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Grilling and broiling are very similar methods of cooking chicken. They both use a dry heat that quickly cooks the surface and then slowly moves to the middle of the meat. Also, grilling infuses the chicken with a smoky flavor from the meat juices that drip during the grilling process. When broiling, this infusion of flavor does not occur.
The main difference between the two methods is that grilling applies the heat to the bottom surface of the chicken, and broiling applies the heat to the top surface. Before cooking, check the size of the chicken pieces. Cut the larger pieces to smaller sizes so all pieces will cook more evenly. Flatten chicken breasts so that they are more uniform in thickness. If cooking a whole chicken, it should be butterflied for more even cooking. To butterfly, the backbone is removed, the breast bone is pressed down to flatten the chicken and skewers are used to help the bird lay flat by threading them through the breast and thigh area (see Chicken Preparation - Butterflying Chicken). Grilling | Broiling | Grilling and Broiling TipsWhen grilling or broiling, the chicken will have a tendency to dry out so it must be watched carefully during the cooking process. Coating the chicken with a little oil or marinating it will aid in preventing it from drying out while cooking. Also, the temperature at which the chicken is cooked and the distance the chicken is from the heat source are both important to tender, juicy, properly cooked chicken.
Indirect Heat Grilling on Charcoal Grills Once the chicken is prepared and the charcoals have been heated properly (see Charcoal Grill Setup), there are several easy steps to follow in order to cook chicken with indirect heat on a charcoal grill. | |
Indirect Heat Grilling on Gas Grills Once the chicken is prepared and the gas grill have been heated properly (see Gas Grill Setup), there are several easy steps to follow in order to cook chicken using indirect heat on a gas grill. | |
Cooking with direct heat occurs when you cook the meat directly over the heat source. The chicken is cooked quickly over medium or high heat coals or over burners set to medium or high heat on a gas grill. Direct heat is used when grilling food that cooks in 30 or less minutes, such as boneless chicken breasts and chicken pieces.
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When broiling chicken, there is no benefit from the infusion of smoked flavoring that occurs when grilling, causing the chicken to be fairly bland in taste. This can be remedied by the use of seasoning, such as a mixture of herbs, marinades or basting sauces.
Use seasoning to add flavor to the meat. Chicken pieces should be placed on the broiler rack skin side down. Do not line the broiler rack with aluminum foil because it will prevent the drippings from falling into the pan below and the drippings that remain on the foil may cause flare-ups to occur. |
Remove broiler pan from the oven and preheat the broiler for 9 or 10 minutes. With chicken pieces skin side down on the broiler rack, place them in the oven to cook. As with grilling, it is necessary to watch the chicken carefully as it cooks, making sure the edges are not cooking too fast and if they are, rearrange the pieces or adjust the heat accordingly. |
When one side is nicely browned, turn the chicken pieces to finish cooking. When grilling or broiling, all the pieces will not cook at the same rate so it is necessary to remove them as they finish cooking to avoid overcooking. |
Whenever possible, it is best to leave the skin on the chicken during grilling and broiling, If you prefer skinless chicken, remove the skin before serving. Leaving the skin on will provide a juicier, more tender piece of chicken and will not increase the fat content as long as it is removed before eating. If the chicken has already had the skin removed, coat it before cooking to prevent it from drying out. The chicken can be coated with cooking oil, a liquid marinade or any type of moist marinade.
The chicken must be checked for proper doneness when using either cooking method. The best way to check doneness is to use a meat thermometer. Ground chicken and chicken breast must reach 170°F. Whole chickens and other pieces should be 180°F. If a meat thermometer is not available, a visual test can be performed by piercing the pieces with a fork. If thoroughly cooked, the juices should run clear. Doneness can also be checked by cutting into the thickest part of the chicken and making sure the meat is opaque all the way through.


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Good thing that Tesla warrants it on unlimited mileage out to 8 years. (http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/tesla-to-offer-eight-year-warranty-on-battery-pack/). Also, you can acquire the Tesla replacement battery packs for circa $12,000 (http://www.teslamotors.com/it_CH/forum/forums/battery-replacement-cost) today. Factor in that by the end of the 8 year warranty period, the cost will likely be lower, your argument holds no water.

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Here's how to draw Fly Guy:
Step One: Draw a good sized circle.
Step Two: Draw a backwards C for the other eye.
Step Three: Draw a long thin U for his body.
Step Four: Draw two dots for the eyes and a nose shaped like a water faucet.
Step Five: Draw a u for the mouth.
Step Six: Draw another u and add teeth!
Step Seven: Add the legs - one is a line out with three little line toes. The other leg is the number 7 with three little line toes. Add an arm - curved line up with little line fingers. Now, add the first wing which is an oval shape.
Step Eight: Add the other arm curved line down with little line fingers. Add the other wing behind the first - it is like a J shape. Add a line on the first wing.
Step Nine: Add the antennae. Two curvy lines with tiny dots on the end.
Step Ten: Now for the most important step! You will add what artists call "hatching". It is those straight lines along the edges of the eyes (see above) and around the body. Add a few on the top of the eyes. Ta Da! Fly Guy!
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beat charizard 007 gg
beat charizard 007 gg
~credits to EmeraldGoblin~
Challenger: Clueless
Score: Loss 2-1, all GG's
I here by award you, mah Gengar Badge.
I suppose it's JirachiUser, and not clueless lol
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Dear Challengers,
I hereby submit my resignation as a brain from this league. Team SeaSoul is no longer in our hearts. I have no clan to call my home. It has been a great honour to fight alongside the great members of the Crystalline Guard, Perpetual Motion, and Dracaena. I have made many good friends in other clans who I otherwise wouldn't have because of this league. I bid you all the best of luck.
I Beat ShadowKyogre 2-0, GG's man, Flinch hax on the last pokemon in the last match was crazy, see you again soon.
~5th Gen OU 5v5 War. First clan that gets 3 wins is the winner.
~ All battles will be 6 on 6 lvl 100 OU standard rules.
~ All battles will be best of 3. Unless agreed upon before the start of the first match. Each player must win 2/3 of the battles to get a win.
~ Anything smogon banned will be banned for this war
~ No trolling, flaming, or spamming!
~ The results of each battle needs to be posted and confirmed on this thread.
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Prohawk vs Fabian
Hypervortex vs Gearflow
Magicmonkey vs Scubasteve
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Since when does D-Bray follow the rules ???
lost 2-1 to charizard_007 in a very close last game.
Challenger: Geo
Score: WIN 2-1, all GG's...Really close on the last one..
My signature is so big.
Leave it alone, Miror.
Sky 3-0 Geovanicaon
Probably the most unlucky game ever lmfao it was funny though.
Take my Hyppo badge. It makes all pokemon of any level obbey you
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PO name: [CG] Giga, [CG] Gigaboost
Serebii name: Gigaboost
Challenger: gigaboost
Score: Win 2-0, 3 good games, tied the first one.
