Military / Defense

JP 3-13.2, Military Information Support Operations, dated 21 November 2014

Background This publication provides guidance for the planning, execution, and assessment of military information support operations across the range of…

July 16, 2020

The Senior Citizen Program – “The Aurora”

Background According to Wikipedia: Aurora was a rumored mid-1980s American reconnaissance aircraft. There is no substantial evidence that it was…

July 6, 2020

Double-Edged Innovations: Preventing the Misuse of Emerging Biological/Chemical Technologies, 2010

Background Several areas of rapid technical innovation, such as biotechnology, nanotechnology, and neuroscience, offer great promise for human health and…

June 27, 2020

Superviolence: The Civil Threat of Mass Destruction Weapons, 1972

Background Superviolence is defined as the illegitimate use of nuclear, chemical, or biological mass destruction devices by domestic agents for…

June 26, 2020

Project Oxcart – The Lockheed A-12 Reconnaissance Aircraft

Background In 1959 the CIA selected Lockheed's A-12 over a Convair proposal called KINGFISH. On 26 January 1960, the CIA…

May 6, 2020

Preliminary Design Approach. Air-To-Surface Missile Strategic Weapon System, May 13, 1955 by R.E. Greenewald

Background According to the document: In a recent lecture period, Dr. Welmers discussed the methods employed in an operational analysis.…

April 10, 2020

General Mills and Biological Weapons

Background The breakfast cereal manufacturer General Mills was the nation's foremost developer of Biological Weapons of Mass Destruction in the early…

March 31, 2020

DOD Directive S-3321.1 – Overt Psychological Operations Conducted by the Military Services in Peacetime and in Contingencies Short of Declared War

Background This directive establishes policy, provides procedures and assigns responsibilities for the planning, development, programming, direction, execution, and control of…

March 25, 2020

Department of Defense Tests Hypersonic Glide Body, March 19, 2020

PENTAGON, Virginia (NNS) -- The Department of Defense successfully tested a hypersonic glide body in a flight experiment conducted from…

March 20, 2020

The Pandemic Pendulum: A Critical Analysis of Federal and State Preparedness for a Pandemic Event, by John R. Foley, March 2009 Master’s Thesis

Background This paper explores pandemic planning efforts across federal and state jurisdictions and how the absence of collaboration could have…

March 19, 2020