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In this forum, people are often reminded to stay within their lanes.  I find this to be wise and justified.  So, for those of you who are quick to dismiss Gen Dallaire with terms I would never use for a human being, let alone a former brother-in-arms, I ask this:  How many UN mission have you...

Guys, we are talking undreds of millions of dollars here.  Re-using pencil stubs and re-heating soup in hay-boxes isn't going to change our cash flow.  C-17s, Leo2, Chinnooks, RG-31, etc...  this kit isn't cheap to buy or maintain.  And there is a war going on too.  No reason to leave money in...

Even though it may kill you to have to fork out all that money every month, it is still in my opinion the preffered way to go.  When you own a system like this, you also have to assume the total cost of the ownership, the maintenance, the life cycle of it, etc...  In a governmental structure...

A difference has to be made between the older generation and the newer generation of these systems.   There is no question that the newer generation of ballistic missiles are accurate (GPS guided re-entry vehicle and all).  The same technology, applied to conventional artillery has also...

I think the reason is a combination of a few things, all more or less related.  When ballistic missiles were first developed, they were really intended to carry nuclear warheads.  The missiles were notoriously inaccurate, but because the nuke warhead had such a large kill zone, the accuracy...