Made Charizard_007 my B***h 2 games to 0
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Years owned: 1
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"15 S.E.E.R. Payne Owner"
Sorry to hear the bad reviews, I had my Payne unit installed and have been totally satisfied , my electric bill dropped 25% from that old Trane I used to have and with the new refrigerant "puron'' I feel much more comfortable and the difference in noise level is so much sometimes I can't tell if it's even running . I even recieved a certificate for a tax credit this year Maybe it's in the installation , all I can say is Carrier Corp. has done a good job with Payne
Location: Woodland, Alabama
Years owned: 3
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Installed my own heatpump in my new house I am HVAC service tech. I have had nothing but good service from my unit. Normally if a system is sized properly and installed properly regardless the brand the unit should give years of satisfactory service. Dont blame equipment for shoddy workmanship
Location: Asheville, NC
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Our new payne heat pump seems to be fine would like to find other new owners. I want to know about $300.00 dollar rebate ethir by payne or gov. tax rebat I heard about for going with our new system , model ph14nao48- a outdoor unit and a pf41anao49 outside unit
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Years owned: 9
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I have had a Payne heat pump with a gas furnace for over 9 years with only issue this weekend. The pan went out on the heat pump. My heat pump performs stellar in the winter down to 30 degrees then I switch to 90% gas furnace. These units are made by Carrier / Bryant they are getting a bad rap they are just as good as any other one out there. The problem is installers not caring about what they are doing, make sure you get a Nate certified tech or don�t do business with the company period.
Location: PA
Years owned: 4
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"Mike & Willa - Payne Owner"
I installed a Payne Heat Pump a few years back - running next to a oil hot air furnace - the heat pump cools in the summer and heats in the winter (no electric heat - just air transfer) - this unit runs fine. I am very anal when I braze and evacuate - sounds to me like your issues are with the installation contractor not the product. I run a duel-fuel system - also have a oil fired hot water system for domestic hot water. I use one tank of oil a year - not bad! I'm getting ready to install a 2.5 ton Payne heat pump for another person - Just think if everyone went this route - I've had the rest - buy one of the best!
Years owned: 5
Satisfaction Rating:
"Very Satisfied"
Great heat pump, never had any problems with it, I think no matter what you go with their is going to be different problems with each brand name. Installation is a big factor I think in getting the best efficiency possible
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Years owned: 3
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My home warranty company replaced my 20 year old Lennox heat pump with a brand new heat pump from Payne. I was very concerned at first because I had heard awful things about Payne, and it was the cheapest brand they could find. However I have not had one problem with my Payne heat pump in the last 3 years, it has kept my house cool in the 120 degree days here in Phoenix AZ, and it keeps the house warm in the winter. I have to admit my first impression of the unit was wrong, this Payne heat pump has been flawless!
Location: Massachusetts
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I have read the comments from people who were not satisfied with there heat pumps. It appears to me that it's not the equipment that failed it is the work of the technicians that installed them. In all fairness to Payne I post this as an experienced contractor.
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Cafe La Semeuse Ground Single-Origin Costa Rica coffee is made from 100% Arabica beans from Costa Rica. A superb high-altitude coffee grown at 4,950ft, in rich volcanic soil this coffee is evocative of the crisp clean air of its birthplace. Couple its high-altitude source with the high-altitude roasting method in Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland and you have a coffee sent down from the heavens.
The aroma is made up of complex fine aromatics developing tones of exotic fruits and just a hint of muskiness.
The taste starts on the tongue as a pleasant full bodied harmony of flavors with a slight tartness that finishes smooth and refined, leaving elegant overtones of cocoa on the palate.
The folks at Cafe La Semeuse call this coffee "Heady"! Available in whole bean and ground 8.8oz bags.
Green coffee beans are usually shipped in 132lb bags, (60 Kilograms) and world-wide production statistics are compiled on the number of bags.
World production for 2012 includes 88,818 bags of Arabica and 62,440 of Robusta.
To give you perspective on worldwide coffee production and the rarity of some highly prized regional coffees like Hawaiian Kona and Jamaican Blue Mountain that make up a tiny fraction of all coffees, here are statistics for 2012 compiled by the US Department of Agriculture.
Brazil leads the world in total production again in 2012 with 40,200 bags of Arabica and 15,700 of Robusta for a total of 55,900 bags or 7,378,800 lb.
Vietnam is second for total production with 850 bags of Arabica and 24,150 of Robusta for a total of 25,000 bags or 3,300,000 lb.
The United States, mostly Hawaii, (100/0) and Mexico (4,500/200) make up North American production of 4,600 bags of Arabica and 200 bags of Robusta.
Central America produces 14,605 bags of Arabica and 10 bags of Robusta from: Costa Rica (1,600/0), El Salvador (1,475/0), Guatemala (3,840/10), Honduras (5,800/0), Nicaragua (1,800/0) and Panama (90/0).
South American countries including Bolivia (4/150), Brazil (40,200/15,700), Colombia (7,500/0), Ecuador (415/190), Paraguay (25/0), Peru (4,800/0) and Venezuela (880/0) combined to produce 53,970 bags of Arabica and 15,890 bags of Robusta.
Caribbean countries produce 920 bags of Arabica from: Cuba (125), Dominican Republic (475), Haiti (300) and Jamaica (20).
Middle East coffee comes from Yemen at 150 bags of Arabica.
Papua New Guinea, 1,100 bags of Arabica and 50 bags of Robusta, represents Oceania's total production.
South Asia contributes 1,650 bags of Arabica and 3,685 bags of Robusta from: India (1,640/3,660) and Sri Lanka (10/25).
Sub-Saharan Africa contributes 9,243 bags of Arabica and 7,580 bags of Robusta from: Angola (0/30), Burundi (225/0), Cameroon (100/700), Central African Republic (0/15), Kinshasa (200/165), Cote d'Ivoire (0/1,800), Ethiopia (6,500/0), Ghana (0/90), Guinea (0/425), Kenya (850/0), Liberia (0/5), Madagascar (25/500), Malawi (25/0), Nigeria (0/30), Rwanda (250/0), Sierra Leone (0/70), Tanzania (500/300), Togo (0/650), Uganda (650/2,800), Zambia 10/0) and Zimbabwe (8/0).
Michael Rosso ♦ Lets all do our part and start brewing more coffee
MannyGate7 Very informative thank you!
Philip Coats Interesting to see that coffee comes from such a wide variety of places. Curious to know just how much the taste of each varies (with a similar roast temperature) due to soil composition and other localized variables.
Dean Dahlstedt Absolutely amazing that coffee is the 4th most popular drink in the world, yet it appears to be produced in such small quantities in many regions. This truly is a special drink. I now know why Hawaiian coffee so expensive. Only 100 bags a year! How many times have I roasted a Panama Esmeralda Gesha or a Kenya AA without realizing that those are the very best of only 90 and 850 bags per year respectively. These fact really make me realize how truly lucky we are to be able to enjoy the very best of this wonderful drink. Great article, thanks.
paul hees Great stuff, a lot of interesting information presented in a condensed but appealing format. As a big fan of both, it never occurred to me that Ethiopia produces 8 times as much as Kenya. Wondering if China is still growing- thought Yunnan was on course to rival Vietnam? Thanks!
