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While the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and eviction of U.S. forces from Philippines is considered a disaster in terms of strategy, I will argue that Japan may have waged a more effective war considering her special advantages and weaknesses. The use of force against the United States in the...

Pakistan labors under a heavy defense budget that consumes close to five percent of GDP and the lion's share of government spending. This prevents the nation from undertaking serious poverty reduction and education spending programs. The use of conscription while falling into disfavor globally...

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The link for the article http://www.iae.csic.es/polarization/cordoba06/slantchev.pdf its a pdf file. I thought it was a very nice article which doenst rely on informational assymetries or things of that kind and assuming rational actors on both sides. On this site and many others the problem...

This is from Games of Strategy 2nd Edition Avinansh Dixit and Susan Skeath pg 307-309 Risk is not always bad; in some circumstances it can be used to 1’s advantage. A prominent instrument that uses risk is an option. An option gives the holder the right but not the obligation to...

For all the talk about planes with BVR, there isnt much data on how many kills have been scored BVR in modern airwars versus in visual range. Secondly, jamming and ECM capabilities have improved and if combat were to take place between reasonably equal opponents (such as U.S. vs China or India...

I just did a lecture on how deterrent threat can be weakened by Salami tactics. It shows why a very large strategic nuclear force with a very weak conventional force (and no tactical nuclear weapons) is very vulnerable. This is because the opponent will make a series of small escalatory steps...

I understand that cubing explosive quantity only doubles explosive power, however I just saw on tv a Katyusha exploding and it was huge. It took out half a building. How much explosives do they pack into each? 30kg or so?

Memory Speak that I may remember when life is at its end when darkness engulfs vision your voice alone remains What do you guys think?

Pakistan's nuclear capabilities ensure that India will never be able to destroy Pakistan without being destroyed. It superiority in tanks, planes and ships have become irrelevant.

Every minute a woman is being raped in Congo, there are no muslims there. Extreme acts of violence is happening every where. Muslims are over represented in committing "violence" if you draw artificial distinctions between deaths caused by states and non-states. The number of civilains killed...

I was very dissatisfied by the economics section but couldnt quiet pin it down. I now realise that the problem is that the news posting is too much. I mean, it doesnt allow people to go and put comments because that section is swamped. Instead of that, i propose that the news section be...

I think it would be a good time to discuss Syria's military capabilties vis-a-vis Israel because it appears that there is a good chance of conflict between the two. The Syrian military has around 300,000 personel of which at least 100,000 are volunteers. It has around 1,000 T-72 and large...

lol, i just saw Michael Moor's film bowling for Columbine. I had seen the Fareheight 911 before this one. (Farhengiht was pretty pathetic actually) but this other one was quite good. Have u seen it, and what do you make of the arguments against your gun ownership?

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I think this is a great Article which examines from an Economic Point of View the twin Benefits of Voluntary Military Force Vs Conscription, mainly the fact that Voluntary Force lowers Casualities because of the Ratio of Capital to Labour employed by leadership and secondly that Voluntary Force...

What types of Arms and Small Arms does Pakistan Manufacture Domestically and in what Quantities are these produced. What quantities of Weaponary are exported?

Gun Ownership by private citizens usually has negative effects because the Marginal Benefit is fully captured by the user but the Marginal Cost is lower than the Marginal Social cost. This means that the cost that the private citizen pays for the gun is not the full cost of the gun because guns...

The Ghauri is a one stage ballistic missile missile with a throw weight of around 700kg and range of approx. 1,300 km. In addition to the Ghauri, Pakistan should develop a two stage Ballistic missile which would have a payload of around 2,500 kg and range of around 2,000 km. Such a missile...

During the Kargil conflict; India using its superior naval capabilities was able to severly restrict Pakistan's ability to import Petroleum. This was because Pak. was over reliant on Karachi which is close to India. The development of Gwadar with Chinese help has reduced pressure on the...