#1- Mark Gorwitz in his latest report titled Pakistani Laser Isotope Separation Related Research –
It should be noted that they are using this technology to separate Lithium-6 which can be used in advanced nuclear weapons designs… They have also done research on uranium spectroscopy, which could be an indication they are looking at uranium enrichment by the laser method.
#2 - The Open Source Center of the Director of National Intelligence of the USA in its analytical product China: PLA Training Emphasizes Countermeasures Against Imagery Reconnaissance –
Chinese military authorities are paying increased attention to foreign satellite reconnaissance of Chinese forces and operations, and are pursuing countermeasures such as camouflage and deception to conceal sensitive material and activities…
A variety of Chinese open source reporting suggests that China is developing an increasingly sophisticated understanding of US imagery collection capabilities and ...
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The thinning ranks - 4From: pragmatic.nationalinterest.in
Post Date: 2008-06-25 20:12:37
[Let us start with a couple of reports dealing with the British army’s problems in retaining officers. The first one is an extract from a report of May 2007Â in The Telegraph .]
The majority of Army officers have considered resigning because of continuous operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, a Ministry of Defence survey has admitted.
Two-thirds of officers and 40 per cent of other ranks questioned said constant operations had fuelled their intention to quit the Army.
With six-month...
more Officer quality in the 70sFrom: pragmatic.nationalinterest.in
Post Date: 2008-07-17 12:25:51
As is the generation of leaves, so is that of humanity.
The wind scatters the leaves on the ground, but the live timber
Burgeons with leaves again in the season of spring returning.
So one generation of men will grow while another dies. ~Homer[Iliad]
From the seminal work by Stephen Peter Rosen, titled Societies and Military Power: India and Its Armies (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) :
Based on the data collected in the mid 1970s, a commission that was reviewing pay scal...
more Sending a message…From: pragmatic.nationalinterest.in
Post Date: 2008-07-16 20:28:58
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils for time is the greatest innovator. – Sir Francis Bacon
Three stories about the Army have caught the attention in the last couple of days. The first one is about a women officer alleging sexual harassment by her superiors, the army refuting it strongly and the defence minister instituting an independent enquiry over their heads.
This is not the first incident of its type and such incidents earlier have been prominently highlig...
more The “zero-sum gain” philosophyFrom: pragmatic.nationalinterest.in
Post Date: 2008-07-18 05:06:56
…and this new generation of officers.
The two major grouses of the Indian defence forces — shortfall of officers and poor quality of intake — are not a recent phenomenon. The previous post detailing the numbers and quality of intake in the 1970s would have raised a few heckles. This blogger can not soothe the heartburn caused by the facts unearthed there, but it did raise a few questions about the difference in the quality of intake of different generations. Without bein...
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