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Interactive Music Lessons Enhance Infant Brain Power
We know all about how music boosts linguistic ability in students, but a new study proves that even infants too young to speak can benefit from musical training.
Canadian researchers conducted a six-month study of two sets of one-year-olds that had similar communication and social development. Both groups attended music classes during the study, and neither had previously participated in baby music instruction. One group's class consisted of the infants visiting various toy stations as "Baby Einstein" played in the background. The other group's instruction involved interactive music making; these infants learned songs, nursery rhymes, and lullabies, and parents and infants worked together playing percussion instruments and singing songs.
At the end of the six-month study, babies in the more interactive classes had developed larger and/or earlier brain responses to musical tones than those in the less interactive group. They also showed a bias to hearing music played in key, as opposed to toddlers in the passive listening group, which showed no preference between melodies played in key versus songs with out-of-key notes thrown in.
But the benefits from interactive lessons weren't all music related. Babies from the interactive group were also better communicators – waving goodbye or pointing at far away objects. And socially, this group smiled more, was easier to comfort, and was more adaptable during stressful situations.
So, while playing music at home provides great exposure for infants, get the maximum benefit by going a step further. Sing songs, play interactive musical games with little ones, and sign them up for music lessons. If toddlers could talk, they'd thank you.


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It's absolutely adorable and too fun. The candleholder looks like one of those modern fireplaces from back in the 70's. Was that your intent? If so, put it between the couches instead of the gold sculpture...then both couches can enjoy the warm glow of the fireplace.
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Dear Editor,
We left Lyons for two weeks of travels one morning in early October. Upon our return, we immediately heard a faint sound of water running. Investigation revealed that the metal chain controlling the flapper-valve in our toilet was kinked, preventing the valve from closing and allowing the tank-fill water to constantly drain. Apparently, this mishap occurred on the last flush as
Group Publishing of Loveland, Colorado, the same organization that recently recognized and awarded a grant to the Lyons Community Food Pantry for their outstanding contributions to the community, has also recognized and awarded another grant, this one a Cultural Arts Services award (for projects that increase appreciation of, and participation in the arts) to Chase the Music, a local non-profit corporation founded earlier this year by Lyons local Clark Hodge.
It was a crisp and chilly morning last Saturday (October 27) at the Colorado State Cross-Country Championships in Colorado Springs. After months of training for this moment, the Lions were ready to take on the challenge of the unforgiving and brutal 5K course of hills and creek crossings at Bear Creek Park and the adjacent rodeo grounds at the Norris-Penrose Event Center.
Another beautiful week gone by! That snow was nice, and we needed the moisture. Coming from the east, you can see that the mountains got quite a bit of snow, which is still there. We will need a LOT OF SNOW TO CATCH UP! Of course, we don't want it to snow for Halloween or the Christmas Bazaar and parade, or for the football games, but otherwise we will welcome it!
Dear Lyons Voters,
The Lyons Economic Development Commission endorses Ballot Issue 3-A, the Mill Override measure for the St. Vrain Valley School District.
EDC Commissioners don't stand alone on this issue. We have joined a large group. Mayors of every town in the school district support this measure. So do a substantial number of business organizations, economic stakeholders, and community leaders throughout the school district.
Do you want to see the scariest house in Lyons? If so, come to 120 Ewald St. Miss Connie Burkhart (The Dinosaur Lady,) is a paleontologist and welder who welded all of her scary creatures. She started when she lived in Southern California near Hollywood. She was an actress in Hollywood, which made her interested in set design. She was inspired by the haunted mansion. "I was 11 years old when I first started making headless people." After her acting career she kept the idea.
Last month I wrote about the pros and cons of two types of hot water heaters. I was expecting that I might catch a little "heat" from proponents of one type or the other. What I did get was a wonderful email with yet another option that I thought would be good to share in this month's column. Here is what Bud O'Connor had to add to the conversation:
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- The crib is too small: If your child's crib simply doesn't fit him anymore, notes Pantley, that's a good clue that it's time to move up to a bed. "Many experts recommend moving a child out of the crib when he grows to 34 to 36 inches tall," she says, "or when the height of the crib's side rail is to the level of his nipples when he's standing up."
- You've got a little monkey: When your child learns to climb (which can happen earlier or later, depending on the child), the crib will no longer be safe for her. "She could climb out of the crib and hurt herself by falling out," Pantley explains. "The bed is a better choice at this stage."
- Potty training is in session: If your child is potty training, you'll want him to be able to get out of bed to use the potty when he needs to, which isn't possible from a crib. Time for an upgrade!
- Your child asks for a bed: If this happens, "it's the perfect time," Pantley says. "Lucky you!"
Welcome to the toddler years: a time of wonder, tantrums, and transitions. Lots and lots of transitions: Bottles to sippy cups, diapers to training pants, and cribs to beds. This is when it all goes down.
What's that? How, you ask, will your toddler transition from her comfy crib to a big-kid bed? Will she take this step magically on her own, as she did with her first actual step some months back? Well, maybe. But probably not (sorry). Still, parents can make bed time go smoothly—and this expert will tell you how.
Let Sleeping Kids Sleep…In Their Cribs, For Now
"There is no precisely perfect time for making this move, and it is different for every child," says Elizabeth Pantley, a mom of four in Seattle and the author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution. If your child sleeps well in his crib, Pantley suggests waiting. "If all is well, there's no reason to upset the apple cart!" she says. "The most important key to success in this endeavor is to be patient and allow your child the time to adjust to the change with as much pleasure, and as little trauma, as possible." Most kids move to a bed between their first and third birthdays, so just keep an eye out for clues that your child is ready.
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A robbery suspect was injured - and in custody - after leading Greenfield police on a 31-block police chase Monday afternoon.
In a news release, police said they got a call at 3:30 p.m. from an employee of the Golf Galaxy store at 7801 W. Layton Ave., reporting an armed robbery in progress and giving a description of the robber and his vehicle.
Greenfield officers got there immediately but couldn't stop the vehicle as it pulled onto westbound Layton Ave., fleeing at up to 65 m.p.h.
Near S. 108th St., officers boxed in the fleeing vehicle, but it rammed the squad cars and continued north onto 108th for a block before the driver lost control and crashed into a light pole. The driver was then taken into custody, according to the statement.
The man suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital, the news release said. No other injuries were reported in the robbery and pursuit.
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Well you're wrong.
I categoricaly deny that.
c'mon guys. let's try to stay on the original topic: body.
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What do you think George B's reaction will be?
It's good to have opinions. Even if they are not informed:
I don't know. This might be a dealbreaker for me. I demand that Telsa immediately address the test/body issue.
Maybe this thread belongs in the General section.
OK, who supplied all the alcohol here?
uninformed speculative comment on deal breaker, while silently having trouble waiting until delivery in 17 days or less.
