thread articles, links or news relatives to the current Second Cold War and perhaps Second Fake War. This first one is about the current relevance of the GIUK gap: http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2016/03/russian-subs-are-reheating-cold-war-chokepoint/126428/

Interesting and not far of the Harpoon simulation outcomes: http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3691

Revitalizing Wargaming is Necessary to Be Prepared for Future Wars (War on the Rocks)

New Wrinkles in Maritime Warfare (The Diplomat)

Six Rules for Wargaming: The Lessons of Millennium Challenge ‘02 (War on the Rocks)

The Evolution of the Modern Carrier Air Wing (CIMSEC)

What if the Aircraft Carrier Had Never Been Invented? (Atlantic Council)

Air Power Abandoned: Dropping the F-22 in 2009 (Defense Media Network)

Strategic Stability in the Second Nuclear Age (pdf, Council on Foreign Relations)

Promise and Reality: Beyond Visual Range (BVR) Air-To-Air Combat (pdf, a research paper by Lt Col Patrick Higby, USAF, submitted to Air War College in March 2005)

Something to consider, in light of a seemingly 'more troubled than usual' world. No, Great Power War Isn't Obsolete (The Diplomat)

Fleet Battle School: Innovative Ideas through Wargaming (CIMSEC)

Opinion: Submarine Tech Outpacing ASW (Aviation Week)

Nightfall: Machine Autonomy in Air-to-Air Combat (Air and Space Power Journal, May-June 2014, pdf)

Are Fighters the New Capital Ships? (The Diplomat, Flashpoints)

From Lockheed Martin's own Code One magazine: F-16 Design Origins F-16 Evolution

2014 NTI Nuclear Materials Security Index released (Nuclear Threat Initiative)

Next Years Wars - From Sochi to Sudan, 10 conflicts that will threaten global stability in 2014. (Foreign Policy)

Cool War Rising (Foreign Policy)

Do Joint Fighter Programs Save Money? (RAND report, PDF)