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Deal breaker, or no?
Silently waiting for Basho
Does anyone know where the red test thread is?
Can't we just all get along? :o)
What can I say? Seinfeld was ofetn called "The Show About Nothing".
My favorite Seinfeld episode was "Masters of our own domain"
Guys, let's try to keep religion out of this.
So this is the reason the stock price drop.
Remember we're early adopt... Squirrel!
Seriously, we should get back to the topic - body.
I'm for it in general, but would like to hear other points of view.
Yes, but it is all about Big Oil after all. They are the ones responsible for the body in the first place. Elon is just trying to destroy it for the hell of it.
nickjhowe I'm telling George you said that.
@Ohms.Law - you're just a commie pinko lefttist liberal trotskyite. It's body all the way for me. I get so p*ssed off with people who think it is head, head, head and body doesn't matter. It is ALL body! How can anyone be so stupid??????
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Sorry Ohms.Law. Didn't mean it.
body really should have been held aside to make up for the Sig premium.
Just talking about giving it to the hoi polloi makes me angry.
Who is really in favor of body,,,Romney or Obama?
@lightly - Ron Paul.
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Re: Military Science and Military Issues
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BD, please post this in the Legal Issues in the War with Islamic Fascism thread as well.
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Stratfor on the military implications of the sequester
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March 13, 2013, 01:08:48 AM »
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a Newport News Shipbuilding facility in Virginia on Feb. 26
Sequestration, the automatic spending reductions scheduled to take effect March 1, will affect the U.S. military's ability to project force around the world. The current continuing resolution that Congress is using to fund the entire government until March 27 has already affected U.S. forces. The longer these funding cuts continue, the more degradation the U.S. military will incur, with longer-lasting effects.
Although Stratfor typically does not examine domestic U.S. issues, this one is geopolitically significant. The U.S. military, and particularly the Navy, is the most powerful force projection instrument in the world. When the sequester takes effect, it will immediately reduce military spending by 8 percent, with more than $500 billion in cuts to defense spending over 10 years divided equally among the military branches. The continuing resolution is already affecting the military since it has locked the military budget into 2011 spending levels and prevented spending increases or reallocations among various budgets. On March 27, Congress will have to have a new budget in place, extend the continuing resolution or force a government shutdown; the most likely decision will be to maintain the continuing resolution.
It is not the overall amount of the reductions that is damaging, necessarily; it is the way in which the cuts will be implemented. The across-the-board cuts required by the sequestration coupled with the limits set by the continuing resolution are constraining budget planners' options in how to absorb the spending reductions and thus are damaging all the military branches, programs, training, deployments and procurement.
Funding Cuts and Force Readiness
Just the threat of continued budget reductions has had an immediate effect on the military's readiness. The Navy decided not to deploy a second carrier to the Persian Gulf, backing down from its standard of two carriers in the region. Instead, the second carrier will serve in a surge capacity for the immediate future. The other branches have extended the deployments of units already in theaters and delayed others from rotating in as replacements since it is relatively less expensive to have units stay in place than move them and their equipment intercontinentally.
Maintenance budgets across the forces have been reduced or suspended in anticipation of cuts. Training of all non-deploying forces who are not critical to the national strategic forces is also being heavily curtailed. These options were chosen because they are immediate cost-saving measures that can be reversed quickly as opposed to the big-budget procurement programs, in which changes can cause delays for years. In many cases, the Department of Defense would have to pay massive fines for withdrawing from binding contracts, and renegotiations are often very costly. The Defense Department hopes that the cuts will be short-lived, but the longer the spending constraints continue, the more the military's platforms and personnel units degrade in readiness.
The medium- to long-term effects can be even more serious. Any given military platform, from a Stryker armored vehicle to an aircraft carrier, requires a lot of money in order to be ready for use at any time at its intended level of performance. These platforms require consistent use to maintain a certain readiness level because machines cannot sit idle for months to years and then operate effectively, if at all, especially if called on for immediate action. Moreover, the people that operate this equipment need to maintain their working knowledge and operational skill through continued use. This use causes wear and tear on the platform and requires consistent maintenance. All of this is necessary just to maintain the status quo. In the end, there must be a balance between a platform's readiness level and the amount of funding required for operations and maintenance, but if the money is no longer available there is no choice but to reduce readiness.
Also, upgrades are needed so platforms can stay up to date and useable within the system the military is using to move, shoot and communicate. This is a constant cycle that, when interrupted, has very long-lasting consequences. For example, the Navy has said it is considering suspending operations of four of its nine carrier air wings while shutting down four of its carriers in various stages of the operations and maintenance process. This would essentially give the United States one carrier deployed with one on call for years. This will be sufficient if the world remains relatively quiet, but one large emergency or multiple small ones would leave the United States able to project limited force compared to previous levels.
In the longer term, procurement programs for new equipment will either be delayed or cut altogether. This will put more pressure on existing platforms, requiring them to operate past their intended life spans, and will preclude or delay the introduction of better abilities into the military. Procurement cycles are very slow and take decades to implement; for instance, the Navy that the United States wants to have in 20 years is being planned now. An extreme example of the damage that a military force can incur because of a lack of procurement, operations, maintenance and upgrades is the current state of the Russian military. Russian forces still feel the effects of the Soviet Union's collapse and the subsequent decade of neglect.
A Smaller Presence Around the World
The U.S. military has a global presence, and sequestration would have appreciable effects on this in certain areas. Potentially, the hardest hit region will be the Pacific, which has been the focus of the United States' new strategy. If the United States wants to continue pivoting its focus toward the Pacific, the military would have to draw more resources than originally planned. No specific mention has been made of changing the U.S. military footprint in Japan, other than possibly curtailing combat air patrols, and U.S. forces are already consolidating their presence in South Korea to fewer bases south of Seoul and diminishing their role in relation to the South Korean military. The Navy's reduction in ship deployments to the region will just reinforce the current trend.
The U.S. military's footprint is being reduced in a few other areas. The combat zone in Afghanistan has 66,000 troops, with 34,000 scheduled to come home by the end of the year. All but around 8,000 will return home by the end of 2014. The 5th Fleet headquartered in Bahrain is being affected by the Navy's decision to have only one carrier in the Persian Gulf. Europe is seeing a reduction from four brigade combat teams to two, which was already planned and is another reinforced trend. The U.S. ground presence in Africa and South America should be relatively unchanged, since these predominantly involve special operations forces -- the kind of deployment that is already being emphasized over larger conventional forces.
The single biggest capability gap that will develop will be the U.S. military's surge capacity. If the Syria-Iraq-Lebanon corridor were to become more unstable, the United States will not be able to respond with the same force structure it had in the past. The U.S. military can still shift its assets to different regions to attain its strategic goals, but those assets will come from a smaller resource pool, and shifting them will lessen the presence in some other region. The military's ability to use one of its softer political tools -- joint military exercises -- will also be at risk.
Reduced Relative Dominance
This is not to say that the U.S. military will be wrecked immediately or that its condition is anywhere near that of the Russian military in the 1990s. A military's effectiveness is measured against its potential opponents, and the United States has enjoyed a large gap for decades. However, if a military is not growing in capabilities and other militaries or groups are, then its relative power is decreasing. This means that after sequestration is implemented or the continuing resolution is maintained, the U.S. military will remain dominant for years to come, but not as dominant as it has been relative to other forces.
There are many ways the effects of funding cuts can be mitigated. Congress can continue to delay addressing budget issues and the military's concerns indefinitely, or it can make some changes, such as allowing the Department of Defense more discretion in how it implements these cuts. However, the budget cuts are already having preliminary effects, and the longer the cuts continue, the greater the potential for degradation of the U.S. military's force projection capabilities. Funding cuts are not necessarily abnormal for the United States while winding down into a postwar stance. Historically, the pattern has been a reduction in spending and retrenchment of a large volume of forces from abroad. However, Pentagon planners typically go into a postwar period with the stated goal of not damaging the force through these cuts and reductions.
Read more: U.S.: What the Sequester Will Do to the Military | Stratfor
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Reshaping Pentagon Spending and Capabilities
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March 13, 2013, 07:54:56 PM »
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"My report on US defense strategy and budget during a period of limited means, i.e. how to maintain sufficient military power to deter the Chinese from acting a fool while also reducing the defense budget."
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US Pacific commander declares climate change top security threat
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March 13, 2013, 08:52:20 PM »
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The head of the US Navys Pacific fleet has declared climate change as the biggest long-term security threat in the region. Anticipating severe typhoons and rising sea levels that will displace nations, he emphasized a weather crisis few had foreseen.
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Re: US Pacific commander declares climate change top security threat
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The head of the US Navys Pacific fleet has declared climate change as the biggest long-term security threat in the region. Anticipating severe typhoons and rising sea levels that will displace nations, he emphasized a weather crisis few had foreseen.
And we wonder why the Chinese laugh at us.
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Re: Military Science and Military Issues
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March 14, 2013, 11:30:12 AM »
In Obama's third term maybe he will look to a Keystone pipeline protestor to head the Pacific fleet, or someone with a meteorology or IPCC background instead of military.
Admiral Locklear: It is not just about China and everybody else, because there are disputes between other partners down there, too. Sometimes I think the Chinese get handled a little too roughly on this.
I wonder if our friends and allies in the region agree with him:
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SEven Myths about Women in Combat
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March 18, 2013, 06:50:13 PM »
Myth #1 Its about women in combat.
No, its not. Women are already in combat, and are serving well and professionally. The issue should be more clearly entitled, Women in the infantry. And this is a decidedly different proposition.
Myth #2 Combat has changed (often accompanied by There are no front lines anymore).
This convenient misconception requires several counters. First, any serious study of military history will reveal numerous historical examples about how successive generations (over millennia) believed that warfare had changed forever, only to find that technology may change platforms, but not its harsh essence. To hope that conflicts over the last 20 years are models of a new, antiseptic form of warfare is delusional.
The second point is that the enemy gets a vote time, place, and style. For example, war on the Korean Peninsula would be a brutal, costly, no-holds-barred nightmare of mayhem in close combat with casualties in a week that could surpass the annual total of recent conflict.
The final point on this myth reinforces the Korea example and it bears examination Fallujah, Iraq in 2004, where warfare was reduced to a horrific, costly, and exhausting scrap in a destroyed city between two foes that fought to the death.
The standard for ground combat unit composition should be whether social experimentation would have amplified our opportunity for success in that crucible, or diminished it. We gamble with our future security when we set standards for warfare based on the best case, instead of the harshest one.
Myth #3 If they pass the physical standards, why not?
Physical standards are important, but not nearly all of the story. Napoleon The moral (spirit) is to the physical as three is to one.
Unit cohesion is the essence of combat power, and while it may be convenient to dismiss human nature for political expediency, the facts are that sexual dynamics will exist and can affect morale. That may be manageable in other environments, but not in close combat.
Any study of sexual harassment statistics in this age cohort in the military, academia, or the civilian workplace are evidence enough that despite best efforts to by sincere leaders to control the issue, human instincts remain strong. Perceptions of favoritism or harassment will be corrosive, and cohesion will be the victim.
Myth #4 Standards wont be lowered.
This is the cruelest myth of all. The statements of the current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are telling.
They essentially declare guilty until proven innocent on anyone attempting to maintain the standards which produced the finest fighting force in the world. There are already accommodations (note that unit cohesion wont be a metric), there will be many more, and we will pay a bloody price for it someday.
Pity the truthful leader who attempts to hold to standards based on realistic combat factors, and tells truth to power. Most wont, and the others wont survive.
Myth #5 Opening the infantry will provide a better pathway to senior rank for the talented women.
Not so. What will happen is that we will take very talented females with unlimited potential and change their peer norm when we inject them into the infantry.
Those who might meet the infantry physical standard will find that their peers are expected, as leaders, to far exceed it (and most of their subordinates will, as well).
So instead of advancing to a level appropriate to their potential, they may well be left out.
Myth #6 Its a civil rights issue, much like the integration of the armed forces and allowing gays to serve openly.
Those who parrot this either hope to scare honest and frank discussion, or confuse national security with utopian ideas.
In the process, they demean initiatives that were to provide equally skilled individuals the opportunity to contribute equally. In each of the other issues, lowered standards were not the consequence.
Myth #7 Its just fair.
Allow me two points.
First, this is ground warfare were discussing, so realism is important.
Fair is not part of the direct ground combat lexicon.
Direct ground combat, such as experienced in the frozen tundra of Korea, the rubble of Stalingrad, or the endless 30-day jungle patrols against a grim foe in Viet Nam, is the harshest meritocracy with the greatest consequences there is.
And psychology in warfare is germane the force that is respected (and, yes, feared) has a distinct advantage.
Will women in our infantry enhance a psychological advantage, or hinder it?
Second, if its about fairness, why do women get a choice of whether to serve in the infantry (when men do not), and why arent they required to register for the draft (as men are)?
It may be that we live in a society in which honest discussion of this issue, relying on facts instead of volume, is not possible. If so, our national security will fall victim to hope instead of reality. And myths be damned.
Gregory S. Newbold served 32 years as a Marine infantryman, commanding units from platoon to the 1st Marine Division. His final assignment before retiring in 2002 was as director of operations for the Pentagons Joint Staff.
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This Is Not the Drone Debate We're Looking For
Reply #357 on:
March 20, 2013, 01:40:29 PM »
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During his 13-hour filibuster, Senator Rand Paul repeatedly asked if President Obama believed he had the constitutional authority to target U.S. citizens within the United States. He specifically mentioned the hypothetical scenario in which Jane Fonda, Kent State protestors, or someone in a café (mentioned 34 times!) could be targeted under the Obama administration's legal framework. While Paul raised several important questions about targeted killings, his focus on such implausible examples obscured the full scope of the drone wars. Of the 3,500 to 4,700 victims, only four were U.S. citizens -- and only one was targeted intentionally. In short, the longest congressional discussion held on targeted killings concentrated on one one-thousandth of the issue.
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Silicon, Iron, and Shadow
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March 20, 2013, 01:41:32 PM »
From the article:
The wars of the 21st century will be dominated by three overlapping types of conflict: Wars of Silicon, Wars of Iron, and Wars in the Shadows. The United States must design a new readiness and investment strategy in order to effectively deal with all three. Yet today it continues to pour scarce resources chiefly into its sphere of long-held dominance -- Wars of Iron. This is a potentially disastrous mistake, but one that can be corrected if we act now.
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Re: Military Science and Military Issues
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March 20, 2013, 04:53:17 PM »
Not the drone debate:
I understood Paul to be focusing on the area where the Obama administration is clearly out of line. Good for him.
Silicon, Iron, and Shadow:
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Micro Drones
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March 23, 2013, 11:48:34 AM »
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Can the Marines Survive?
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March 27, 2013, 11:27:35 AM »
From the article:
The Marines are a door-kicking service, designed to breach enemy territory and establish an entry point for the Army's strategic land capability. But the U.S. military's development of unmanned aircraft, combined with stealth technology and unmatched ISR capability, makes it almost impossible for an enemy today to significantly impede the landing of U.S. forces on a beach or at a port. Forcible entry no longer requires landing forces -- it takes precision strikes, coordinated by special operations forces as needed. But if the door is going to be kicked in by a cruise missile, an unmanned aircraft, or other platform delivering precision munitions, why does the Marine Corps insist on maintaining such a large amphibious forcible entry capability based around the same Marine who stormed ashore at Tarawa? Because to argue that the United States does not need a forcible-entry force would be to question the very necessity of having a Marine Corps. Unfortunately, that is the question the Corps must now answer.
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WSJ: SecDef Hagel on defense cuts
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April 05, 2013, 10:27:30 AM »
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21st century combat as politics
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April 05, 2013, 11:07:34 AM »
second post of the morning
Narratives of war
Michael Howard
Emile Simpson
Twenty-first-century combat as politics
285pp. Hurst. £25.
978 1 84904 255 0
US: Columbia University Press. $32.50.
978 0 231 70406 9
Published: 3 April 2013
Some four decades ago, the Times Literary Supplement sent me a book to review by a young lecturer at Sandhurst entitled The Face of Battle. It impressed me so much that I described it as one of the best half-dozen books on warfare to have appeared since the Second World War. I wondered at the time if I had made a total fool of myself, but I need not have worried. The author, the late Sir John Keegan, proved to be one of the greatest military historians of his generation. It would be rash to put my money on such a dark horse again, but I shall. Emile Simpsons War From the Ground Up is a work of such importance that it should be compulsory reading at every level in the military; from the most recently enlisted cadet to the Chief of the Defence Staff and, even more important, the members of the National Security Council who guide him.
Emile Simpson does not presume to show us how to conduct war, but he tells us how to think about it. He saw service in Afghanistan as a young officer in the Gurkhas, and his thinking is solidly rooted in that experience. Like Clausewitz 200 years earlier, Simpson found himself caught up in a campaign for whose conduct nothing in his training had prepared him; and like Clausewitz he realized that to understand why this was so he had to analyse the whole nature of war, from the top down as well as from the ground up. Afghanistan, he concluded, was only an extreme example of the transformation that war has undergone during his lifetime; and that itself is due to the transformation of the societies that fight it.
Clausewitz saw that the limited wars of the eighteenth century on which he had been brought up had been transformed into the total wars of the Napoleonic era and all subsequent eras not by any change in the nature of weaponry, but by the enlistment of the people; people whose emotions would distort the rational calculations of governments and the professional expertise of the military, but could never again be left out of account. Now there has been a further change. The paradigm (still largely accepted by Clausewitz) of bipolar wars fought between discrete states enjoying the support of their peoples has now been shattered by globalization. Popular support can no longer be taken for granted. The people are no longer homogeneous and the enemy is no longer a single entity. Further, the enemy is no longer the only actor to be taken into account. The information revolution means that every aspect, every incident of the conflict can be instantly broadcast throughout the world in width and in depth, and received by anyone with access to the internet; including the men in foxholes fighting it.
All this is common knowledge. It has been treated in dozens of studies based on the unhappy experiences of Iraq and Afghanistan, and has been absorbed into the teaching of staff colleges on both sides of the Atlantic and elsewhere. But no one to the best of my knowledge has previously propounded a theory that explains so clearly the full implications of this transformation, and provides a guide to strategic thinking for the future. Simpson follows Clausewitz in seeing war as a continuation of politics with an admixture of other means, but he divides wars into two categories: not the total and limited wars of Clausewitzian analysis, but those fought to establish military conditions for a political solution and those that directly seek political, as opposed to military, outcomes. The first are the traditional bipolar conflicts in which all operations are directed to defeating the enemy armed forces and compelling his government to accept our political terms. The second those in which the British armed forces have been largely engaged for the past half-century are those where operations themselves are intended to create the necessary political conditions, usually through what are known as counterinsurgency techniques. In the former, strategy, though still directed to an ultimate political objective, is largely driven by the operational needs of bi-polar warfare which anyhow come naturally to those engaged in battle. (For a protagonist to understand combat as anything other than an intensely polarised confrontation, remarks Simpson with splendid understatement, is very difficult.) But in the latter, operations are themselves political tools, used to undermine the adversary, deprive him of political support and if possible to convert him. The people firing on you today may be vital associates tomorrow. But in both, the ultimate object of combat is to convey a message; and to ensure that the message is understood, one has to understand the audience for which it is intended.
In traditional bipolar war between nation states, the ultimate audience was the enemy population, which was assumed to be united behind their government and armed forces and therefore only likely to listen to reason once the latter had been defeated or clearly would be defeated if they were brought to battle. In contemporary conflicts the audience is far more diverse. The adversary is no longer homogeneous, ones own people may be puzzled and divided, and a significant element in the audience will be spread throughout the world.
Under such circumstances a military operation intended to convey a message to one audience may mean something quite different to another. Simpson shows how this was so in Afghanistan, where the audience was kaleidoscopic, but one can see its effect in all contemporary operations. The operations of the United States and her allies in the Middle East have been intended to convey to their own peoples and to the international community that they intend to liberate the indigenous populations from their oppressive regimes and bring to them the blessings of freedom as the West understands it. But to many on the receiving end (especially those who saw their homes destroyed and their families slaughtered), and to observers elsewhere in the world, it appeared as a neo-imperialist attempt to impose Western hegemony. More recently, the Israeli bombardment of Gaza was intended to show, both to Hamas and to the Israeli electorate, that the Israeli people would tolerate no further aggression against their own population; but to others in the Arab world it has been seen as further evidence that Israel is a cruel and implacable enemy with whom no peace is possible short of her total destruction.
None of this is new or surprising. No responsible government now uses armed force without calculating the global impact of doing so; deciding, that is, which is the strategic audience. But in addressing a strategic audience, Simpson explains, a strategic narrative is all-important. This is a public explanation of why one is at war at all, and how the military operations are devised to serve the strategy that will lead to the desired political outcome. Without such a narrative, no government can command the support of its people, nor, indeed, ensure effective planning by its armed forces to say nothing of gaining the sympathy of the strategic audience beyond its own frontiers. The narrative must not only be persuasive in rational terms. It also needs drama to appeal to the emotions. Above all, it needs an ethical foundation. Not only ones own people, but the wider strategic audience must believe that one is fighting a good war. The genius of Winston Churchill in 1940 was to devise a strategic narrative that not only inspired his own people, but enlisted the support of the United States: indeed, most of British military operations in the early years of the war were planned with an eye on that strategic audience. The great shortcoming of Hitlers strategy was his failure to create a strategic narrative that appealed to anyone apart from his own people and a rapidly decreasing number of them.
It is impossible to summarize Emile Simpsons ideas without distorting them. His own style is so muscular and aphoristic that he can concentrate complex arguments into memorable sentences that will have a life of their own. His familiarity with the work of Aristotle and the history of the English Reformation enables him to explain the requirements of a strategic narrative as effectively as his experiences in Afghanistan illuminate his understanding of the relationship between operational requirements and political objectives. In short (and here I shall really go overboard) War From the Ground Up deserves to be seen as a coda to Clausewitzs On War. But it has the advantage of being considerably shorter.
Michael Howards books include Strategic Deception in the Second World War and A Short History of the First World War. He is the co-editor and translator of Clausewitz On War.
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82d Airborne unwelcome in Netherlands
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April 05, 2013, 03:45:20 PM »
From the Netherlands: US 82nd Airborne Unwelcome
(Given the history of the 82nd in Holland, this is strange news.)
"Veterans and representatives of the 82d Airborne Division are not welcome at the royal inauguration of King Alexander and Queen Maxima on April 30."
"For their heroic fighting during operation market garden 1944 the 82d Airborne Division was awarded the Dutch Military Order of William(Medal of Honor). LTC James "Maggie" Megellas the most decorated officer in the history of the 82d Airborne Division who in 1945 was appointed by general James Gavin to receive the award on behalf on the division."
"It's unbelievable that soldiers who fought and died for the liberation and democracy of the Netherlands are treated this way by the Dutch government who is organizing this."
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April 09, 2013, 08:22:55 AM »
This could belong in the China-China Sea thread, but I place it here for the military science dimension:
China is rapidly expanding its research into and production, deployments and sales of unmanned aerial vehicles, colloquially known as drones. The primary role of this growing program is to help Beijing control and monitor disputed territories in the Asia-Pacific region.
Beijing has decided to prioritize its drone program for security and economic reasons. In the security sphere, these machines are very useful for patrolling the East and South China seas, allowing Beijing to maintain a presence in the disputed waters, and play a role in China's anti-access/area denial strategy.
China is developing multiple types of drones, ranging from high-altitude, long-endurance designs like the U.S. Global Hawk to small, hand-launched designs similar to the U.S. Raven. Typically, new Chinese designs are revealed at the Zhuhai Airshow. Chinese companies also have used Zhuhai to demonstrate drones with increased stealth capabilities.
China's equivalent to a Global Hawk, the Soar Eagle, was introduced at Zhuhai in 2006. China already has drones that are comparable to the U.S. Predator and Reaper known as the Yilong/Wing Loong, or "Pterodactyl," and the CH-4. Like the United States, China also has many smaller drones, the most common being the ASN-15.
The United States and Israel are currently the leaders in this technology. While China's drones are not as advanced, tested or capable of the same ranges, they do allow Beijing to monitor its borders and waters more effectively due to extended loiter time. They also help China deter countries from intervening in the area by helping detect and target potential violators of the area they are trying to deny. This is at the heart of the anti-access/area denial strategy and China's motivation for devoting resources to the program. Beijing has plans to build 11 coastal drone bases by 2015 to increase its ability to survey the region for possible intrusions or threats.
Beijing's increased deployment of drones near the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands has impacted Sino-Japanese relations, prompting Tokyo to expand its own program. Japan is investigating building its own drones and purchasing some from the United States, which Tokyo insists will be unarmed. Reports say the Japanese Defense Ministry hopes to introduce Global Hawks near the disputed islands by 2015 in an attempt to counter Beijing's increasingly assertive naval activity in the area.
Economically, more Chinese drones mean more export opportunities for Beijing. According to some reports, Chinese drones similar to U.S. models are cheaper. China has exported several types to countries including Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, although Pakistan has also purchased some from the United States. China's best potential markets are countries to which the United States will not sell drones, though such sales would be of concern to Washington -- especially because China has started to sell armed unmanned aircraft. At present, however, the primary role of China's growing program is still to help Beijing monitor territorial waters and control disputed territories in the Asia-Pacific region.
Read more: China's Expanding Drone Program | Stratfor
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Obama calls for gutting defense even more
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Re: Military Science and Military Issues
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April 13, 2013, 09:03:09 AM »
I see that Baraq's budget intends to decrease military spending to less than 3% of GDP.
This percentage is the lowest it will have been since before WW2.
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Re: Military Science and Military Issues
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April 13, 2013, 08:27:24 PM »
Quote from: Crafty_Dog on April 13, 2013, 09:03:09 AM
I see that Baraq's budget intends to decrease military spending to less than 3% of GDP.
This percentage is the lowest it will have been since before WW2.
Hey, his bows are free! Isn't it great to live in this new era of peace and prosperity?
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Admirals and Generals to be evaluated
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WSJ/Luxenberg: Women need their own combat units
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May 08, 2013, 06:13:56 PM »
Women Warriors Need Their Own Combat Units
Female-only platoons might be good first step amid worries about unit cohesion.
By BEN LUXENBERG
Writing about the Amazons in "The Iliad," Homer refers to them as antianeirai or "those who fight like men." Legend says they were a tribe of fierce warrior-women who struck fear into the hearts of their enemies and who would not suffer men in their company, let alone trust men to fight alongside them. Is it time for the U.S. military to test that strategy?
As American forces were opened to women in recent decades, a line was drawn in 1994 with a rule barring them from infantry and other combat units. In January, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta formally lifted the rule. He gave the military services three years to seek exemptions if they wanted to keep some positions off-limits to women.
The military has begun researching how best to integrate women into these units. And as with any new initiative, there have been some hiccups. In late March, two female Marine Corps officers failed to complete the Corps' Infantry Officer Course, as did the two pioneering women who last year became the first to attempt the grueling course.
While the branches research the initiative further, many male soldiers and Marines remain vehemently opposed to the integration. Many cite physical and physiological challenges that come with serving in the infantry. Carrying full combat loads, which often exceed 100 pounds, for 16 hours a day for an entire deployment wears down the hardiest men and will do worse damage to women.
Others believe that the presence of women will cause a rift in the traditional male bonding of combat-arms units and damage the cohesion that is a key element in the success of any battlefield unit. Many worry that men will have to pick up the slack if women cannot perform at the same levelor that floundering women will endanger themselves and their comrades.
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Female Marine recruits are disciplined with some unscheduled physical training in the sand pit outside their barracks during boot camp at MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina in February.
Yet the tides of history seem to be turning against these sentiments and the questions of whether women can handle sustained combat operations. The issue is often framed now in terms of patriotism and human rights.
The service branches say that endurance and other standards won't be lowered, and perhaps there will be special training programs to prepare women who wish to become infantry. Yet there may be a better way to bring them into combat unitsone that could serve as a test and steppingstone toward tighter integration.
In professional sports and in the Olympics, men and women perform separately. In boot camp and officer-candidate schoolsthe entry points for all service membersmen and women also are separated, with placement into different platoons within the same company.
So why not mirror what society at large and the military already do: put men and women into their own teams, with female infantry platoons on one side and male platoons on the other?
An all-female infantry platoon would not suffer from many of the problems that detractors cite, such as a lack of unit cohesion caused by mixing the sexes. Like the Amazons, female-only platoons could build their own brand of cohesion, which may prove superior to the men's. The arrangement would also avoid putting male soldiers in the position of feeling obliged to compensate for an underperforming female.
While the all-female platoon solution would not compensate for physical and physiological differences and how they affect performance on the battlefield, it would be a good way to test that line of argument. If the female platoons showed that their combat performance equaled that of men, then the separated-platoon arrangement would merely be a step on the road to full integration. If the female platoons underperformed, then the idea of women in the infantry might need to be scrapped or the women-only platoons would be the final compromise, with their deployment based on battlefield needs.
A staged approach rather than rushing headlong into full integration in combat units may be the best approach. Once the right (or privilege) to serve in any military specialty is passed to women, it would be virtually impossible to change course, no matter the consequence or effect on combat effectiveness.
But who knows? Women running toward the sound of the guns may very well prefer fighting alongside other womenand their effectiveness may surprise even the most pessimistic. The Amazons certainly made an impression on the Greeks.
Mr. Luxenberg is a first lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. His views do not represent those of the Defense Department or the Corps.
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High rate of false accusations in sex assaults
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May 13, 2013, 10:30:24 AM »
False reports outpace sex assaults in the military
By Rowan Scarborough
The Washington Times
Sunday, May 12, 2013
False complaints of sexual abuse in the military are rising at a faster rate than overall reports of sexual assault, a trend that could harm combat readiness, analysts say.
Virtually all media attention on a Pentagon report last week focused on an increase in service members claims of sexual abuse in an anonymous survey, but unmentioned were statistics showing that a significant percentage of such actually investigated cases were baseless.
From 2009 to 2012, the number of sexual abuse reports rose from 3,244 to 3,374 a 4 percent increase.
During the same period, the number of what the Pentagon calls unfounded allegations based on completed investigations of those reports rose from 331 to 444 a 35 percent increase.
In 2012, there were 2,661 completed investigations, meaning that the 444 false complaints accounted for about 17 percent of all closed cases last year. False reports accounted for about 13 percent of closed cases in 2009.
Robert Maginnis, a retired Army officer and analyst at the Family Research Council, is writing a book for Regnery Publishing Inc. about the Pentagons push to put women in direct ground combat in the infantry, armor and special operations.
In the course of conducting interviews with commanders, I heard time and again complaints about female service members making sex-related allegations which proved unfounded, Mr. Maginnis said. Not only do some women abuse the truth, but it also robs their commanders from more important, mission-related tasks.
Female service members told me that some women invite problems which lead men on and then result in advances the woman cant turn off. Too often, such female culpability leads to allegations of sexual contact, assault and then the women feign innocence.
The annual Pentagon report on sexual assault noted the numbers of false complaints but included no analysis. The Pentagon did not respond to a request for comment.
Elaine Donnelly, who runs the Center for Military Readiness, said the Pentagon's Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Office (SAPRO) is ignoring the problem of false reports.
Unsubstantiated accusations remain a significant problem, but the SAPRO is doing nothing about it, Mrs. Donnelly said. I went through both volumes and found no evidence of concern about the significant 17 percent of unfounded accusations. Something should be done to reduce the numbers of false accusations, the first step being an admission that the problem exists.
The number of sex abuse reports has risen from 1,700 a decade ago to 3,374 last year.
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have pushed male and female personnel into close living conditions at a sprawling network of bases.
The existence of unwanted and wanted sexual contact in the war zone is not disputed.
For example, a group of Army physicians in 2010 studied one brigade combat team deployed to Iraq in 2007.
The physicians study, published in the Military Medicine journal, examined the number of soldiers who sustained disease or noncombat injuries. Of 4,122 soldiers, including 325 women in support roles, 1,324 had diseases or injuries that forced them to miss time or be evacuated.
Females, compared with males, had a significantly increased incident-rate ratio for becoming a [disease or noncombat] casualty, the doctors found.
Of 47 female soldiers evacuated from the brigade and sent home, 35 or 74 percent were for pregnancy-related issues.
Even before the wars, the Pentagon removed barriers across the board to women and took action to mix the sexes more closely. Men and women share dorms and barracks in boot camp and at the service academies, and deploy in close quarters on ships.
The integration promises to become even more intimate in coming years as the Pentagon places women into training for direct ground combat jobs.
The latest SAPRO report confirms that problems of sexual assault against both men and women are getting worse, not better, Mrs. Donnelly said. Pentagon leaders nevertheless are planning to extend these problems into the combat arms. Congress and the Pentagon first must do no harm. At a minimum, the Obama administration must not be allowed to extend complicated issues of sexual assault, which have increased by 129 percent since 2004, into direct ground combat infantry battalions.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel last week announced several steps to eliminate assaults, including ordering commanders to conduct visual inspections of all workplaces to ensure they are free from materials that create a degrading or offensive work environment.
The Air Force completed such an inspection last year after a female service member complained of persistent harassment.
In January, the Air Force reported the health and welfare inspection results:
The Air Force found 631 instances of pornography (magazines, calendars, pictures, videos that intentionally displayed nudity or depicted acts of sexual activity); 3,987 instances of unprofessional material (discrimination, professional appearance, items specific to local military history such as patches, coins, heritage rooms, log books, song books, etc.); and 27,598 instances of inappropriate or offensive items (suggestive items, magazines, posters, pictures, calendars, vulgarity, graffiti). In total, 32,216 items were reported. Identified items were documented and either removed or destroyed.
Said Mr. Hagel: We need cultural change where every service member is treated with dignity and respect, where all allegations of inappropriate behavior are treated with seriousness, where victims privacy is protected, where bystanders are motivated to intervene, and where offenders know that they will be held accountable by strong and effective systems of justice.
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